From Bernama – Labuan to Be Oil & Gas Hub

March 18, 2011

Goody, another way for profits to be gained without paying the rakyat their due via taxes. How do I get into this scam?

Dateline 2011-02-26:

Labuan is being considered as a third oil and gas hub of Malaysia, after Teluk Ramunia and Pengerang in Johor, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

The Prime Minister noted that the RM387 million Phase 2 undersea pipeline could support the oil and gas industries.

“We are still studying the matter (of giving Labuan the status). The Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing has briefed me on the potential of the oil and gas sectors in Labuan,” he told reporters after opening a 1Malaysia clinic in Taman Mutiara here Saturday.

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Saturday Star 2011-03-12 – Job Opportunities

March 14, 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.

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.

  • SBM are looking for a looot of people, so I guess the international FPSO/floating solutions market is growing. They want principal engineers, senior engineers, operations people, and the non-tech people termed ‘support’. Send email here, or snail mail to SBM Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Suite 2B-09-01, Block 2B, Level 9, Plaza Sentral, Jalan Stesen 5, 50470 KL, or call +603 2773 5300.
  • MECIP is advertising for engineers to work in Bintulu. Find the advert here.
  • Newfield is  looking for a Senior Geophysicist, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Junior Reservoir Engineer, Production Engineer, Static Equipment Engineer. Email your resume in before 31 March, 2011.
  • Petrofac has a four page (count ’em, four!) spread of opportunities. She’s looking for a Commissioning Manager, Offshore Integration Superintendent, Lead Instrument Engineer, Lead Marine Engineer, Lead & Senior Structural Engineer, Senior Electrical Engineer, Assistant Marine Engineer, QA/ QC Engineer.  Contact them here.
  • Scomi is looking for Drilling Fluid Engineers, Drilling Waste Management & Solid Control Engineers (we talking industrial or municipal waste here?), and Service Engineers – Production Chemicals (whew, thought it was other kinds of services). Snail mail to SCOMI KMC Sdn Bhd, Human Resources Department, Level 11, 1 First Avenue Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya, or email them here.
  • Talisman is looking for a Senior Geophysicist, Senior Drilling Engineer, Reservoir Engineer, Drilling Supervisor, Night Drilling Supervisor. Apply here, and visit their site.

Here are some ChemEng books selected by Amazon:

Troubleshooting Process Operations, 4th Edition, Process Technology Troubleshooting, Fundamentals of Natural Gas Processing, Second Edition (Dekker Mechanical Engineering)

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Shout Out – Talk on Information Management Solutions for the Oil and Gas, Energy and Process Industries

March 8, 2011

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a talk on the 10th March, 2011. It’ll be at 5:30 pm (makan-makan at 5:00). You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.

Information management (IM) solutions are developed to drive inefficiencies and inadequate processes out of the process industry supply chains by providing early visibility of quality, fully validated information – Supply Chain Content, to all parties in the plant life cycle.

An IM solution improves information on existing facilities to give a true picture of the physical plant configuration, linked through the bill of materials to inventory spares, and maintains the quality of supply chain information throughout the life of the plant. A correctly applied solution accelerates facility start-up, minimises capital expenditure on inventory, and delivers major improvements in procurement, operations and maintenance that maximise the owner’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) investment.

The speakers for this event are Mr. Dag Pettersen and Mr. Yngve Nilsen.

 

You can register for the event here or download a registration form here.  A map to Wisma IEM is presented here. The F***book event is here.

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Saturday Star 2011-03-05 – Job Opportunities

March 7, 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.

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.

  • Hmm, nothing of interest this week. Though there is a position for QA’s in the oil & gas industry (!!) at Turner & Townsend. If interested, send your CVs here.
  • MECIP is advertising for engineers to work in Bintulu. Find the advert here.
  • Foster Wheeler is looking for Process Engineers, Civil/ Structural Engineers, Piping Layout Engineers, Rotating Machinery, Static Equipment, HVAC Engineering, Instrument Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Designers, Fresh Meat (Graduate/ Trainees). Apply here. Please indicate the source-date-position applied for. Make sure my blog address in in their somewhere.

 

The Safety Relief Valve Handbook: Design and Use of Process Safety Valves to ASME and International Codes and Standards (Butterworth-Heinemann/IChemE), HAZOP: Guide to Best Practice, 2nd Edition – IChemE, Liquid Hydrocarbon Tank Fires (BP Process Safety Series) – IChemE
. Buy these books from here.

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From Bernama – MMHE Q3 Pre-tax Profit Rises 5.5 Per Cent To RM133.3 Million

March 6, 2011

Are you surprised?

Dateline 2011-02-22:

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Bhd’s pre-tax profit rose 5.5 per cent to RM113.3 million for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2010 from RM107.4 million in the same quarter of 2009.

Its revenue, however, declined to RM1.3 billion from RM1.5 billion previously.

In a filing to Bursa Malaysia today, the company said the higher pre-tax profit was mainly contributed by its engineering and construction business.

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From Bernama – Petronas Gas Tops RM1 Billion In Profit For Nine Months

March 5, 2011

Dateline 2011-02-22:

Petronas Gas Bhd has reported a jump in pre-tax profit for first nine months ended Dec 31, 2010 to RM1.549 billion from RM966.287 million in the previous corresponding period.

Revenue rose to RM2.633 billion from RM2.419 billion, the company said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia Tuesday.

“The increase in profit was mainly due to higher revenue and lower cost of revenue,” it said.

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From the Business Times – Petronas discoveries come at right time

March 3, 2011

Dateline 2011-02-21:

The oil and gas finds are timely when Malaysia’s oil and gas reserves and production capacity are seen dwindling.

IT HAS been quite a while since we last heard Petroliam Nasional Bhd (PETRONAS) and its production sharing contractors announcing new major discoveries of oil and gas in Malaysian waters.

Last week’s announcement of oil and gas discoveries offshore Sarawak could not have come at a better time when Malaysia’s oil and gas reserves and production capacity are seen dwindling.

It was just last year that PETRONAS had pledged to concentrate more on domestic exploration and development rather than aggressively going to lucrative but risky international waters.

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Saturday Star 2011-02-26 – Job Opportunities

February 28, 2011

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store.

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.

  • Petrofac is looking for a Maintenance Supervisor, Production Supervisor, Marine Supervisor, Production Operator, Mechanical Technician, Electrical Technician, Instrument Technician, Marine Technician, Marine Maintenance Technician. Contact them here.
  • AP Recruitment is being coy, not saying who they are recruiting for. Could be a scam. If you want to try your luck, they are looking for field operators with experience is gas processing (LNG/ LPG/ NGL/ Sulphur Recovery, etc). CVs to be submitted here. They have a walk-in interview session at M.S. Meeting Room 7 (Mezzanine Floor), M.S. Garden Hotel Kuantan.

Some interesting IChemE safety-related publications:

The Safety Relief Valve Handbook: Design and Use of Process Safety Valves to ASME and International Codes and Standards (Butterworth-Heinemann/IChemE), HAZOP: Guide to Best Practice, 2nd Edition – IChemE, Liquid Hydrocarbon Tank Fires (BP Process Safety Series) – IChemE
. Buy these books from here.

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From Borneo Post – Marginal oil fields a boon for local O&G sector

February 27, 2011

Dateline 2011-02-05:

The award development and production contracts to local players is a game changer for local oil and gas (O&G) service providers as this is the first time local players have been invited to participate.

UOB Kay Hian (Malaysia) Holdings Sdn Bhd (UOB Kay Hian) in its report pointed out that newsflow on this sector would be forthcoming and would act as a near term catalyst for a sector-wide re-rating. This move was intended to groom and moved local O&G players up the value chain.

To recap, Petronas had awarded a risk sharing contract (RSC) to develop and produce the Berantai field to a joint operating party (JOP) formed by a tripartite.

Petrofac Energy Development, a London-listed O&G exploration and production (E&P) company would take a 50 per cent stake, while SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd (SapuraCrest ) and Kencana Petroleum Bhd (Kencana) would each have a 25 per cent equity participation in the JOP.

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Out for Training

February 23, 2011

Guess where I went for a safety refresher?

Yup, the Miskatonic University Safety Course.

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