Starting my Career in Oil & Gas IBD Coverage?
Just wondering what everyone's opinion is on starting your career at a BB in their Oil & Gas Coverage Team being based in London covering EMEA clients.
I'm not looking to go into the buy-side, more so to be a career banker.
In saying this, is it not that wise of a decision to start my career in an industry that is in structural decline? Or does the Oil & Gas Industry have enough years left within it to potentially see through a good portion of career/ not that high of a chance of me being fired due to a lack of dealflow etc.
Many thanks
oil will be around for the next several decades
if it will ever boom like it did is the real question
Tosen your concerns are valid and as someone who works in the O&G industry (not in IB) allow me to say this:
Anyone who tells you about Peak Demand, the end of ExxonMobil, or the fact that renewable energy will be the end all, be all is misinformed. If they feel so confident tell them to short everything O&G and put there money where there mouth is.
Fact of the matter is that the world needs O&G. Crude products are used in making plastics, medicine, and even clothes you wear. Natural gas is a clean burning fuel that powers our electric grid and is used in vehicles (e.g. CNG) as a "cleaner" fuel source.
Yes the market is struggling and depending on what you do deals may have declined in the O&G space however, it will bounce back. The increasing shift towards automation and technology near the rig site will spark a new rise in the O&G space (i.e. Read the IADC article on automated drilling rigs).
In short, the industry isn't going anywhere and so long as it continues to expand and invest in technology it will need bankers to help them raise capital.
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