From The Borneo Post – KBB eyes future oil and gas related contracts with strategic partnership

December 15, 2011

Why am I interested in this, you wonder…

Dateline 2011-12-02:

KKB Engineering Bhd (KKB) is on track to some possible oil and gas (O&G) related contracts in the pipeline as the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Brooke Dockyard & Engineering Works Corporation (Brooke Dockyard) to set out its intention and mutual understanding in connection with a proposed strategic alliance and joint-venture.

The collaboration includes a lease of the deepwater river front yard by KKB to Brooke Dockyard for its O&G substructure and other works, with the exclusive rights given to KKB to undertake such works to the extent its service can meet Brooke Dockyard’s client requirements.

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Saturday Star 2011-12-10 – Job Opportunities

December 12, 2011

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. Corporate level sponsors are encouraged.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here . Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Oh, PETRONAS is looking for RAPID candidates. Visit http://www.discoverpetronas.com.
  • Total is looking for an HSE engineer, night drilling supervisor. Send your CV  here, or visit here.

May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” The more you use it, the better info I get in planning my journey round KL, and hopefully the rest of Malaysia

If you are fans of classic gaming, support those old time PC classics at Good Oil Games. I wish they had a local setup here. And they just started their Xmas 50% off drive!

Support your local bookshop! Visit Bookalicious at The Summit Subang, good selection of imported books. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and otherologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces

Let’s talk a bit about deepwater books:

  

Deepwater Petroleum Exploration & Production, A Sea in Flames, Disaster on The Horizon

This week’s food recommendation is anything strawberrish from Cameron Highlands. And that’s why this weeks posting is late.

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Vendor Engagement Session – December 2011

December 7, 2011

I attended a VES held at the PETRONAS Learning Centre, Bangi. A scan of the handout is here.

More interesting might be my notes of the Q&A session:

  • Payment for licensing & registration fees will be done via over-the-counter deposit at CIMB. Payment may be made via BizChannel, and by mid-2012, maybe CIMBClicks and Maybank2u.
  • Since the process is now self-guided, unlikely to be refunded the processing fee to due vendor errors during submission.
  • Announcements will be made on the website, but sufficient lead time between announcement and change/activity will be provided. Critical information will be sent via email to registered addresses.
  • You can appeal for unapproved SWEC. Who you contact? Beats me.
  • The requirement for agencies will still be on an exclusivity basis.
  • RETRO! The interface has been tested on IE8 (or lower) or Firefox 3.6 (or lower). No guarantees for Safari, Webkit, Opera, Lynx, Chrome or higher versions of IE or Firefox.
  • There will be a SWEC initiative review in 2012.
  • Frozen categories are still frozen categories. VDPs will be revamped next year.
  • Minimum Technical Requirement – If an MTR requires certification by an external body, but that body no longer provides said certification, then the requirement will be reviewed on a case by case basis

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Winds Of Change For Lun Bawang, Thanks To Petronas

December 4, 2011

Dateline 2011-11-21:

The winds of change are bringing greater development to the Lun Bawang, one of Sarawak’s minority ethnic communities, thanks to the 512km Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline project now underway.

The US$500-million project, which spans Malaysia’s two largest states by passing through this remote enclave, will pipe natural gas from the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) in Kimanis to the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) complex in Bintulu.

Alfred Padan, a Lun Bawang community leader, told Bernama of his role in persuading local communities to assist in implementing Malaysia’s largest gas pipeline project undertaken by Petronas, the national oil corporation.

“Initially, the locals were not informed about the objectives of the project and some were opposed to it. But we were soon able to dispel talk that the project would bring more hardship than benefits.

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Saturday Star 2011-11-19 – Job Opportunities

November 21, 2011

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. Corporate level sponsors are encouraged.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here . Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Here’s a new one. There’s a company called Oceancare or is it (symbol)ceancare? The positions they are looking to fill looks as if they are starting a PSC company, i.e production and exploration services. Snail mail to Oceancare Corporation Sdn Bhd, Human Resource Department, 2nd Floor, Wisma Yong Lung, Lot 698 Pelita Commercial Centre, P.O. Box 1355, 98008 Miri. Or send your application here.
  • Murphy is looking for a gaggle of engineers. Apply here, or visit here. When was the last time you saw a .aspx in a published website address?

May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” The more you use it, the better info I get in planning my journey round KL, and hopefully the rest of Malaysia

If you are fans of classic gaming, support those old time PC classics at Good Oil Games. I wish they had a local setup here.

Support your local bookshop! Visit Bookalicious at The Summit Subang, good selection of imported books. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and otherologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces

Since I’ve been exposed to FPSO’s recently, here’s a selection for you to be introduced to the topic:

FPSO Handbook, Ship-shaped Offshore Installations: Design, Building, and Operation, Floating Production Storage and Offloading: Vessel size, Topsides design, Re-fabrication, Hydrostatic analysis and Mooring system design.

This week’s food recommendation is Padi restaurant in Taman Puchong Utama

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PETRONAS Licensing – Conceptual and Detailed Design Work

November 18, 2011

Have you renewed your PETRONAS license recently? There’s been a change which seems to me shouts out ‘grow big or go home,’ and now shuts out small companies from bidding for multi-disciplinary engineering work.

From my point of view, there are two Standardised Work and Equipment Categories (SWEC) categories you need to be registered under to get the above work:

  • SE201010000 – ENG. DESIGN, ARCH. & DRAUGHTING SERVICES -Engineering Design- Conceptual Engineering Design/FEED
  • SE201020000 – ENG. DESIGN, ARCH. & DRAUGHTING SERVICES -Engineering Design- Detailed Design

However, the Minimum Technical Requirements (MTR) are so onerous that you can’t get these categories if you are small and don’t have a multidisciplinary team in your company (us small companies have tie-ups that would be technically capable of executing projects of the appropriate size, but we don’t have a single vehicle that would meet the requirements below).

What do you think? Are you affected by this change?

C’mon PETRONAS, lighten up.

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From Bernama: Oil & Gas Firms Advised To Be Cautious When Signing Contracts

November 5, 2011

Dateline 2010-10-29:

Malaysian oil and gas firms are advised to be cautious when signing the contracts, particularly on the technical and legal aspects.

Senior legal consultant of Straits Consulting Group, Primila Edward, said they must do their homework where parts of the technical and legal aspects were concerned.

“Negotiate the technical aspect specifications to ensure that they can minimise losses and damages.

“Legally, you need to cover your back with clauses that will actually stick in a certain sort of situation such as unexpected damages,” she said.

Edward said this in her paper, “Contractual Lessons Learnt from Deep Water Horizon” at the Oil and Gas Asia Pacific 2011 Conference here Thursday.

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From the Edge: Petronas licence needed for O&G upstream biz in Malaysia

November 3, 2011

But, but players involved in the new risk sharing contracts have engaged fabricators and design houses who not only don’t have PETRONAS licenses, heck they aren’t even in Malaysia. Seen how busy a neighboring country is? You know, the one which has hired a past PETRONAS president?

Dateline 2010-10-28:

Petroliam Nasional Bhd has categorically stated that all companies wishing to start or continue any business or service related to Malaysia’s oil and gas upstream operations and activities must apply for a licence from the national oil company.

Petronas said on Friday, Oct 28 that the policy, enforced under the regulations following the enactment of the Petroleum Development Act, 1974, has not changed, and “applies to all local and foreign companies, service providers and suppliers”.

It was responding to recent media reports claiming that Petronas had decided “to do away” with its licensing system for companies involved in Malaysia’s upstream O&G industry.

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Credit Cards and Airport Lounges – KLIA Plaza Premium Lounge

September 28, 2011

I think I’ll start a series on what credit card entitles you free entry to various airport lounges I encounter as I travel round the region building up the Empire of Wata.

(I take no responsibilities for errors. If your card isn’t accepted, bring along a thick book).

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From Free Malaysia Today – Dormant company gets RM5.8b LNG project

July 19, 2011

I’m dormant, why didn’t they pick me?

Dateline 2011-07-02:

The Perak DAP today lodged a report against the Barisan Nasional state government for misusing its power in awarding a RM5.8 billion project to a RM100 dormant company to import liquified natural gas (LNG) from Qatar.

The project is located in Segari, Manjung.

The report was lodged with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

“This is a clear case of misuse of power by BN in giving this RM5.8 billion project to the RM100 dormant company named Atigas Technology Sdn Bhd,” party state deputy chief V Sivakumar said at a press conference. Also present were two other Pakatan members.

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