Rebecca Crompton
Geoscientist, Northern North Sea Exploration Team
Studied Geology at Oxford University. MSc in Earth Sciences.
I originally applied to ExxonMobil for the Summer Internship Scheme as I was intrigued to discover what a geological career in industry would entail. After spending three months in Houston on an internship project, I was convinced that ExxonMobil could offer me the scientific, exciting and rewarding career I was looking for, so when I was offered a job, I was keen to accept.
ExxonMobil attracted me for various reasons. Firstly, the company has an excellent New Hire Development Programme. In this programme, a new hire will receive three eight-month rotations to experience the different aspects of geoscience, exploration, production and a technical assignment. This experience is invaluable, as it allows you gain a real breath of knowledge about the industry, enabling informed decisions to be made about your work and career. In addition to this, even when fully trained, the company continues to promote personal development and growth, providing a variety of training and field courses throughout your career. The opportunity to travel and work with people from all over the globe was another influencing factor that made me choose ExxonMobil. I enjoy the diverse office environment I work in and have always found it friendly and welcoming. I also appreciate the fact that the company is respectful of your your life balance, making it possible for me to pursue my hobbies and interests.
Since joining the company seven months ago, I have been working in the Regional Exploration team, looking at Tertiary Sandstones in the Northern North Sea. In this time I have learned how to approach exploration projects, correlated well logs, interpreted seismic data, calculated the volumes of reservoirs and have learned how to drive a number of computer programmes. It has been a challenging rotation, but there has never a shortage of people willing to help me learn, and what with regular trips to Norway, seismic training in America, a field trip in Ireland and a couple of technical presentations to management, I feel that I have really achieved something in my time here.
In January I am moving to Houston to complete my training. I know that my next rotation will be working on a production project in Chad, then after that, a technical assignment in formation evaluation and operations. Once I have completed these rotations, I will have the chance to choose which aspect of geoscience, which I would like to make my skill area. ExxonMobil exploration and production has a broad range of challenging technical projects and opportunities. Therefore, as I progress through the New Hire Development Programme, I aim to experience as much as possible in each of these fields, to discover where my interests, skills and future lies.
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