Making a career in an oil company is a dream job for many aspirants as many people consider oil as black gold. Oil companies form the heart of India's economy as it incurs huge amount from selling oils. In India, there are many oil companies both public and private and lakhs of people work in those sectors.
Almost every year oil companies offer job for various positions to right candidates in their firm, and they even hire students as trainees from various colleges in India. However, it is not an easy to get a job in oil companies as aspirants has gone through some tough procedures.
Procedures of Selection ProcessThe selection procedure of most of the oil companies whether it is Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum, Reliance Industries LTD, ESSAR Oil, etc. is almost same. After an eligible candidate submits the form of selection process exam and they are given an admit card for the exam.
All the oil companies filter out the right candidate through three selection processes, however, they also select student through their marks in GATE exams. In the beginning, all the students except the GATE candidates have to appear for the written examination.
After this candidate for technical interview are selected through the marks of the written exam. So after a candidate successfully clears the technical interview, then they are called for the final HR interview. So after thorough filtration from selection board, an eligible candidate is selected for a post in the oil company.
Qualification needed get latest opening from this companyAll the oil businesses in India ask for a minimum qualification of sixty percent or above in Class X, Class XII and B.Tech and some companies even allow one-year academic gap. Apart from engineering post in oil companies, there are many low-ranking posts where an aspirant with sixty percent passing marks in their graduation is also selected.
The age limit of selected candidate should be within 26 years however there is relaxation for SC, ST and OBC candidates in public sector oil firms.
Salary Offered By Oil CompaniesEvery oil company has a different salary structure for their employees although the figure is more or less same for oil companies. In India, the average annual salary incurred by operation officers is 10 Lakhs whereas production engineers incur more than 11 Lakhs.
In the managerial level in oil companies, deputy managers earn a year salary of 16 Lakhs where assistant's Manager Salary is 12 Lakhs. Senior process engineers in oil companies also receive a handsome annual salary of 14 Lakhs per annum. Engineering officers in oil companies also receive a good package of 10 Lakhs per annum.
Experience needed for get latest opening from this companyMost of the oil companies hire fresher who has passed engineering without any backlog. Oil companies also recruit experienced candidates depending upon a vacancy in their business; however, most of the time candidates need to have a minimum two years of working experience in any oil company in the designated position. Some oil companies even recruit candidates having one year of experience in reputed oil company.
Nature of Work and Types of Post OfferedWorking nature of oil companies is almost same in every oil company in India whether it is private or public. The responsibility remains same in every sector; however, work pressure varies from company to company.
The type of post offered for these companies in India is huge as there is a different type of works in oil rigs as well as corporate offices. Following points will depict some important designation:
- Deputy Manager
- Assistant Manager
- Senior process Engineer
- Production Engineer
- Operation Officer
- Sales Professional
- Brand Manager
- Finance Professional
- Quality Supervisor
- Rig Manager
- Rig Driller
Oil companies in India act as a pillar of India's economy as well as energy and resource, and there are many names come in this list. This list is as follows:
Indian Oil Corporation is the premier public sector oil company in India and tops the Fortune 500 list. It was established in 1959 and holds a world-class R&D department. It has ten refineries under its belts and many corporate offices. Every year aspirants get the latest opening from this company padded with handsome salary package.
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation -
This company is a government of India enterprise that also comes under Fortune 500 list. This public sector company has marketing share in India which is around twenty percent.
This is another government of India owned firm that started in 1952. It has four refineries under its firm and regularly exports oil to other countries.
RIL is India's top private sector oil company which also comes under world's top 100 companies. It has a crude processing capacity of 1.24 million barrels per day in its refinery.
Essar Oil is an international oil and gas firm that both produces and refines oil in large scale. It has India's second largest refinery in Gujarat that product Euro IV and V quality product.
It is a multinational public sector firm that comes under the guiding of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. This firm product almost seventy percent of crude oil in India and sixty percent of natural gas.
The above-mentioned names are reputed oil firms in India that have enormous contribution in India's energy and resource.
