Petrofac Awarded US$220 million Refurbishment Project in Malaysia

June 26, 2012

I was wondering when the report will come out, as to how you get a fire in a supposedly depressurised, offline platform.

Dateline 2012-05-22:

Petrofac Facilities Management Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd (Petrofac), part of the Petrofac Group, has been awarded a US$220 million contract by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PETRONAS, the Malaysian national oil company, for the refurbishment of the Bekok-C platform, located in Block PM9 in the south-eastern part of the Malay basin. The project will be executed on an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) alliance basis and is valued at US$220 million.

Bekok-C is a manned platform serving as a gas processing and compression hub exporting gas from the Guntong, Tiong and Bekok fields of Block PM9 in addition to production of crude oil and gas from its own wells. Under the terms of the refurbishment project Petrofac will provide EPCIC services to the platform with the overall project expected to be completed in around 15 months.

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Saturday Star 2012-06-23 – Job Opportunities

June 25, 2012

C’mon. Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for my new camera. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me.

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.
  • SapuraKencana has a multi-page ad (half page here, 2 pages there, another page towards the arse end of the supplement). Send your cv here. They should pay more attention, I am getting an error message upon visiting their site “Bandwidth Limit Exceeded. The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.” Beats the 404 message, I guess.
  • MMC Oil & Gas Engineering Sdn Bhd is looking for people. Send your cv here. I happen to know they are not registered as a Engineering Consultancy Practice under every discipline they provide services for, yet they have a multi-disciplinary registration with PETRONAS. How does that work?
  • I see Petrofac is looking for engineers. They are ‘at the heart of oil & gas operations’. If you want to be in the left atrium,  send your cv here.
  • Hey hey, I see that Labuan Shipyard & Engineering are advertising.  Send your cv here, or snail mail at Human Resource Manager, Labuan Shipyard & Engineering Sdn. Bhd., km 9, Jalan Ranca-Ranca, P.O. Box 81210, 87031 Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia.

May I suggest that readers try Bluestacks? Run your Android apps on your Windows tablet, so you can buy that Win8 tablet (and buy me one) without worrying you won’t have anything to play on it!

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!

You need to improve your Excel massage skills if you want to be an engineer. Here are some words to help you along.

  

Excel 2010 Bible, Excel 2010 Power Programming with VBA (Mr. Spreadsheet’s Bookshelf), Excel for Scientists and Engineers: Numerical Methods

This week’s food promotion is … mee bandung Mooor. If you find nice places around PJ, let me know. I’ve tried the one across from the PJ State Police Station.

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Shout Out – One Day Workshop on Industrial Wastewater Analysis

June 25, 2012

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a seminar on the 9th July, 2012. It’ll start at 9:00 and is worth 7 CPD hours.

The fluctuation of effluent quality is always a challenge for industrial wastewater treatment. Wastewater analysis conducted by competent personnel is very important to provide accurate characteristics of the effluent 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 is mainly due to the lack of knowledge and experience in analysis for most cases.

The workshop on “Industrial Wastewater Analysis” is aimed to help in capacity building and to build confidence in industrial wastewater monitoring and analysis. Technicians, engineers, chemists, scientists and researchers who work in water and wastewater related areas are greatly welcome. The objective of this workshop is to provide knowledge, introductory training and basic skills on industrial wastewater analysis through lectures and discussion. Some simple hands-on demonstration will be arranged during the workshop.

Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr Chong Mei Fong obtained her BEng (Chemical) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and her PhD at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). She received several “Sanggar Sanjung” awards for publications with journals of high impact factor. She joined The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus as an Assistant Professor to start her professional career. In 2009, she worked as a visiting scholar to Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU), Taiwan. In the same year, the WaterInno Award gold medal was conferred on her for her outstanding works on wastewater treatment.

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

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Tales from the Engineering Floor – Benefits in Kind

June 24, 2012

What say you? I had to peek over a concrete wall, behind a building, next to the kitchen entrance to find this find.

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Gas Malaysia launches prospectus, aims to raise RM734.45 million

June 23, 2012

This will be really old news once this gets out. Visit the Google links here:

Dateline 2012-05-19:

Gas Malaysia Bhd (Gas Malaysia) the sole licenced distributor of natural gas in Peninsular Malaysia launched its prospectus yesterday pursuant to its initial public offering (IPO) of 333.840 million offer shares, in conjunction with its listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd on June 11, 2012.

Gas Malaysia’s IPO comprises an offer for sale of 303.315 million offer shares to institutional and selected investors and Bumiputera institutional and selected investors approved by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) at the institutional price which will be determined by way of book building.

The remaining 30.525 million offer shares will be offered to the general public in Malaysia, eligible directors and employees of Gas Malaysia at the indicative retail price of RM2.20 per offer share.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/05/19/gas-malaysia-launches-prospectus-aims-to-raise-rm734-45-million/#ixzz1xHXKEqkq

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IEM offers technical expertise to probe gas plant explosion

June 22, 2012

Ahem, guess who helped write this?

Dateline 2012-05-17:

The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) has offered its technical expertise and independent advice to investigate the cause of an explosion at the Petronas gas processing plant in Kerteh, Terengganu recently.

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ConocoPhillips, Eastman Chemical To Invest $5.35 Billion In Malaysia

June 21, 2012

Dateline 2012-05-19:

ConocoPhillips (COP) is expected to make an additional $5 billion investment to ramp up its operations in Malaysia, the New Straits Times daily reported Saturday citing Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The oil giant had invested $1.5 billion so far in three deepwater blocks offshore of Sabah state where production will start next year and hit a peak of 300,000 barrels of oil a day by 2016, the daily reported.

The paper also reported that Eastman Chemical Co. (EMN) is looking to increase its investment by $350 million on its polyester plastics plant in Pahang state.

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A mountain of a project: the Sabah Sarawak Gas Pipeline

June 20, 2012

Dateline 2012-06-1701:

In order to develop the rich natural gas fields beneath the South China Sea, offshore Malaysia, Petronas proposed the Sabah Sarawak Gas Pipeline. However, construction of the project has by no means been a small feat, with construction contractor Punj Lloyd overcoming undulating mountains, dense rainforests, and unrelenting wet weather.

Petronas’ plans to develop the gas fields offshore Sabah involves construction of the proposed Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) at Kimanis, which is scheduled for completion in 2013. Once operational, the terminal will be able to receive, store, and export up to 300,000 bbl/d of crude oil, as well as receive, process, compress, and transport up to 1.25 Bcf/d of gas produced from the Gumusut/Kakap, Kinabalu Deep and East, Kebabangan, and Malikai fields.

The 512 km, 36 inch diameter Sabah Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) will transport 750 MMcf/d of gas from the SOGT to the Petronas LNG Complex at Bintulu, Sarawak. It is being constructed using API 5L X70 steel grade pipe, with a thickness range of 14, 17, and 20 mm, and will have a design pressure of 96 bar.

In 2008, Petronas awarded Punj Lloyd an engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning contract for the SSGP, which includes:

  • Cathodic protection
  • A launcher station at Kimanis
  • A compressor station at Bintulu
  • Metering stations at both Kimanis and Bintulu
  • Intermediate pigging stations at Lawas, Long Lama, and Bintulu
  • 22 block valve stations
  • Six future tap-off points along the pipeline.

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2012 capex to go to pipeline

June 19, 2012

Dateline 2012-05-21:

Gas Malaysia Bhd, which expects to raise RM734.45 million from its initial public offering (IPO) on June 11, will spend about RM130 million to RM140 million this year to expand its natural gas pipeline network.

Its managing director Datuk Muhamad Noor Hamid said the capital expenditure (capex) will be used to build a 70km to 90km natural gas pipeline in addition to its existing 1,800km network in Peninsular Malaysia. A couple of this pipeline will be built to connect new areas such as Padang Terap (Kedah) and Chuping (Perlis).

“For subsequent years, the capex will taper down to RM40 million to RM30 million per year,” he told a news conference after the launch of its prospectus on Friday.

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Saturday Star 2012-06-16 – Job Opportunities

June 18, 2012

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for my new camera. C’mone, where are those corporate sponsors?

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.
  • SapuraKencana has a full page ad. Send your cv here
  • Petra Energy has an ad that looks as if has been extracted from Craigslist. Send your cv here, though the email address is @penergy.com.my
  • JP Kenny is looking for engineers and technicians. Apply here.

May I suggest that readers try Bluestacks? Run your Android apps on your Windows tablet, so you can buy that Win8 tablet (and buy me one) without worrying you won’t have anything to play on it!

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!

You need to improve your Excel massage skills if you want to be an engineer. Here are some words to help you along.

  

Excel 2010 Bible, Excel 2010 Power Programming with VBA (Mr. Spreadsheet’s Bookshelf), Excel for Scientists and Engineers: Numerical Methods

This week’s food promotion is … mee bandung Mooor. If you find nice places around PJ, let me know. I’ve tried the one across from the PJ State Police Station.

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