Malaysia’s North Malay Basin project to start gas production by end 2013

December 7, 2013

Dateline 2013-10-08, Platts:

Production from the first phase of the $5.2 billion North Malay Basin project, which envisages development and commercialization of nine stranded gas fields offshore Terengganu in Peninsular Malaysia, is scheduled to begin by the end of 2013.

“The early production system phase will be ready by the end of 2013 and the full field development phase will be ready in 2017,” a spokesman with Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas said in an email.

Petronas’ upstream arm, Petronas Carigali, and the Malaysian subsidiary of US-based Hess in June 2012 signed three production sharing contracts, paving the way for the implementation of the North Malay Basin project. The three PSCs, in which Petronas Carigali and Hess have an equal 50% stake, are for blocks PM302, PM325 and PM326b.

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IEM Shout Out – OGMTD 23nd AGM

December 5, 2013

The Oil, Gas and Mining Technical Division AGM will be held at Wisma IEM C&S Lecture Room, Second Floor

It will be held at 11am on Saturday, 14th December 2013.

Register here, and download the flyer here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

Since I’m the Chairman, come, y’all and heckle us. We also need a coruum, and need to vote in a new secretary / treasurer.

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IEM Shout Out – One Day Course on on Industrial Waste Water Quality Monitoring and Testing

December 4, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a one day course Industrial Waste Water Quality Monitoring and Testing on the 18th December, 2013 (Wed) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 5.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

 Wastewater monitoring and control conducted by competent personnel is very important to provide accurate characteristics of the water so that the actual condition of the treatment efficiency can be evaluated effectively. In practice, precise and consistent measurement is sometimes difficult to obtain and most of the time is due to the lack of knowledge and experience in analysis.
This workshop is aimed to help in capacity building and to build confidence in wastewater monitoring and analysis. In this case, any technicians, engineers, chemists, scientists and researchers whom working in wastewater related field are greatly welcome. The objective of this workshop is to provide knowledge, introductory training and basic skills on water analysis through lectures and discussion as a part of professional career development.

Ir. Dr. Chong Mei Fong received her PhD, on “modeling, simulation and design of membrane based palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment plant from pilot plant studies”, in 2007 at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Malaysia. She is the Associate Professor from Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Chair for Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee, Chair for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WinSET) working group and the Deputy Head of Research for the Environmental Research Division. She is also a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM), a member registered with The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), affiliate member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.

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

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IEM Shout Out – One Day Course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures (postponed)

December 3, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a one day course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures on the 9th December, 2013 (Monday) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 3.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

Corrosion has been a concern in many industries. Corrosion can cause unexpected failures of structures and can result in huge losses in life, production as well as environmental. It has been reported that corrosion can, on average, causing around 3% of GNP in many industrialized countries.

Cathodic protection (CP) is one of few most widely applied corrosion protection methods. It has been successfully used to overcome corrosion and extension of service life of structures. The course is aimed to provide the understanding of principle of CP, techniques of CP survey and measurements and interpretation of CP survey data.

The course will introduce you to the following topics:

  • Principle of Cathodic Protection
  • Type of Cathodic Protection
  • Criteria of Cathodic Protection
  • Electrical Measurement for Cathodic Protection System
  • Special Cathodic Protection Survey Techniques

Mr. Kang Kim Ang, MSc. Corrosion (UMIST. U.K.), Dip. Materials Engineering (TARC), C.Eng., FIMM, Micorr, a Chartered Engineer registered with Engineering Council, UK and the Corrosion Specialist and Cathodic Protection Specialist accredited by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM).

Mr. Kang has over 25 years of experience in corrosion control, Cathodic Protection, heavy‐duty coatings, passive fire protection, and corrosion inspection in the oil & gas, marine, petrochemical, construction and industrial sectors in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philipines, Vietnam, Myanmar and some Middle East countries. He is currently the managing director of CORRTROL Group of companies, the local leading companies which specialized in EPCC, consultancy, R&D and various services in the field of corrosion protection for oil and gas projects.

Engr. Ong Wei Rex, M.Eng. Mechanical (UTM), B.Eng. Mechanical (Material) Engineering (UTM), Cathodic Protection Specialist by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and CP Technologist Level 2 accredited by Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM). Eng Ong is a Graduate Member of IEM. He is also an active committee member of the Chemical Engineering Technical Division.

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

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Saturday Star 2013-11-30 – Job Opportunities

December 2, 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 technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Lundin‘s looking for whole mess of people, production and opns manager, operations engineer, metering and take-off engineer (hey), safety engineer (hey-hey), OIM. If your genus matches this requirement, 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.

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.

Food?I had lunch at Chakri Palace, KLCC. Blooming expensive. Anyone want to treat me to dinner there?

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Iranian oil tycoon used Labuan to skirt sanctions on Iran, says New York Times report

December 1, 2013

Dateline 2013-10-06, Malaysian Insider:

An Iranian tycoon has used the tax-free port of Labuan for his oil business to skirt Western sanctions imposed on his country, the New York Times reported.

Babak Zanjani, 39, devised a scheme to disguise the origins of Iranian oil and sold it on the open market by transferring millions of barrels from tanker to tanker, often using Labuan as the drop-off point, as alleged by the European Union.

The New York Times quoted Zanjani in interviews with Iranian reformist weekly Aseman and the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency as saying that he used a vast network of 64 companies in Dubai, Turkey and Malaysia to sell millions of barrels of oil, earning US$17.5 billion (RM55.6 billion) in foreign exchange for Iran’s oil ministry, the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian central bank.

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Petronas defends Bumiputera record, says no to companies without expertise

November 29, 2013

So, how do SME’s break into this lucrative market? PETRONAS companies seem to have a rep of being reluctant in issuing small contracts to individual companies, with a penchant to use established call-out contracts with big-a players.

Dateline 2013-10-05, Malaysian Insider:

Petronas will continue helping Bumiputera companies but it will not award contracts to those with no track record in the oil and gas sector, said its CEO and president Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abbas (pic).

He said Petronas does not sideline Bumiputera companies as alleged by the Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM) but awards projects to them based on merit, transparency and competence.

Last year, Petronas gave out RM52.48 billion in contracts to companies which were majority-owned by Bumiputeras. It was almost double the RM29.35 billion awarded in 2011. In 2010, the total was RM25.97 billion.

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IEM Shout Out – OGMTD 23nd AGM

November 28, 2013

The Oil, Gas and Mining Technical Division AGM will be held at Wisma IEM C&S Lecture Room, Second Floor

It will be held at 11am on Saturday, 14th December 2013.

Register here, and download the flyer here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

Since I’m the Chairman, come, y’all and heckle us. We also need a coruum, and need to vote in a new secretary / treasurer.

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McDermott, THHE Formalize JVs to Tap Malaysia’s EPCIC Market

November 27, 2013

Dateline 2013-10-04, Rigzone:

McDermott International, Inc. (McDermott) reported Thursday that the company’s affiliates and Malaysia-based TH Heavy Engineering Berhad (THHE) have confirmed the formalization of several Joint Ventures. The joint ventures were formally approved by THHE shareholders at their annual general meeting June 3.

“This is a milestone occasion for both companies” said Scott Cummins, senior vice president and general manager, McDermott in Asia Pacific. “We have worked together on previous international bids as prime contractor and subcontractor, but with the new joint ventures we are both better able to commit and combine resources to enhance our joint Malaysian business. “

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Plenty of jobs in O&M phase for BUMI oil & gas firms – Petronas COO

November 26, 2013

Yup, you can get jobs buy undercutting your competition, hang the quality.

Dateline 2013-10-16, Malaysia Chronicle:

Bumiputra oil and gas companies should tap opportunities present at the operation and maintenance (0&M) phase of any Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) projects, said its chief operating officer Datuk Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin.

Analysts estimate that Petronas allocates between 10 and 20 per cent of its capital expenditure (capex) on the 0&M of its assets.

The national oil and gas company has set aside RM300 billion for capex over a five-year period, starting from 2011.

O&M-related works, which come into play at the post-commissioning stage, are more longterm in nature. Hence, O&M jobs are normally seen as recurring income-based contracts.

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