Thank you all for visiting my blog. I’ve managed to reach 200 posts (in more than 200 days, I might add). Your ideas and comments, both public and private have been useful in inspiring new topics of discussion. For the engineers out there, here are the statistics:
Or you can click on the stat counter for another tally of visitors.
1 Comment | 
engineering | 
Permalink
Posted by Wata
Ah, I’ve been out ill for the past week, so this entry is kinda late. Better late then never, eh?
1 Comment | engineering, Malaysia, oil and gas | Tagged: Aramco, QP, Ranhill, Synergy, Worley Parsons | Permalink
Posted by Wata
Hah, I found an almost mindless way to compare US pump prices to Malaysian pump prices.
I guess someone will create a Java / AJAX script to link all this up, and alow me to make it an applet on my page?
7 Comments | engineering, Malaysia, oil and gas | Tagged: gas price, gasbuddy, Malaysia, petrol price | Permalink
Posted by Wata
Hmm, not many oil and gas ads this edition.
How was the PETRONAS open day last weekend?
Captive Piranhas
3 Comments | engineering, Malaysia, oil and gas | Tagged: Aramco, Awan Inspirasi, Petronas, Synergy, Talisman | Permalink
Posted by Wata
Jabba has decided to share his knowledge of the oil and gas industry with the world at large. Here are the first three books in the series:
If you want to place a pre-order, send a donation, and it will be taken off the price of the books when he ships. I’ll see if I can get some preview pages as well.
6 Comments | engineering, Malaysia, oil and gas | Tagged: Jabba | Permalink
Posted by Wata
Jabba must have been on fine form the past few days. He contributed the following story as a comment, but I just have to promote it to article status:
Does anyone know how to perform an exorcism. I was wondering what would happen if we try to perform an exorcism on some of the engineers in the office. It’d be a good movie to make…
Here’s a possible dialog-
Exorcist: “I command you, leave this body.”
Possessed Engineer: “Sorry sir, it’s after 5pm, come back tomorrow.”
Exorcist: “I command you, leave this body.”
Possessed Engineer: “Sorry, need to wait for the datasheet from the Process Department before we can do anything.”
Exorcist: “I command you, leave this body, you Spawn of Satan.”
Possessed Engineer: “Don’t know how, it is not in the PETRONAS Technical Standards.”
Exorcist: “I command you, leave this body.”
Possessed Engineer: “Not part of deliverables.”
This could go on forever, until you give in and accept every piece of crap the possessed engineer throws at you.
Definitely going into the ‘Anecdotes of the Engineer.’
6 Comments | engineering, Malaysia | Tagged: anecdotes, Jabba | Permalink
Posted by Wata
From the pages of the New Straits Times, 16th October 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Mobile phone users can now switch to another provider without changing their number.This means a customer whose number is 01x-3456789 can retain it when he or she switches to a rival firm. This applies to postpaid or prepaid users.
This is possible after the government launched the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) yesterday.
“The government is committed to ensuring all mobile users can experience world-class services,” said Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor after the launch here.
Previously, consumers were unwilling to change operators as they did not want to go through the hassle of informing their contacts of the change in phone number.
About 87.9 per cent of Malaysians, or more than 25 million people, own a mobile phone.
“We believe this the best time to launch MNP as the telecommunication market is moving into a mature phase. Initiatives like MNP will help boost competitiveness within the sector,” Shaziman said.
Present were Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission chairman Datuk Dr Halim Shafie, Maxis Communications Bhd chief executive officer Sandip Das, Celcom (M) Bhd CEO Datuk Seri Shazalli Ramly and DiGi.Com Bhd CEO Johan Dennelind. Mobile operators were excited about the MNP.
“Competition can only be good for consumers. MNP will force all operators to be more efficient,” said Sandip.
The link to the article is here.
1 Comment | engineering | Permalink
Posted by Wata
Another week, another scan of the Saturday Star newspaper. Here’s a list of job ads in the paper:
Anyone know if Chee Meng is going to open a branch is SS15 Subang?
1 Comment | engineering, Malaysia, oil and gas | Tagged: Delcom, Kuwait, M3nergy, Petronas, QP, RasGas, Synergy | Permalink
Posted by Wata
Picture this.
It’s the weekly progress meeting. The design consultant project manager starts to go through the project’s progress. One discipline is 15% behind schedule.
So the client’s discipline engineer asks “Why? What’s the delay?” and the catch up plan to get back on track.
The project manager looks at the lead engineer and the lead stares back at the PM.
The Lead engineer says that the progress % is wrong.
Now the project manager looks at the cost control engineer…
who stares back at the at PM, then at the lead and starts flipping through his papers.
The client project engineer, fed up with this intricate dance of eye contact and body language, stands up and says “This (weekly progress meeting) isn’t a ceremony. When you are ready, call for a meeting,” and walks out.
This will be a classic, to be recorded in the ‘Anecdotes of the Engineer’.
A Jackup Rig in a Malaysian Fjord
6 Comments | engineering | Permalink
Posted by Wata
In a previous article, I had written how Photosynth might be used as a poor man’s 3D modelling tool. Well, I’ve attempted to make a walk around of a pump skid. See what you think.
Oh, and keep an eye out for DivePhotographer’s projects once in a while.
Leave a Comment » | engineering, Malaysia, oil and gas | Tagged: model, Photosynth, pumps | Permalink
Posted by Wata
You are currently browsing the archives for the engineering category.
Paypal donations accepted.
Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 