Shout Out – 2-Day Course On Specific Materials &Amp; Their Behaviour In Engineering Applications

September 28, 2010

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a course on the 6th and 7th October, 2010. For a change, it will be held at TUS room, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya.  The course is worth 13 CPD or PDP points.

The course is designed to provide knowledge and understanding of the properties, characteristics and weldability of the following specific materials: –

  1. Stainless steel (austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, duplex)
  2. Aluminium and alloys
  3. Cryogenic steels (nickel and its alloys) and
  4. Creep resistant steel (chromium, molybdenum and alloys)

The applicable welding consumables, processes and techniques used for each specific material are also covered

The course will be presented by En. Mohd Faisal Yusof. Mohd Faisal joined TWI in 2001 after spending 7 years in the welding and gas industry and 3 years in teaching subject University of Kuala Lumpur. Originally trained as a welding instructor and lecturer, Faisal gained training in European Welding Technologist and Specialist at TWI UK. His early experience was spent on the development and maintaining quality of welding machines and gases in Oil and Gas industries and development of welding procedures and customer services

Faisal now works as Training Manager in TWISEA for welding inspection courses East Asia including Indonesia, Singapore, Philippine, Australia and Vietnam.

Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

I appeal to readers, come on and send yourselves and staff to these courses. I need the support.

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Saturday Star 2010-09-25 – Job Opportunities

September 27, 2010

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.

  • Carigali Hess is looking for a Head Process Engineer, Senior Process Engineer, Senior Mechanical / Piping Eng, Elec Eng, Operations Support Executive. Email to job@carigalihess.com, indicating position applied for as subject of the email. Now you wonder, did Wata supply the right titles?
  • Talisman is looking for Senior Completion/Intervention Eng, Operation Support Eng. Apply here, and visit their site.
  • Sabic has an advert. They are looking for supervisors (elec, instr, mech). You can apply via email here or here. Or key in your resumes online here. Login under candidate login and password at the website.

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From Bernama – PETRONAS Gas will the the winner in IPP Talks with Ministry

September 23, 2010

Taken from Bernama, dateline 2010-09-17:

PETRONAS Gas will be the winner in the ‘reimagined’ talks between first-generation Independent Power Producers (IPPs) with the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry, says a research firm.

OSK Investment Research said the outcome would be PETRONAS Gas’ transporting gas business model would continue even as the domestic gas supply in Peninsular Malaysia declined.

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From the FT – PETRONAS Chemicals’ IPO: so many unanswered questions

September 14, 2010

A commentary on PETRONAS Chemical’s listing by a Financial Times blog post, dateline 2010-10-09:

The publication of the draft prospectus for an initial public offering is rightly regarded as an important moment in the process. It tells investors that the sale really is going ahead. But sometimes it doesn’t tell them much more than that.

The draft prospectus for the IPO of Malaysia’s newly formed PETRONAS Chemicals Group is a case in point: large parts of the document filed with the Securities Commission of Malaysia consist of rows of black dots and notes on contingent uncertainties.

Add to that the lack of clarity about how much of the company PETRONAS is putting up for sale, and it’s not surprising that no analyst has yet felt able to produce a comprehensive analysis of the company’s financial prospects and potential market valuation. (If there’s one out there, please let us know; you can contact us as explained here.)

Uncertainties abound. The 22 companies that make up the group have no joint operational or financial history, except as subsidiaries of the main PETRONAS group, and the new Chemicals group management has not yet had a chance to run the unit as a single entity.

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Saturday Star 2010-09-11 – Job Opportunities

September 13, 2010

Eid Mubarak, all. And no, it isn’t today, but it was on Friday, 10/9/2010.

If you’re looking for the Saturday Star, it wasn’t published last Saturday, presumably as everyone went on leave, leaving the printing press open for thievery.

Here’s a set I found on sale at bookxcess. MAD’s Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin (MAD’s Greatest Artists Series) will bring back the old memories of when MAD was MADder. And if you want a more complete collection, get Absolutely MAD Magazine – 50+ Years.

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From the Star – PETRONAS Chemicals to list at PE of 15 times

September 12, 2010

From the Star, dateline 2010-10-09:

PETALING JAYA: PETRONAS Chemicals Group Bhd is likely to list at a price earnings multiple of around 15 times earnings, similar to what analysts are expecting in the coming listing of Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Bhd (MMHE), industry experts familiar with the exercise said.

The sources added that PETRONAS Chemicals would have a number of anchor investors, made up of both local and foreign institutions.

“As expected, the Employees Provident Fund will be wooed but so too will other funds, considering the size of the offering,” one banker said. Although no details have been revealed on the size of the offering, it has been reported that banking sources familiar with the company reckon it could be valued as much as US$2bil (RM6.2bil).

In a draft prospectus filed on Tuesday with the Securities Commission, PETRONAS said it had merged 22 chemicals companies to form the new group.

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

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Kelantan claims RM800m per annum oil royalty

September 2, 2010

From the Malaysian Insider, dateline 2010-08-30:

The Kelantan state government claims PETRONAS owes the state RM800 million per annum from the Kelantan-Thailand offshore area since 2005.

The Kelantan government filed a suit today at the High Court here against the oil giant for breaching the Petroleum Development Act (PDA) 1974 by failing to pay the state oil royalties.

“The worth of condensate (gas liquid) comes to about US$8.5 billion per annum from the joint development offshore area with Thailand,” said state executive councillor Datuk Husam Musa.

“Five per cent of that belongs to Malaysia, which is RM1.7 billion. Half of that belongs to Kelantan which is RM800 million. Petronas owes Kelantan RM800 million per annum since 2005,” he added.

The Kelantan state government said today that Petronas owes the state oil royalties from at least four offshore areas from which oil has been extracted from. These are Kelantan, Kelantan-Thailand, Kelantan-Vietnam and Kelantan-Terengganu.

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Saturday Star 2010-08-28 – Job Opportunities

August 30, 2010

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.

  • Murphy is looking for a technical development manager and a lead intervention engineer.  Send your applications here.
  • And Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC to friends) has a two-page spread. I presume they are now moving into detailed design / fabrication? Anyhow, the posts that they hope to fill are: Snr Construction Eng, Snr Commissioning Eng, Snr Process Engineer / Process Eng, Snr HSE Eng, Snr QA/QC Eng, Snr Welding Eng, Snr Metering Eng, Snr Contract Specialist, Engineering Coordinator, Planning Eng, Metering System Reliability Eng (not many of us around), Operational HSE analyst, Facilities Eng,Construction Supv, Offshore Production Supv, Offshore Maintenance Supv. Please apply here, or snail mail to: Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Comp Sdn Bhd, Level 52, Tower 2, PETRONAS Twin Towers, KLCC, 50088 KL, Malaysia.
  • Tasnee (based in KSA) is looking for a business planning eng, contracts eng, procurement eng, process safety eng, fire & safety eng, process eng, process control eng, engineer (mech, elec, instr, rotating, reliability, civil), inspection eng, operations specialist (Cracker/ UTOS /HDPE /LDPE /PDH), production engineer (PP/ PDH/ Cracker/ UTOS). Visit their website, or send your applications here, or snail mail to ThinkPlus Consulting Sdn Bhd, No 54-1-1 & 54-1-2, Jalan Medan Putra 3/62D, Medan Putra Business Centre, 52200 KL.

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Saturday Star 2010-08-21 – Job Opportunities

August 23, 2010

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.

  • M3nergy is looking for General Manager – Operations, General Manager (Supply Chain Management), General Manager (Exploration and Production), General Manager (Quality, HSE). 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.

No food recommendations this week. I was in Brunei last week, and came to the conclusion that the buka puasa buffet is not well practiced in Kuala Belait. Can’t beat the price, though. Around B$9/pax was the most expensive one I found.

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Gems found while Marketing – Gran Mahakam

August 20, 2010

I love the lobby of the Gran Mahakam even after they politely told me, no photos please. Such polite people, Indonesians. I’ll bring round my camera again next time, and try take a HDR photo of the facade.

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