IEM Shout Out (OGMTD) – Visit to Valser Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd

September 18, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a visit to Valser Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd  on the 21st Sept, 2013. You will be awarded with 2 CPD points.

Valser Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd (VOG) was incorporated in 2010. The VOG group aims to become the top Malaysian and Asia Pacific Regional One-Stop-Solution-Centre for the supply and services of valves, actuators and controls for the General, Oil & Gas and Energy Industries. VOG places great emphasis on adding value to the industry by ensuring that their products and services are reliable, safe and of the highest quality.

Valser Valve Automation Centre (VVAC) is located in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. The facility is their largest at present where all integration and testing of Actuated Valve Systems are conducted. In addition, together with Biffi Italia Srl, the facility also assembles and tests Biffi ALGAS pneumatic actuators.

You can register for the event here, or get the flyer here.

Maybe you can get free samples.

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Saturday Star 2013-09-14 – Job Opportunities

September 16, 2013

Well wishes on Malaysia 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 process safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • ExxonMobil is looking for an Electrical SME. Since they accept diploma holders, does this mean that you don’t have to be registered as an engineer in this country? BEM police, please help. Apply here if interested.

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!

I’ve had days of interpreting bad data. Apparently is catching.

  

Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing “Hoax”, Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

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.

Food? Doctor says I need to lose weight, sugar, cholesterol. Wish me luck.

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IEM – Fully Paid Membership Scheme

September 14, 2013

C’mon, join this scheme, and I won’t have to bug you every year. To quote:

IEM is introducing the FULLY-PAID Membership Scheme with effect from 2013. By subscribing to this
scheme, your membership will be:

  • immune to increase in future subscription rates increase
  • immune to inflation
  • immune to increased rates when you upgrade your membership. You will not need to top up the difference when you move to a higher grade.
  • immune to interruption in receiving IEM’s services. The IEM Bylaws state that all privileges due to a member will cease if his subscriptions is not paid by April each year.

For your further information, ROS has approved the new IEM Bylaws where the subscription rates will be
increased by 20% with effect from 1 January 2014.

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IEM Shout Out (OGMTD) – Visit to Valser Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd

September 14, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a visit to Valser Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd  on the 21st Sept, 2013. You will be awarded with 2 CPD points.

Valser Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd (VOG) was incorporated in 2010. The VOG group aims to become the top Malaysian and Asia Pacific Regional One-Stop-Solution-Centre for the supply and services of valves, actuators and controls for the General, Oil & Gas and Energy Industries. VOG places great emphasis on adding value to the industry by ensuring that their products and services are reliable, safe and of the highest quality.

Valser Valve Automation Centre (VVAC) is located in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. The facility is their largest at present where all integration and testing of Actuated Valve Systems are conducted. In addition, together with Biffi Italia Srl, the facility also assembles and tests Biffi ALGAS pneumatic actuators.

You can register for the event here, or get the flyer here.

Maybe you can get free samples.

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Qatargas sends first LNG to Malaysia

September 13, 2013

Yeah, re-gas. Boo, Malaysia’s gas producers. Dateline 2013-07-26:

Qatargas Operating Company Limited announced has sold Qatar’s first cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas to Malaysia.
The cargo was sold to Petronas LNG Limited of Malaysia and was loaded on the LNG Vessel Seri Begawan at Ras Laffan Port. The cargo will be delivered to Malaysia’s first LNG receiving terminal located in Melaka. The conventional sized cargo contains approximately 3.1 trillion Btu of LNG.
Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada minister of Energy and Industry and chairman of the Board of Directors of Qatargas welcomed the cargo sale as another milestone in Qatar’s standing as a reliable international energy supplier.

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Saturday Star 2013-09-07 – Job Opportunities

September 9, 2013

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 process safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Murphy is looking for a Sarawak senior HSE advisor (give us the contract). Send your cv here.
  • ExxonMobil is looking for an Electrical SME. Since they accept diploma holders, does this mean that you don’t have to be registered as an engineer in this country? BEM police, please help. Apply here if interested.
  • Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC to friends) has a three-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”?
  • Phillips 66 is looking for a production planning engineer for the JV oil refinery in Melaka, though this is a KL post.  Send your cv here.

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!

Self Promotion this week. I have some copies of

  • The Young Turks of PETRONAS
  • Tuah Jebat di PETRONAS
  • The Will to Compete
  • Pantang di Cabar

Visit here for more details.

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.

Food? Doctor says I need to lose weight, sugar, cholesterol. Wish me luck.

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Saturday Star 2013-08-31 – Job Opportunities

September 2, 2013

Selamat Hari Merdeka!

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 process safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • PETRONAS wants to be ‘tapping human ingenuity for future growth.’ In Bintulu. Visit here.
  • JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Ltd is looking people. Send your cv here. Or snail mail to JX NIppon Oil & Gas Exploration (Deepwater Sabah) Limited (995348-T), Level 51, Menara 3, PETRONAS, Persiaran KLCC, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur
  • Side note: My mechanic complains that there are not enough trained mechanics are being extruded from our schools. If you know of any idle ones, he’s looking for some. Ask them to contact Kong Ming Chai at +60122951023. On another note, has this shortfall hit the news? Can I get the contract for 1Repair?

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!

Self Promotion this week. I have some copies of ‘the Young Turks of PETRONAS’ and ‘Tuah Jebat di PETRONAS’. The books are USD30 each, or USD55 for both. Send me payment via Paypal, with details. Get these while they are hot, It’s taken me months to find the last remaining stocks.

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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BEM 40th Anniversary Dinner

August 28, 2013

Aren’t you upset you missed it?

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IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit to Tenaga Kimia Sdn Bhd

August 27, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting the above visit on the 10th September, 2103.

Tenaga Kimia Sendirian Berhad (TKSB) is the leading supplier of a complete range of civil high explosive products, blasting accessories, bulk emulsion delivery and technical services in Malaysia and countries in the South East Asian region.

TKSB is one of the pioneers in the manufacturing of emulsion explosives since 1983, known then as EMULITE and now as EMULEX®. TKSB caters to all its customers’ needs by listening to them and maintains its philosophy as being the total solutions provider to its users. TKSB wish to be “Your Partner with Total Blasting Solutions”.

TKSB was established in 1976 as a joint venture company between an international explosives manufacturer and local partners which are subsidiary companies of Syarikat Malaysia Explosive and Uda Sinbor. The Company was further transformed into a manufacturer of advanced emulsion high explosives in 1981 when a new joint venture was formed with Nitro Nobel of Sweden, renowned for its explosives and blasting technology. Nitro Nobel of Sweden later became the subsidiary of Dyno Nobel ASA which is one of the biggest explosives and initiating explosive products manufacturer in the world.

You can register here. Fliers may be obtained here.

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Saturday Star 2013-08-24 – Job Opportunities

August 26, 2013

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 process safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • SapuraKencana is looking for warm bodies to fill up Hook-UP and Commissioning positions. “Interested candidates are invited to visit our website for details…” blah blah. You can also send your cv here.
  • JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Ltd is looking people, in the Project Team, Production Operations, Development, Business Support. Send your cv here. Or visit http://www.nex.jx-group.co.jp/english → RECRUIT → Employment in Miri (Malaysia)
  • Murphy is looking for a Sarawak gas subsurface team leader. Send your cv here.
  • Side note: My mechanic complains that there are not enough trained mechanics are being extruded from our schools. If you know of any idle ones, he’s looking for some. Ask them to contact Kong Ming Chai at +60122951023. On another note, has this shortfall hit the news? Can I get the contract for 1Repair?

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!

Some interesting book on display at Kinokunya:

Modern Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery: Theory and Practice, Offshore Structures: Design, Construction and Maintenance, Glossary of the Petroleum Industry: English/Spanish & Spanish/English

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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