Welcome back to another episode! This week’s episode is our First Friday Q&A for September. You ask the questions and we answer them. Big thanks to everyone who wrote in. If you want to get a question answered for next month’s FFQA, click the link below. Enjoy! Have a question? Click here to ask

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Hey guys,  Sorry to bug you. I just wanted to say thank you for putting me in contact with Brady Reece. I just finished going through the interview process and am going to intern at their firm next summer. I also can’t tell you how helpful the show has been in learning about the industry, I look forward to it each week. Thank you again for taking the time to help out, I really appreciate it. 

New listener, and this is what I’ve been looking for! Great insight and great wisdom! I’m a recent petroleum engineering grad from Penn State, and I wanted to know if you guys could give me some insight on what to expect in the job market. I Minored in Energy Business and Finance and I find myself drawn between being in the business side of oil and gas vs the engineering side! Could you guys give me some advise on how to go forward?

I’m not quite the most traditional listener of your podcast, but I’ve been listening for roughly the past 8-10 months now and have really enjoyed your content. I am a law student that is entering his third, and final, year of law school. I’m wanting to end up working within the energy field, and I have focused my studies accordingly and will be graduating with a specialization in Energy and Sustainable Development. This past summer I interned within the legal department of Cabot Oil and Gas. I’m having trouble finding opportunities to apply for legal jobs though, and would like any advice you guys could give me. Thanks for your time.  

Big fan of the podcast. I’ve only been listening for 1 week but I’ve already gone through and listened to all First Friday Q&As available on my podcast app. I work in the UK for a bank within their commodities trade support team specialising in physical and financial crude and products. My career goal is working in the U.S./Canada as an oil scheduler/logistician (preference towards ocean and rail). Having spoken with the traders in my company they advised the best way is to try and transfer to a junior front office position and eventually get to a bank-version of a scheduler role. My question is what are some good midstream resources which will help me develop the skills/knowledge for a scheduler/logistician role? Also if you have any advise for moving from a banking support role to Midstream that’s be great too.

First of all, great work on the podcast, I’m a regular weekly listener who has been working in upstream for the last couple of years. I listened to last week’s podcast and felt your response to the Engeineer who felt the industry isn’t diverse was not reflective of the reality in the field as many of us see, and there are deeper issues that will keep it that way. I realize that West Texas has a more diverse workforce than most of the rest of the country. I am on my third rig contract in the last few years. On every rig, I have heard constant racist commentary and open racial epithets from nearly a third of the workforce, many directed right at our non-white coworkers. This extends up through company men from majors, and the individuals who have 20+ years of experience and the most authority are more likely than not the worst offenders. I’ve worked for large and small companies over the last few decades and in my last role managed 8 states for a Fortun…