Wata – Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer

Dateline 2011-09-05:

What has the city’s reputation of having the best roasted duck and roasted chicken got to do with cooking gas?

Plenty, according to Ling Kok Ping, whose roasted ducks are among the most sought after in the city.

Ling, who has been in the business for 44 years, claimed that the “strong fire” from the gas piped to his house was the “open secret” because it ensured that the heat in the broiler was constant, thus contributing to the crispiness of the skin of the roasted ducks or chickens.

Ling was fortunate that he used piped gas to roast his ducks and chickens or else he might have to raise the prices, or worst, close shop following the recent high price of gas cylinders compared to other towns in Sarawak.

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This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a visit on the 26th September, 2011.

Nuclear Malaysia, was established through a decision of the Cabinet on 19 September 1972, and had undergone a number of name changes, before assuming its current identity. As stipulated in the Ministers of the Federal Government (Amendment) Order (No. 2) 2005 (P.U. (A) 312) under the Ministerial Functions Act of 1969, made on 30 March 2005, as was gazetted in the Government Gazette Vol. 49, No. 17, dated 25 August 2005, the functions of the Malaysian Nuclear Agency are as follows:

• Conduct research and development (R&D), services and training in nuclear technology for national development;
• Promote the application, transfer and commercialization of nuclear technology; and,
• Coordination and management of nuclear affairs at national and international levels and as liaison agency for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

In addition to these functions, the Cabinet had decided, on 24 June 1998, to designate the Malaysian Nuclear Agency or MINT, as it was still known as then, as the National Authority for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty itself.

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Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. Corporate level sponsors are encouraged.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

• 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.
• I see that Qatar Petroleum is looking for people. They are looking for Lead Project Eng, Snr Project Engineer, Senior Project Engineer, Snr Electrical Eng, Snr Mechanical Eng, Snr Plant Eng, Snr Specialist Snr Speclialist Eng.  Apply here.

May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” The more you use it, the better info I get in planning my journey round KL.

Also, if you have spare CPU cycles, consider donating them to boinc, open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.

I see Maurice Stewart has some new books:

Gas Dehydration Field Manual, Gas Sweetening and Processing Field Manual, Gas-Liquid And Liquid-Liquid Separators

This week’s food recommendation is Seri Menanti Resort in … Seri Menanti? Makan Negori berlado

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a visit on the 20th September, 2011.

MIR Valve Sdn. Bhd. (MIR) is Malaysia’s pioneer in valve manufacturing and offers complete range of API 6D Ball and Gate Valves for the oil & gas, petrochemical, refining and power industries. Today, MIR valves are in service in onshore, offshore and subsea installations worldwide.

MIR’s modern plant is located in Shah Alam, Selangor, 30 minutes drive from Kuala Lumpur. MIR’s Quality Management System and products are certified to ISO 9001:2008, API 6D, API 6DSS, CE-PED and CE-ATEX and are an approved manufacturer with most of the major oil and gas companies.

MIR’s valves comply and meet the most stringent customer requirements for the qualification of products through extensive testing, such as Firesafe, low temperature down to minus 100ºC, fugitive emission, cycling, gas testing and other tests, QC inspection at their supply sources and 100% incoming inspection for all components and materials arriving into the plant.

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Dateline 2011-08-28:

The proposed sale of Exxon Mobil Corporation’s 65 per cent interest in Esso Malaysia Bhd and other businesses in the Malaysian downstream petroleum sector to San Miguel Corporation (SMC) of the Philippines was fair and justified, says ExxonMobil’s vice-president Stafford T. Kelly.

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Dateline 2011-08-26:

Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas said on Friday its first quarter net profit jumped 57 percent from a year ago, bolstered by strong energy prices, although full-year profits would likely remain around 2010’s levels as crude prices cool.

Petronas announced a first quarter net profit of 19.4 billion ringgit ($6.5 billion) compared to 12.3 billion ringgit a year ago.

Chief executive Shamsul Azhar Abbas said Petronas realised a weighted average price of crude of $122.26 per barrel in the first quarter compared to $76.14 in the fourth quarter.

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This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a talk on the 20th September, 2011. It’ll be at 9:30 pm  (makan-makan at 9:00). You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.

Process Safety Management has been a critical subject in recent years due to the many accidents and disasters with devastating consequences resulting in loss running into billions of dollars. It is an application of management principles and systems to the identification, understanding and control of process hazards. The talk will provide an understanding of process safety for the oil and gas facilities that include the process units, utility units and the equipment modules. Overpressure protection systems, failure cases and pressure devices for various systems within the plant will be explained and discussed. Some introduction to process safety methodologies and mitigation measures will also be elaborated upon to provide the audience with a working knowledge of Process Safety in the oil and gas facilities.

En. Sallehuddin Sidek is currently a Principal Process Engineer with PETRONAS. He obtained his BSc. in Chemical Engineering from the Oklahoma State University, USA in 1987. He has 23+ years of working experience in the oil and gas industry, covering wide areas such as gas processing plant operation, turnaround, plant start-up and shutdown, production planning, pre-commissioning and commissioning. He is also involved in undertaking feasibility studies, projects appraisal, conceptual studies, de-bottlenecking studies, plant modifications, basic design, detailed design, engineering and project management activities. He has had an extensive working experience with international Consultants and Contractors of the industry. In addition, he is also a PETRONAS in-house Trainer in Safety in Process Design and an external examiner for Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

Selamat Hari Raya everyone, minta maaf lahir dan batin.

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. Corporate level sponsors are encouraged.

First off, if you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

• 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.
• No adverts this week in the Star. I guess people are anticipating low jobhunting interest.

May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” The more you use it, the better info I get in planning my journey round KL.

Also, if you have spare CPU cycles, consider donating them to boinc, open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.

I see Maurice Stewart has some new books:
  

Gas Dehydration Field Manual, Gas Sweetening and Processing Field Manual, Gas-Liquid And Liquid-Liquid Separators

This week’s food recommendation is Seri Menanti Resort in … Seri Menanti? Makan Negori berlado

Dateline 2011-08-24:

The Malaysian Ex-Servicemen Association says it hopes Esso Malaysia Bhd will be sold to local parties as it is a strategic and valuable asset contributing to domestic economic growth.

 

In making the call, association president Datuk Muhammad Abdul Ghani said ExxonMobil International Holdings, should reconsider the move by selling its 65 per cent stake in Esso Malaysia to a local party.

 

He also asked the government to stop the sale to foreign interests.

 

The Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) is keen to buy the equity in Esso Malaysia.

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Dateline 2011-08-23:

Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state oil and gas company, plans to invest 15 billion ringgit ($5 billion) with partners to develop natural gas fields off the country’s eastern coast in a move to help replenish the Southeast Asian nation’s shrinking energy reserves.

The so-called North Malay Basin project aims to extract gas with high carbon dioxide content from nine discovered fields to help meet rising demand on Peninsular Malaysia, according to a statement today from Petronas, as the company is known. A 200 kilometer-pipeline (124 miles) will be laid to transport the fuel to Kerteh, in Terengganu state, it said.

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