I was recently down at ILSAS to discuss the ongoing training collaboration between them and the IEM. I took the opportunity to make a Photosynth view of the Admin Building’s main foyer.
Please support the IEM, my technical division (Oil, Gas and Mining) and my ego by becoming members of the IEM, and sending you and your staff to our events. Flyers may be obtained here.
Dedication stone, LLN
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Most people are familiar with the brand name exploration and production companies that come to Golden Chersonese and Borneo and extract hydrocarbons from the ground. However, have you wondered why there are no Malaysian production sharing contractors (PSCs) operating here? By Malaysian, I’ll use an ad-hoc definition and say that the company is majority owned by Malaysians.
It’s not that there aren’t any capable companies. Some existing companies I had in mind were:
It is said that we can’t have Malaysia PSC companies because:
I humbly offer myself to be the No. 1 corrupt dude of these companies. I promise that I will only take 30% max on all transactions. Oh, and a holiday home as well, Kerteh and Redang would be nice.
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And I thought it was hard to open a non-Pertamina gas station in Indonesia… any station owners want to comment on this article?
VIVAnews, dateline 2010-4-27: – Setting up gas stations in Malaysia is apparently not as easy as it is in Indonesia, who lets every multinational oil company opens up new stations. It is difficult for PT Pertamina to establish a petrol station in Malaysia, just like Petronas did in Indonesia.
“Applying for a permit to build a gas station in Malaysia takes three years,” Pertamina Marketing and Trade Director Djaelani Sutomo said in Jakarta on Tuesday, April 27.
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Old news to us in the industry, but finally there’s some public domain information, and I do think its worth more than RM100M.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama) — Aker Solutions has been selected by Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company Sdn Bhd (KPOC) as its contractor for the detailed engineering of the Kebabangan (KBB) Northern Hub development project located in the South China Sea, 130km offshore Sabah.
Under the four-year contract, Aker Solutions operations in Malaysia will provide detailed design and engineering support through to the start up phase of the project, Aker Solutions said in a statement Thursday.
Aker Solutions estimates the contract value to be over RM100 million.
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For a food recommendation, how about Peppercorns in SS15. It’s under new management now, but the menu’s still the same. We regularly schedule our management breakfasts and lunches there. For dinner, I could recommend Alisara, a Thai restaurant in Puchong. Food’s good, but a bit dear.
This week is nostalgia video week. I can finally afford to purchase DVD collections of series that were shown in the 80s on TV3. Back then, I don’t think TV3 focused much on showing complete series runs. Now I can afford it, I’m getting a collection of some of the more esoteric series: Robin of Sherwood, Nowhere Man and Wiseguy.
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The article actually talks about Talisman in general, but there topics of interest to Malaysians as well:
In Malaysia, production averaged 35,000 boe/d, an increase of 9% over the previous period and 31% higher than the first quarter of 2009 when PM-3 CAA was shutdown to commission the Northern Fields oil development.
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This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a visit to the Centralised Utility Facilities, Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang on Saturday, 22nd May, 2010. You’ll get tea and lunch in addition to 4 CPD points.
Centralised Utility Facilities (CUF) is one of the business divisions of PETRONAS Gas Berhad (PGB). PGB operates 2 Centralised Utility Facilities (CUF) in Peninsular Malaysia, and one of them is located in Gebeng Integrated Petrochemical Complex, Pahang. CUF (Gebeng) was set up in year 1999 as part of development of Gebeng Integrated Petrochemical Complex. It provides centralised utilities such as steam, power, demineralised water, nitrogen gas and others to the nearby Petrochemical plants.
The visit is strictly limited to only thirty (30) participants registered on a first come, first served basis. Members who are interested in the trip are requested to return the attached reply slip to the IEM Secretariat by 17 May 2010 (Monday) together with a commitment fee of RM 100.00 per person, made payable to “The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia”. This commitment fee must be settled prior to the visit.
Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here.
I appeal to readers, come on and send yourselves and staff to these events. I need the support.
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This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a talk on the 13th May, 2010. It’ll be at 5:30 pm (makan-makan at 5:00). You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.
Malaysia is one of the leading countries in agricultural-based industries in the ASEAN region. Many industrial processes are used in the chain of agro-based industries. … There are several technologies available to manage the organic matters from the processes
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Two speakers will be making the presentation. The first speaker is Mr. Reza Dzulkiflee, who is a Mechanical Engineer by qualification. Currently he is the Operation Manager of BIOTEC. The second speaker is Mr. Baptiste Kervyn who is an Agronomical Engineer. He is the CEO of BIOTEC.
Get the form here. Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here. It’s the building identified as ‘Puteri Nursing College.’
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This week I’m recommending some child friendly stuff. My kids have been dancing to Phineas and Ferb, the soundtrack for hours on end. Best user endorsement I’ve seen yet.
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I wonder if they’ll put RFID scanners in the living quarters, smoko room and the galley entrance?
Taken from RFID Journal:
Malaysian Oil Rig Deploys RFID for Man-Down Monitoring
Axcess International developed the system, which features personnel badges containing active RFID tags and motion sensors to detect if a worker stops moving.
Apr. 28, 2010—An oil company that asked to remain unnamed has begun installing an RFID-based “Man-Down” monitoring and locating system on an oil-drilling platform in Malaysia. The firm plans to soon begin providing badges to its dozens of high-risk workers for each shift on the platform, to track when they become inactive, possibly indicating injury. Axcess International Inc. developed the system specifically for this customer, based on its own existing DotWireless technology, but is now offering it to other oil companies, as well as those in other industries, such as mining, says Axcess’ CEO, Allan Griebenow.
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