re: Aggy Board OT Discussion Thread

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I haven't heard great things about Conoco as a workplace compared to other majors. I know a couple folks who worked there and they always described it as extremely stuffy and that they overly complicate everything (even by large company standards). These were in different business units though and your job would be pretty outside the box so that might not apply.

Economically they're extremely solid though. They had some cuts like everyone else, but in O&G they're about as stable as it gets outside of Exxon and Chevron

Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm kind of surprised that's a position they're keeping as it seems like the type of position a company would cut pretty quickly when times get bad. It does sound very cool though.

Service companies (Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, NOV, etc) are always the first to cut, not the producers. They've all made massive cuts and it might not be done. There are thousands and thousands of service companies too that fill different niches that are much smaller than the four I named, and they've all made huge cuts or gone belly up.

I work in Project Controls, specializing in Capital Projects and Turnaround Only, I do not work with the maintenance stuff. I am on the financial side, establishing budgets, forecasting, estimating, controlling the cashflow etc. I like the job, the money is great, and I always have a little time off between jobs (usually).

I am a contract worker so I do not work for a big company, I work at big companies facilities but not directly for them.

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What do you and Texas Gentleman do?

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I'm a risk management consultant for agricultural markets that helps farmers hedge production through the commodity markets. I'm not tied to O&G at all, but I have a series 3 license which allows me to trade on the NYMEX as well so I keep an eye on energies but most of my work is with agricultural commodities like corn, cotton, cattle, etc.

Yeah I'll just echo what's already said ConocoPhillips is about as solid as they come, a lot of big companies have foreign affairs analysts if they have to do business in a lot of countries, but as Shane said I would see that as a fairly early position on the chopping block if the industry is going through tough times. It sounds like a cool position so if you were interested I'd definitely check it out and apply.

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I finally watched Guardians last week so I get that.

Finally! Didn't we promise the poor track coach that exact thing years ago?