Wata – Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer

Dateline 2011-05-17:

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) (TSX:LUP)(OMX:LUPE) is pleased to announce that it has commenced its Malaysian drilling campaign with the spud of the Tarap-1 well in the SB 303 Block offshore Sabah, East Malaysia.

The well will target Miocene sandstones in the Kindu sub basin. The well will be drilled with the Offshore Courageous rig in a water depth of approximately 70 meters. It will be a deviated well, directionally drilled to intersect a series of stacked seismic anomalies, with a planned total depth of 2,140 meters subsea.

The well is the first of the five well programme planned in 2011 by Lundin Malaysia BV in its Malaysian Blocks.

…

I was listening to the radio last week, and there was a language lesson program which talked about the value of the pantun to the Malay culture. In an attempt to lower said culture, I propose we create pantuns based on the oil & gas industry. Here’re a few to set the bar…

Hisap rokok di kawasan produk,
Ditangkap, dihantar balik naik chopper.
Kalau tak nak ikut Standards of Business Conduct,
Tunggu sampai orang tak ada.

Pergi pelanta cari rezeki,
sampai-sampai kena buat downhole fishing.
Kalau musuh tak nak dicari,
Siapakan kerja sebelum gi golfing.

Senior engineer suruh sizekan heat exchanger
Young Turk kata, “Mudah! Guna OLGA!”
Kalau dah tak tau, kata ajelah tak tau
Buka buku text, majalah, iPad, gi belajar.

The rest had too many swear words.

Send in yours.

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.

First off, 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.

The first advert is not in the Star. The intent is to form a full multi discipline project team for SKO pipeline rejuvanation. Among the activities anticipated will be deck extension, pipeline riser modification. Candidates have to perform engineering and design works, markup PFD P&ID layout design, in place analysis, structural integrity, equipment & line sizing etc. Positions open are:

• Mechanical engineer
• Structural engineer
• Process engineer
• Electrical engineer
• Instrument engineer

The advertiser is looking for engineers 3+ and above (sounds like a kindergarten). Anyhoo, contact ipsmalaysia.

• M3nergy is looking for a Manager – Technical, Head of Maintenance, Naval Architect / Marine Engineer.  Send your qualifications here or snail mail to M3nergy Berhad, Central Services Division (Recruitment Section) 25th and 32nd Floor, Wisma UOA II, 21 Jalan Pinang, 50450 KL.
• Berachah is looking for a pipeline lead / manager, and senior engineers.  Send your qualifications here or snail mail to M3nergy Berhad, Central Services Division (Recruitment Section) 25th and 32nd Floor, Wisma UOA II, 21 Jalan Pinang, 50450 KL.

Here are some books from the CCPS:

Links  

Guidelines for Safe and Reliable Instrumented Protective Systems
Incidents That Define Process Safety (CCPS Concept Books)
Guidelines for Process Hazards Analysis (PHA, HAZOP), Hazards Identification, and Risk Analysis

I only recently discovered that En. Anuar Taib was senior of mine. Small world.

Also, hasn’t Gemusut moved from JB yet?

Dateline 2011-05-16:

Shell Malaysia will invest RM5.1 billion this year to upgrade and expand its upstream, midstream and downstream operations.

Its chairman, Anuar Taib, said one of the projects was the development of the Gumusut field, offshore Sabah.

In a statement Monday, Anuar said in preparation for this, Shell, together with its partners, would build South-East Asia’s first floating production system (FPS) in Johor Baru.

“The FPS, which will sit in a water depth of approximately 1,200 metres, will have a capacity to process 135,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, or the equivalent of one quarter of the nation’s production,” he said.

…

Dateline 2011-05-16:

Integrated oil and gas brownfield services provider, Petra Energy Bhd, is in the process of identifying partners to form a consortium to participate in the development of marginal oil fields.

Its executive director/chief executive officer, Kamarul Baharin Albakri, said the company was now moving into the next level to be a participant in a consortium.

“Once we become a consortium member, we will split the responsibility of jobs among the members,” he told reporters after the company’s annual general meeting here today.

Malaysia has 106 marginal oil fields with an estimated 580 million barrels of oil.

…

Must have been a slow news desk at Reuters, this is old hat.

Dateline 2011-05-15:

Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC), jointly owned by state oil firm Petronas , ConocoPhillips and Shell (RDSa.L), will develop the Kebabangan (KBB) gas field offshore Malaysia’s Borneo island state of Sabah, KPOC said on Monday.

The final investment decision by three oil firms to develop the KBB gas field comes as the Southeast Asian country seeks to develop its oil resources and stem declining oil and gas production.

…

During a conversation I had with a random person off the street, the person mentioned that they had discussions with one of PETRONAS‘s downstream companies. The person on the other side of the table said that they would be looking to follow upstream regulations, that is interested suppliers of services and products would need a PETRONAS license.

Those of you in the industry know that for downstream vendors, a PETRONAS registration is sufficient, and not as onerous as a  license.

So, is the rumor true? Will all us small guys have to comply with the license requirements? Should I jump into downstream activites, and earn my 50% markup as a license holder? Or should I go for 100% markup, and a night at Sofitel New York?

Dateline 2011-05-14:

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) will make its investment decision by the last quarter of next year for its proposed integrated downstream oil and gas project that has been earmarked with a capital expenditure of US$20bil (RM60bil).

It announced yesterday that it was undertaking a feasibility study for the development of a refinery and petrochemical integrated development (Rapid) in Pengerang, Johor. The announcement confirmed a breaking story by StarBiz on Wednesday.

Petronas president and chief executive officer Datuk Shamsul Azhar Abbas told a media briefing after the unveiling of the project that the feasibility study would be completed by the end of this year.

…

You can subscribe to an online version of the paper at the e-browse site.

Dateline 2011-05-14:

ExxonMobil subsidiaries in Malaysia, will plant 5,000 seedlings at the Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve, in Puchong, by next year, under the company’s community project.

Chairman Hugh W. Thompson said 3,300 seedlings have so far been planted under the tree-planting programme, in collaboration with Universiti Putra Malaysia, aimed at conserving and maintaining forest reserves for recreation and research purposes.

“We believe that reducing the environmental impact of today’s energy is an important step towards a more sustainable future.

…

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.

First off, 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.

The first advert is not in the Star. The intent is to form a full multi discipline project team for SKO pipeline rejuvanation. Among the activities anticipated will be deck extension, pipeline riser modification. Candidates have to perform engineering and design works, markup PFD P&ID layout design, in place analysis, structural integrity, equipment & line sizing etc. Positions open are:

• Mechanical engineer
• Structural engineer
• Process engineer
• Electrical engineer
• Instrument engineer

The advertiser is looking for engineers 3+ and above (sounds like a kindergarten). Anyhoo, contact ipsmalaysia.

• MMHE are looking for some design and construction folks in the oil & gas sector. They are also looking for people in the Marine Repair & Conversion.  There was a walk-in interview session at the Impiana KLCC hotel, Mawar & Jasmine Rooms, Level 1 on the 27th and 28th May, 2011. Or you can visit the Jobstreet page.
• Murphy is looking for a development reservoir engineer, amongst others. Apply here.
• Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC to friends) has a two-page spread. I presume they are now moving into hookup and commissioning? Anyhow, the posts that they hope to fill are: Project HSE Manager, Construction Eng, Engineering Coordinator, Construction Supervisor, (E&I), Construction Supervisor (Mechanical), Construction Supervisor (Living Quarters), Snr Telecommunication Engineer, Senior Pipelines Installation Engineer, Senior Contract Specialist, Well Engineering HSE Engineer, Controls &Instrumentation Mentor, Electric Mentor, Operation Planner, Offshore Production Supervisor, Offshore Maintenance Supervisor. Please apply here, or snail mail to: Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Comp Sdn Bhd, Level 52, Tower 2, PETRONAS Twin Towers, KLCC, 50088 KL, Malaysia.
• Talisman is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer. Apply here, and visit their site.

Here are some books from the CCPS:

Links  

Guidelines for Safe and Reliable Instrumented Protective Systems
Incidents That Define Process Safety (CCPS Concept Books)
Guidelines for Process Hazards Analysis (PHA, HAZOP), Hazards Identification, and Risk Analysis

I would recommend reading the Gauss facts. If you don’t ROTFL, I can explain, at one donation per fact.