Saturday Star 2014-08-23 – Job Opportunities

August 25, 2014

Happy Visit Kota Kinabalu week.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Nothing interesting in the papers this week

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

Some books for you to turn those bad numbers’ frown upside down.

  

Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, How to Lie with Statistics

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IEM Shout Out – Talk on An Introduction to A Pneumatic Conveying System, Its Advantages and Practical Selection Guidelines

August 24, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on Saturday 6th Septermber, 2014 by Ir. Low Chew Eow (Rocky). It’ll be at 9:00am (makan-makan at 8.30am) at Wisma IEM.

A Pneumatic Conveying system is used to transfer items from one place to another. It is widely found in various industries. In the petrochemical industry, a Pneumatic Conveying system is used to transfer products in the form of powder or pellets into the bagging system for example. There are various types of Pneumatic Conveying system and each type is selected to best suit its applications. A Pneumatic Conveying system is usually chosen when it has to meet various stringent requirements for a clean environment, having minimum maintenance downtime and needing to operate within a congested plant footprint. It is also very reliable when a long continuous operation is required. The talk will provide an introduction of the system’s design and selection criteria for different type of systems such as “Open/Close Loop”, “Positive or Negative Conveying” and “Dilute or Dense Phase”. It will also impart knowledge on equipment selection that makes up the complete system such as blower or screw compressor, cooler (if required), type of diverter valve and type of piping to be used.

Ir. Low Chew Eow (Rocky) graduated from the University of Glasgow, UK with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1990. He has more than 24 years of working experience in various roles, of which about 16 years are in the oil and gas industry. He specializes in Pneumatic Conveying System in the food, mining and petrochemical industry where he has been involved from the designing, fabrication, installation and commissioning stages. He is currently the Head of Package Equipment Department in Technip Consultant (M) Sdn. Bhd. He is also the Member of Expert Network specializing in Pneumatic Conveying System within the Technip group. You can register here and download the flyer here.

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IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit To to Fiberbond GRP Piping Systems

August 20, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a  visit on Sat , 23rd August , 2014 to Fibrebond GRP Piping Systems.  Trip starts at 7.00am.

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ISP and DIALOG are currently the only manufacturers of advanced composite piping that offers complete, single-source supply of engineering design, manufacturing, and installation of fully warranted systems for application of the marine and onshore / offshore oil & gas industries including deepwater location.

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You can register here and download the flyer here.

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Conversion Tables

August 20, 2014

When I was a young lass, we were barely out of the Stones Age (moving on to the New Wave Age). The Oil & Gas industry uses both Imperial and Metric units (no kati and tahil in sight). Computers were slow, so it was faster to remember unit conversion constants. I still remember 0.14504 to convert from kPa to psi (or is it the other way around), and the classic 25.4 to convert from inches to mm. How about 7(ish) to convert from cubic meters to barrels (US, mind you).

The following books were your friends (along with deodorant).

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No, I didn’t use logarithm tables at the office.

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Saturday Star 2014-08-16 – Job Opportunities

August 18, 2014

Happy Visit Palembang Week.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

  • SapuraKencana is looking for people. There is a walk-in interview on the 23rd and 24th August, 2014, Renaissance Johor Bahru Hotel, for positions based in Lumut. For Lead, Senior Engineer/Engineer positions based in KL, it’s write in applications only. But the paper shows more positions then on the web page, go figure. Send your CV here.
  • Selangor’s looking for a new MB. Slip your CV under the door, please.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

Some books for you to turn those bad numbers’ frown upside down.

  

Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, How to Lie with Statistics

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IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit To to Fiberbond GRP Piping Systems

August 17, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a  visit on Sat , 23rd August , 2014 to Fibrebond GRP Piping Systems.  Trip starts at 7.00am.

…

ISP and DIALOG are currently the only manufacturers of advanced composite piping that offers complete, single-source supply of engineering design, manufacturing, and installation of fully warranted systems for application of the marine and onshore / offshore oil & gas industries including deepwater location.

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You can register here and download the flyer here.

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Ball and Globe Valves

August 13, 2014

In the industry, you use a throttling valve to regulate the flow of fluid. This type of valve may be a globe valve, needle valve, or some other type of that ilk. The valve may not be designed to ensure that, at full closed position, liquid cannot seep through the valve.

Adhering to the Unix philosophy, the isolation task is taken up by a block valve, which can be a gate valve, ball valve, butterfly valve (not so much).

Here’s an example in civilian life where a globe and ball valve are used in series to allow control of the water rate, yet guarantee a tight-shut off to conserve resources.

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Saturday Star 2014-08-09 – Job Opportunities

August 11, 2014

Eid Mubarak.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

  • Murphy is looking for a senior structural engineer.  Send your CV here.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

Some books for you to turn those bad numbers’ frown upside down.

  

Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, How to Lie with Statistics

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IEM Shout Out – Talk on Mastering Physical Laws: Reminders to Engineers

August 7, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on Saturday 9th August, 2014 by Ir. Al-Khairi. It’ll be at 9:00am (makan-makan at 8.30am) at Wisma IEM. Due to the topic, I expect a lot of our friendly law enforcement and massive camera presence

 

A physical law or scientific law, according to the Oxford English dictionary, “is a theoretical principle deduced from particular facts, applicable to a defined group or class of phenomena, and expressible by the statement that a particular phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions be present.”Wikipedia.
So if the physical laws are always true than we can repeat success every time when the success conditions are presents. Similarly we can avert failures or even predict poor consequences whenever the conditions are met.
As long as we live in this earth the physical laws will always govern us. The questions are:

  • Are you aware of the physical laws that govern your life?
  • How can you benefits from the laws?

To be successful, you must not beat the physical laws. You must use the laws to your advantage. The physical laws are always present. We just don’t realize how to get the laws working to our favours.
To fly, you don’t ignore gravity. You use the understanding of gravity to defy falling down.
This talk will expand on the physical laws in experiential manner for you to uncover your hidden potential and what has hindered you from success. The physical laws can be used in all aspect of your life, management, business, relationship.
This talk will not only change the way you think about physics. It will make you be part of the physical world.

Ir. Al-Khairi has 20 years of experience in research, cement, oil and gas, petrochemical, oleo chemicals industries and health care facilities. He has gained various experiences in design, construction, testing and commissioning, operate and maintain facilities and plants from various multinational companies both abroad and locally. He has served in various roles as engineers and manager to the plant and facilities.

You can register here and download the flyer here.

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Saturday Star 2014-08-02 – Job Opportunities

August 4, 2014

Eid Mubarak.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

  • Nothing this week (loooong weekend).

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

Some books for you to turn those bad numbers’ frown upside down.

  

Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, How to Lie with Statistics

Leave a Comment » | engineering, Malaysia, oil and gas | Tagged: | Permalink
Posted by Wata

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