AOGC 2013: Petronas CEO calls fuel subsidies a ‘poisoned chalice

July 7, 2013

So, when do we get a new chalice?

Dateline 2013-06-10:

Shamsul Azhar Abbas, CEO of Malaysia’s national oil company Petronas, Monday referred to subsidies as a “poisoned chalice” that distorts the true picture of energy pricing, and more often than not, benefit the rich more than the poor.

A similar sentiment was expressed by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at the opening ceremony of the 17th Asia Oil and Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur, though the tone was far more muted. Najib counted “rationalizing subsidies” as one of the things the country should do to address its near- and medium-term challenges.

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Anniversary – Piper Alpha Disaster

July 6, 2013

Oil & Gas Engineers never forget.

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IEM – Engineers Are Not Kayu

July 4, 2013

As part of our plan to scare the living daylights out of potential fresh meat into the ranks of engineers, the IEM organised a seminar. The climax was the first (and probably) only presentation of the Engineer’s Song. Visit here and here.

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Malaysia’s oil production will be buoyant

July 3, 2013

Dateline 2013-06-10, Sun Daily:

Production growth is set to outpace consumption growth in the Malaysian oil sector due to positive demand forecasts for oil within the Asian region, said Ernst & Young in a June 5, 2013 report on the oil, gas and energy (OGE) sectors.

“(However,) domestic demand for oil will be negated with the removal of fuel subsidies and the switch towards coal-fired power plants,” it added.

Ernst & Young predicts that the growth trend is reversed for gas, where consumption growth will outpace domestic production growth. That’s because Malaysia’s gas price continues to be the lowest in Asean and gas remains the preferred energy fuel by power companies.

Ernst & Young said Malaysia’s future growth trajectory in OGE is supported by a range of government initiatives and incentives, as well as significant private sector investments in the OGE sectors and subsectors.

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Saturday Star 2013-06-29 – Job Opportunities

July 1, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me.

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.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Shell wants you to experience world-class engineering in Malaysia. Visit here. Have all their best and brightest been recruited by PETRONAS?
  • 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 presense. 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!

  

If you are interested in oil and gas surface facilities, I would recommend getting Surface Production Operations, Volume 2:, Second Edition: Design of Gas-Handling Systems and Facilities and Surface Production Operations, Volume 1, Third Edition: Design of Oil Handling Systems and Facilities. And don’t forget the Coulson & Richardson classic, Chemical Engineering, Volume 6: An Introduction to Design (Chemical Engineering Technical Series)

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 2013-06-22 – Job Opportunities

June 24, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me.

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.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Talisman (aren’t they leaving Malaysia?) is looking for a mess of people. Can I own the bid document control assistant, maybe get her to lose a few bids? Visit their site.
  • 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 presense. 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!

  

If you are interested in oil and gas surface facilities, I would recommend getting Surface Production Operations, Volume 2:, Second Edition: Design of Gas-Handling Systems and Facilities and Surface Production Operations, Volume 1, Third Edition: Design of Oil Handling Systems and Facilities. And don’t forget the Coulson & Richardson classic, Chemical Engineering, Volume 6: An Introduction to Design (Chemical Engineering Technical Series)

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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Played with your Wolfram Lately?

June 20, 2013

You should try Wolfram Alpha. Here’s a few searches you may want to do:

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IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit To Gas Malaysia Berhad

June 18, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be visiting Gas Malaysia Berhad, No.5 Jalan Serendah 26/17, Shah Alam, Selangor on Tuesday 25th June, 2013.

Gas Malaysia is a natural gas distribution company in Malaysia. The company headquarters is located in Shah Alam. It has three regional offices, located in Prai, Gebeng and Pasir Gudang, and seven branch offices located throughout Peninsular Malaysia.

The company was incorporated on 16 May 1992 to construct and operate the natural gas distribution system within Peninsular Malaysia. In December 2000, Gas Malaysia expanded its business to include the reticulated liquefied petroleum gas.
As of July 2005, the company had 452 industrial customers, more than 600 commercial customers and over 3,000 residential customers.As of February 2011, Gas Malaysia had 33,707 residential and commercial customers as well as 691 industrial customers. In 2010, total gas sold by Gas Malaysia was 117.8 million British thermal unit throughout Peninsular Malaysia. As of February 2011, its network of gas pipelines covered a total of 1,726.6 kilometers (1,072.9 mi)

Register for this event here. Download the brochure here.

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IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit To Selinsing Gold Mine Manager Sdn Bhd

June 17, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be visiting Selinsing Gold Mines Manager Sdn Bhd, 157 Jalan Bukit Bius, 27200 Kuala Lipis, Pahang on Saturday 22nd June, 2013.

The Selinsing Gold Mine project is located at Bukit Selinsing near Sungai Koyan, approximately 65km north of Raub and 30km west of Kuala Lipis. A trip to Selinsing from Kuala Lumpur may take between 2 to 3 hours depending on traffic and weather condition.

Selinsing has a long mining history. Mining commenced prior to 1888 and has operated intermittently through to 1966. Underground and open cut mining, together with tailings treatment has produced an estimated 85,000 ounces of gold during this period. Fast forward to present day between 2003 and 2005, treatment of the tailings using heap leach extraction produced 6,624 ounces. In October 2008, a new gold treatment plant was built resulting in the first gold poured from the gravity circuit 12 months later. July 2009 saw open pit mining started at the location and began hauling ore material to the ROM pad for production and by February 2010 the projects’ own carbon-in-leach (CIL) circuit commenced commissioning.

The Selinsing deposit occurs along the north striking Raub, Bentong Suture, and a major tectonic feature that runs through peninsular Malaysia. The deposit is hosted by a series of auriferous quartz veins and stockworks of quartz veinlets in a package of sheared calcareous epiclastic sediments. Gold mineralization at Selinsing is associated with high grade quartz veining and associated sericitization and silification within a major shear zone.

The Selinsing gold mine project contains a resource comprised of an indicated mineral resource of 4.82 million tonnes at 1.49 gpt Au, using a cut-off of 0.59 gpt Au for contained ounces of 231,000 ounces of gold, and an inferred mineral resource of 10.32 million tonnes at a grade of 1.17 gpt Au for contained ounces of 388,000 ounces f gold at similar cut-off grade. The resource is a near surface, open pitable deposit containing gold bearing material amenable to CIL treatment, with comprehensive metallurgical test work showing 92% to 95% recovery by CIL.

Register for this event here. Download the brochure here.

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Saturday Star 2013-06-15 – Job Opportunities

June 17, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me.

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.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • SapuraKencana is looking for warm bodies to fill up offshore constuction and subsea services, fabrication and hook up commissioning, drilling, geotech and maintenance services, energy and JVs. “Interested candidates are invited to visit our website for details…” blah blah.
  • Lundin‘s looking for an oil and gas procurement lawyer. Umm, what creature doth they seek? Anyhow, if your genus matches this requirement, send your cv here. And if you are a procurement executive, contract management/ compliance executive, procurement assistant, you can apply as well. Send me your bride scale of rates, please.
  • Here’s something interesting. Petroleum Industry of Malaysia Mutual Aid Group (PIMMAG) is looking for a manager, Operations and Training. Visit their website to find out more.
  • IEV is looking for a senior installation / structural engineer – Mooring, Tendon and TLP Installation, draughtsman, HSSE manager. 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 presense. 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!

  

If you are interested in oil and gas surface facilities, I would recommend getting Surface Production Operations, Volume 2:, Second Edition: Design of Gas-Handling Systems and Facilities and Surface Production Operations, Volume 1, Third Edition: Design of Oil Handling Systems and Facilities. And don’t forget the Coulson & Richardson classic, Chemical Engineering, Volume 6: An Introduction to Design (Chemical Engineering Technical Series)

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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