Which is the best in terms of salary, bonuses, and allowances: Shell, Chevron, Eni, Total, Saudi Aramco, or British Petroleum?
Which is the best in terms of salary, bonuses, and allowances: Shell, Chevron, Eni, Total, Saudi Aramco, or British Petroleum? Answer Overall, best in terms of money are expat jobs at Saudi Aramco, followed by Shell, then BP, Chevron, and Total on par, and finally Eni. In detail, it very much depends on job position, location, hiring company and to some extent nationality. Here are a few important points (at very high level with many exceptions): Shell, Chevron, BP, and Total are all IOCs (international oil companies) with very diverse portfolios and international presence. For typical engineering/core business jobs (excluding R&D and support functions), salaries tend to be similar for a certain location. For example, a wells engineer at Qatar Total will make about the same as wells engineer at Shell Pearl GTL in Qatar in terms of salary and allowances. Exxon Mobil and Shell tend to pay 10–20% more in this category Saudi Aramco is an NOC mainly operating in Saudi Ara...