UTP Students Knowledge on Oil and Gas Industry

Based on the survey above, 72.7% of the UTP students are planning to work in the oil
and gas industry after graduation where 68.2% of the students are Petroleum Engineering
major. Though, majority of the students do not have the industry related full time job after
graduation or internship lined up at the moment.

Most of the student also rated 3 out of 5 for the quality of our current use of energy
which is oil and gas. Some reason which is explained by the students are due to Malaysia
dependence on coal other than oil and gas power. Other than that, oil and gas consumption will
cause global environmental problems. Also, Malaysia is well known with producing and
exporting oil and gas however it is still considered expensive for the citizens. Additionally,
most of the consumers used them extensively which possibly can cause the rate of depletion to
be greater than the rate of replenishment. Therefore, we need to ensure that this problem should
not occur by controlling the use of oil and gas which subsequently will provide us with more
time to improve and develop technologies needed to replace fossil fuels in the long run and
also enable more job opportunity in petroleum engineering.

In the case of using alternative energy, 61.5 % chose solar and wind power, 53.8 %
chose hydroelectric, and the rest would be nuclear power and biomass energy. Students believe
that by using alternatives will be able to create a safer and readily available energy in Malaysia.
Moreover, the top two alternatives chosen are renewable energy. Besides, the energy used is
cleaner when compared to oil and gas which can be less harmful to the environment. In
addition, Malaysia is a country where winds and rain is available throughout the year, so the
alternatives perform as the best and suitable sources of energy.
 77.3 % of UTP students claimed that they are at a tolerable level in oil and gas industry
and the effects towards the global economy knowledge, 13.6 % are confident with their
knowledge on oil and gas and only 9.1% are lacking in knowledge. The students were then
given question regarding the reason for the change in oil price in Malaysia, 80 % of the students
agreed on global supply and demand factor, and 50 % is due to the political reasons. Some
students explained that some countries are not willing to collaborate with other countries due
to specific reasons such as petroleum politics and nuclear deal. Thus, this cause the global
supply and demand factor to reduce which eventually trigger the oil price change.