Please tell us why you want to work for BP and why you have chosen to apply for this

opportunity in particular BP is an equal opportunity employer who has operations in more than 80 countries which mean working in BP will give me an opportunity to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures. As I am born in a multiracial society, I am eager to explore cultures that are very different from Malaysia. This is the way I enjoy life and living with people. As a global company with oil fields scattered around the world, I believe BP has encountered some of the most challenging oil fields in the world and already possessed leading edge technology to deal with these oil fields. Example in the Alaska heavy oil development on the North Slope, BP has successfully tested a new technology, cold heavy oil production with sand (CHOPS) at Milne Point project site. Thus, by becoming BP's geoscientist, I have the opportunity to works at the frontier of exploration and helping in adding new reserves to the fast depleting hydrocarbon. Extra-curricular activities

Please list any extra-curricular activities such as clubs, sports, business ventures, societies or professional associations you have been active in and describe your specific involvement e.g. your level of responsibility, length of involvement, notable achievements. Please give association names in full rather than using abbreviations. 1) American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Student Chapter in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP): I am one of the founding member and current President which have served for almost 1 year (2011/2012). Under my tenure, I have organised 2 technical talks by oversea experts and 2 trips to conference and AAPG President workshop. I also initiated a program called Student Subject Matter Expert and Student Chapter's bulletin.

2) Society of Petroleum Engineers, Student Chapter in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (SPE-UTPSC): As Head of Tour & Visit department (2009/2010), I had initiated 5 educational visits to several local and oversea O&G related companies and also university. Throughout my tenure, SPE-UTP-SC had been UTPs best club for year 2009 and 2010. Besides, it also received Residential College Dinner Award Most Popular Club Award 2010.

3) Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold 2010: I was one of the three selected technical staff from the state of Negeri Sembilan. I function as a line judge in this international tournament.

4) Convofair 2009: I was in-charge of company exhibition and was the first person to bring in Scomi Group Berhad for exhibition in Convofair.

5) I represented my university to the 1st Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Perak Campus Run 2011 and finish at 21th position for open category.

6) I am a reporter for "Heart Of Tronoh", a universitys official bulletin and is 100% managed by the students.
Personal learning and development

What have you done to develop your experience/knowledge/skills outside the academic environment? How will what you learned be beneficial to BP? Describe what you did, what you learned and how it has helped you or will help you in future. Please be specific and list no more than three examples.
I had 3 months working experience with RPS Energy and was responsible to setting up database of all RPS completed projects. Those projects include Seismic Acquisition, Site Survey, Geotechnical, Rig Move, and GeoHazard study. The best things were I got to learn more than 130 technical and operation reports which serve as my basic understanding on O&G exploration activity. I got to know well logging methods and the theory of log-derived parameter, seismic acquisition tools and positioning system. Besides, I got a chance to assist RPS Energy South East Asia Region's Business Development Manager to review Upstream Report on Mambang Sebasa Block, in South Sumatra, Indonesia. The content includes Reserve Certification, G&G, and well data reports.

All this experience will definitely become my asset when I become the decision maker as I need to know how the exploration functions and where should I troubleshoot a problem when the geological model doesn't fit the data. For example, a poor quality 3D marine seismic data is caused by noise and feathering of streamers. Thus, we need to redo the processing part or seismic acquisition, else the cost of drilling an exploration well based on poor data will be wasted.

BP will be beneficial in term of training cost as I had attended some of the basic training by RPS on Seismic Acquisition (Operation), HSE Risk Assessment; Seismic Acquisition and Processing Technical Seminar by Polarcus; Seismic Interpretation workshop by Dr. Paul Weimer, AAPG President 2011/2012. BP will be beneficial in term of training cost as I had attended Significant achievement

What do you consider to be your most significant achievement other than your academic results? This should be something which you personally decided to do and worked hard to achieve. Please describe why you see the achievement as significant and any obstacles you had to overcome.

Organising an educational visit to Keppel Shipyard Limited in Singapore was my most significant achievement as this was the first oversea trip done by Society of Petroleum Engineers, Student Chapter in UTP. The reason I chosen this company was because it delivered almost half of the world's new build jack-up rigs and semi-submersibles in the past decade. Besides, we can't find any semi-submersible builder in Malaysia. As a student, the best way to see a drilling rig is when it is parked at the dry dock rather than offshore. Thus, given us a chance to understand how a semi-submersible functions and what is their capability. Inexperience was my biggest obstacle at that time as I was not familiar with Singapore and I didn't know how to apply Singapore VISA for foreign students. What I did was I navigated to Keppel using Google Map and it was quite easy to get lost! Lesson learned, GPS is better than Google Map. Next was the application of Singapore VISA especially for the Middle East students. I did not know what document should I prepare and failed to predict the consequences if the VISA is not ready on time as I applied the VISA one week before the departure date for 7 students. Lesson learned, check who should apply VISA and what are the conditions required at the very beginning of planning. After a month of sleepless night, this trip proved to be a success and the compliment from the participants was my biggest achievement.
Application of knowledge

At BP, we need people who can apply their technical knowledge in a way that innovates and creates competitive advantage. What is your best example of where you have applied your technical knowledge in a practical way? What was the situation? What did you do? What was the outcome?

Winning Special Award for "Schlumberger Oil Rig Model Building Competition 2010" was one of the examples that applied my technical knowledge on platform stability especially on rough sea. We were required to design an oil rig model using recycle items. The model was then being tested on lightness, strength, creativity and build-ability. We designed a semi-submersible with double pontoons as analogous to a boy with 2 tubes. One pontoon will be at the boy's leg and another pontoon on the boy's chest. As the wave energy loss at the depth of half wavelength, we can lessen the movement of semi-submersible caused by wave by deepening the lower pontoon to the depth deeper than half wavelength and uses the upper pontoon to further dampen the wave energy. As this is a new concept that seems workable, we won Special Award for creativity.

Second runner-up in my university "Build and Break Competition 2011" was another example that applied my technical knowledge on civil structure. We were required to design a bridge using wooden skewers, tape and string. The bridge will be tested on its maximum load capacity before it deformed. So, we employed the most stable arch geometry in our design. What so different was we constructed a ladder first and made it as strong as possible. Then, we bent it and slipped both ends to the opposite foundation sides, forming an arch. Since the arch was stiff enough, it withstood maximum load of 22.2kg (2010 Asian record was 24.6kg).

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Is there anything else you wish to tell us that you believe is important to your application? This may include any special circumstances that significantly affected any of your academic achievements. Please note you will not be penalised if you leave this section blank.
Winning civil engineering related competitions are the proudest achievement for a Petroleum Geoscience student! No matter what degree you are enrolled, you must know how to apply your knowledge to solve a problem. For example, though James Hutton was a trained physician and chemist, his observation and knowledge led him to the theories of plutonism and uniformitarianism. This later made him known as the father of modern geology.