Coca-Cola Freestyle

April 5, 2012

Sugar and caffeine – an engineer’s basic food group.

When may we seen one of these machines here? Coca-cola, line me up for a contract! An endorsement wouldn’t be bad as well.

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Petronas Carigali’s gas price hike to raise domestic selling prices

April 4, 2012

Dateline 2012-03-17:

Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd’s (Petronas Carigali) agreement to buy natural gas from Natuna at a revised price of US$6 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) will expedite the process of raising domestic gas selling prices, which are heavily subsidised at present.

Theoretically, the adjusted Natuna price was 31 per cent higher than the price currently paid by the power segment (US$4.57 per mmBtu) but two per cent lower than industrial segment’s of US$6.12 per mmBtu, said Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) in its report yesterday.

“While a hike in gas prices is inevitable, policymakers have yet to come out with a concise gas price blueprint,” it highlighted.

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Oil price remains a concern

April 3, 2012

Dateline 2012-03-17:

The elevated price of crude oil, which translates into higher costs, will continue to be the main concern among Asean economies as they face a slowdown in growth due to a drop in exports.

For Malaysia, economists are now leaning towards no change in the benchmark interest rate, which has been kept at 3% since May last year when the overnight policy rate (OPR) was raised by 25 basis points.

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IEM 53rd Annual Dinner 2012

April 2, 2012

We are pleased to announce that The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia will be holding its Annual Dinner on Saturday, 21st April 2012 at Sime Darby Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. We are greatly honoured to have Y.B. Dato’ Sri Douglas Uggah Embas, the Honourable Minister of Natural Resources and Environment as Guest of Honour.

We would like to appeal to you to support IEM by purchasing/sponsoring tables. Funds generated from the sale of tables will go towards to the IEM Building Fund. Your generous support is very much appreciated.

Register for the event here, and download the form here.

I am personally appealing to readers, please purchase tables and turn up to this event.

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Saturday Star 2012-03-31 – Job Opportunities

April 2, 2012

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.

 

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!” It’s definitely getting better for the Klang Valley area, though we need more users from East Malaysia.

Support your local bookshop! Visit Bookalicious at The Summit Subang, good selection of imported books. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and otherologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Maybe I should say that next time I visit them. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

BTW, did I tell you that I am the Secretary of MOGEC?

For those of you who have a healthy skepticism to my industry, these books are for you:

  

Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider, The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, Barbarians of Oil: How the World’s Oil Addiction Threatens Global Prosperity and Four Investments to Protect Your Wealth (Agora Series)

This week’s food promotion is … masak asam pedas. If you find nice places around PJ, let me know. I’ve tried the one across from the PJ State Police Station, and the shop next to Dewan MPSJ in PJ State.

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Shell to sell west Malaysia LPG assets to Oman’s NGC

April 1, 2012

Dateline 2012-03-08:

National Gas Company SAOG (NGC) said today that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Shell Malaysia Trading to purchase the latter’s LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) assets in west Malaysia for an undisclosed sum.

NGC, one of the largest LPG companies in the Middle East, said that its entry into Malaysia was done in partnership with Wan Zulkifle Wan Yusoff, a senior LPG industry professional.

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Rosen Scares Me

March 31, 2012

I really hope their intelligent pigs don’t get up and transform. For the low down, visit Rosen here.

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Petronas proposes gas price mechanism

March 30, 2012

Dateline 2012-03-06:

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has proposed a pricing mechanism for natural gas once the regasification terminal in Melaka comes into operation in August.
“We have sat down with three [deputy ministers] a few weeks ago, and we proposed a review of the formula. It is now being brought to the Economic Council. So, we are waiting for that,” said president and CEO Datuk Shamsul Azhar Abbas at the national oil corporation’s financial results announcement yesterday.
The terminal will allow Petronas to import gas to make up for the current shortage. A pricing mechanism is necessary as currently Petronas’ supply of gas is heavily subsidised.
With the additional supply of imported gas, local prices will slowly rise to be on par with international market prices.

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Cheap gas to TNB a ‘one-off’ deal, says Petronas

March 29, 2012

Start reviewing your power consumption habits now.

Dateline 2012-03-05:

Petronas today reiterated its unwillingness to continue selling subsidised gas to national power company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) for the generation of electricity.

The state oil firm’s president and chief executive, Datuk Shamsul Azhar Abbas, said Petronas’s offer to supply TNB with gas below market rates was a “one-off” affair and that the government should help pay for any future subsidies on gas.

“Never have we mentioned in the past that that’s going to be a continuous kind of handout to TNB,” he told reporters at Petronas headquarters here today.

“It’s supposed to be one-off because we pity them, begging all over… that they don’t have enough cash now to operate efficiently.”

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IEM Shout Out – Visit to Penjom Gold Mine

March 28, 2012

This is a shout out for the IEM. My technical division will be hosting a trip to Penjom Gold Mine, Kuala Lipis, Pahang on the 28th April, 2011. You will be anointed with 4 CPD / PDP hours.

Penjom Gold Mine is the largest producing gold mine in Malaysia and is owned by Indonesian based PT J Resources Nusantara. The mine is located in Kuala Lipis District, Pahang, 170km from Kuala Lumpur. A trip by road to Penjom may take 2 to 3 hours from Kuala Lumpur. Prior to 1990, mining activity at Penjom was intermittent during 19th and 20th centuries, exploiting oxide ore and alluvial deposit as well as into the deeper part by underground working. Production figure during this period was unknown. However, based on the intensity of old working underground shafts and tailing sand left over in certain areas, the amount of gold extracted must have been quite substantial.

A review of the economic potential of gold by the Pahang State Government in early 1990 led to major exploration work; which succeeded in bringing Penjom back to the world map as the pioneer large scale gold mining in Peninsular Malaysia by applying modern technology. Starting in December 1996, with less than 5 years resources, Penjom continues to grow and reached 1Moz of gold produced in 2007. Through systematic exploration strategy, Penjom is looking to increase the current 1.1Moz resources identified below the current topography.

Penjom is located 30km away from the major tectonic structure of Bentong Raub Suture, along a NNE splay of this structure. The deposits is hosted within shear vein and associated extension veins where the highest ore grade are associated with felsites intrusive which providesd physical and chemical contrast unit. Sedimentary rock host to ore zone is at times highly carbonaceous and produces significant problem to plant processing recovery. However, proper stockpile management and processing technique of Resin-in-Leach (RIL) have overcome this problem with 91% plant recovery achievable depending on the carbon level.

Tentative schedule:

  • 07.00am Bus departs from IEM, PJ
  • 09.30am ETA Penjom Gold Mine
  • 09.30am – 11.30am Safety induction and project briefing
  • 11.30am – 11.45am Mill tour
  • 11.30am – 3.00pm Property and Mine Tour, Lunch, Photography session and End of Visit

Get the form here.  Flyers for the above event may be obtained here.

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