Saturday Star 2014-02-15 – Job Opportunities

February 17, 2014

Happy Visit Miri day.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Murphy is looking for a people with ‘Drive & Talent, a Winning Formula.’ What that has to do with the accompanying dirt bike graphic is beyond me. Send your CV here.
  • Is that it? Industry must be slowing down a lot, or there is a lot of inside transfers going on.

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

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!

This week, my theme is, you need to be a better all round engineer. Hence, some selections for the process engineer:

A Simple Guide To Understanding Jet Engines, Process Plant Instrumentation: Design and Upgrade, Mechanical Design of Process Systems: Piping and Pressure Vessels

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.

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Saturday Star 2014-02-08 – Job Opportunities

February 10, 2014

Happy Visit KB day.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • ExxonMobil is looking for a fresh meat. Chemical Engineers, Safety Facilities Engineer, Control Applications Engineer, Instrument Engineer, Real Time Optimization Engineer, Mechanical Engineer. Visit here if you are interested.
  • Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC to friends) has a two-page spread. Anyhow, the posts that they hope to fill are too numerous to name. Apply here, or snail mail to: Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Comp Sdn Bhd, Level 52, Tower 2, PETRONAS Twin Towers, KLCC, 50088 KL, Malaysia. Is the sudden surge of posts due to KPOC subtlety telling their existing staff “take a pay cut, or we’ll get fresh meat”? Hah, if you send snail mail, they want you to “indicate the position title at the top of the left corner of the envelope.” I’ll sell you copies of the print advertisement page at RM10/column.

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

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!

This week, my theme is, you need to be a better all round engineer. Hence, some selections for the process engineer:

A Simple Guide To Understanding Jet Engines, Process Plant Instrumentation: Design and Upgrade, Mechanical Design of Process Systems: Piping and Pressure Vessels

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.

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Only DCA DG can issue statement on Bintulu copter crash

February 9, 2014

A chopper crashes, at it is a government secret. Any chance it was a black helicopter?

Dateline 2013-12-14, Borneo Post:

The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said only the director general could issue official statements on the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crash that happened off the coast of Bintulu on Thursday.

A Kuching DCA regional office III spokesman stressed that any development on the incident, such as whether or not the helicopter owned by MHS Aviation Berhad had been successfully lifted out of the sea as claimed by an unofficial source here, could only be confirmed by the director general.

“The official statement will only be issued when the report is sent to the DCA’s headquarters.

“Kuching DCA is also not at liberty to issue any statement as the case has been classified as a government secret,” he told Bernama yesterday.

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NEW DISCOVERIES FOR PETRONAS IN MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA

February 7, 2014

Dateline 2013-12-13, 4-traders (yes, cheesy title):

PETRONAS is pleased to announce new hydrocarbon discoveries from its exploration activities in Malaysia and Indonesia.

In Malaysia, gas has been discovered via the Sintok-1 well in the offshore Block SK320, about 240km northwest of Bintulu, Sarawak.

Block operator Mubadala Petroleum drilled the well to a total depth of 2,775 metres and discovered gas in the main target reservoir. Well data indicates Sintok-1 to have a gas column of 292 metres, and the operator is carrying out further evaluation to assess the volume of the discovery.

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Saturday Star 2014-02-01 – Job Opportunities

February 3, 2014

Happy February.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Paper’s were on leave on Saturday.

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

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!

This week, my theme is, you need to be a better all round engineer. Hence, some selections for the process engineer:

A Simple Guide To Understanding Jet Engines, Process Plant Instrumentation: Design and Upgrade, Mechanical Design of Process Systems: Piping and Pressure Vessels

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.

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IEM Shout Out – Talk on Flyrock Issues at Quarries and Construction Sites

January 29, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My technical division will be having a talk on Saturday, 8th February, 2014 at 9am. Makan-makan at 8:30am.

Flyrock issues had been in the newspapers and other media regularly every year sometimes with fatalities and other times caused serious damages to properties and also serious injuries to people. Rock blasting at quarries and construction sites is actually an essential part of development work and can be done safely even at location very close to properties. However, highly qualified blasting engineers and experience shotfirers are needed to ensure compliance with safety requirements imposed by the authorities. Low vibration limit and almost no airblast are required to ensure minimum disturbance to the public. Only when blasting is not permitted alternative means such as expansive cement and pyrotechnics materials are considered. The talk will discuss the flyrock issues and mean to tackle it and the alternative means to blasting when and where it is possible. The talk can be useful to project managers or engineers who are likely to be responsible for blasting at their sites.

As for the speaker:

Ir. Hj Look Keman graduated with a degree in Mining Engineering from Stratchlyde University in 1979 and M.Sc in Explosives Engineering from Cranfield University in 1991. He initially worked as Research Engineer with Mines Research Institute in Mining Geotechnical Engineering specialising in Slope Engineering for mines, tailing dams etc. Later he worked as Inspector of Mines in Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca and after his postgraduate studies. He specialised in Rock blasting in mines quarries and Construction sites. He had been involved in many investigations on flyrock issues from quarries and construction sites since 1991 till now and will discuss on his experience and mitigation techniques to minimise or eliminate the problem. He retired from the Mines Department in 1996 and work as Consultant Engineer.

You can register here, and download the form here. A map to the Wisma IEM is provided here. Note Wisma IEM is where the nursing college is (don’t ask).

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Why Malaysia’s Malay business lobby is obsessed with Petronas

January 28, 2014

Dateline 2014-01-11, The Malay Mail:

As chief of Malaysia’s sole Fortune 500 company which accounts for nearly a quarter of the country’s revenue, Petronas chief Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abas has drawn his fair share of critics, though none appear as focused and vehement as the Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM).

In an interview this week, MTEM chief executive explained that the Malay business lobby group was no racial hardliner that had a personal vendetta against Shamsul’s merit-driven leadership, but was merely frustrated with the oil-and-gas giant’s seeming indifference to criticism, especially from the country’s Malay-Bumiputera stakeholders.

“For us, Petronas is not a (Bumiputera) issue, it’s a Malaysian development issue,” Nizam Mahshar told The Malay Mail Online.

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Saturday Star 2014-01-25 – Job Opportunities

January 27, 2014

Happy visit Kerteh week.

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Technip is looking for its next biggest asset: You (seen your BMI lately?) Visit here soon. Apply to Synergy first.

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

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!

This week, my theme is, you need to be a better all round engineer. Hence, some selections for the process engineer:

A Simple Guide To Understanding Jet Engines, Process Plant Instrumentation: Design and Upgrade, Mechanical Design of Process Systems: Piping and Pressure Vessels

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.

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Saturday Star 2014-01-18 – Job Opportunities

January 20, 2014

Happy HAZID and HAZOP week

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Nothing else catches my eye.

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

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!

This week, my theme is, you need to be a better all round engineer. Hence, some selections for the process engineer:

A Simple Guide To Understanding Jet Engines, Process Plant Instrumentation: Design and Upgrade, Mechanical Design of Process Systems: Piping and Pressure Vessels

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.

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REALLY? ‘Tariff hike VITAL to cover TNB’s escalating costs’

January 19, 2014

History, but what the hey…

Don’t just be energy efficient, embrace an energy efficiency culture.

Dateline 2013-12-06, Malaysia Chronicle:

AN imminent power tariff hike may give Tenaga Nasional Bhd a profit boost but it is still spending more than what it earns, industry sources say.

TNB is spending at least RM6 billion on new infrastructure, maintenance and capital expenditure (capex) annually to ensure power supply sustainability.

The investment is higher than the RM4.6 billion profit the national utility posted for the year ended August 31 2013, they noted.

The tariff revision, which is effective from January 1, is crucial to help TNB meet rising costs of supply, reinvest in ageing equipment and make improvements in providing reliable and quality electricity supply.

Of the RM6 billion, TNB invests between RM3.5 billion and RM4 billion annually for new supply and system improvements to its distribution networks and multi-connection channels, sources said.

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