I was travelling through LCCT recently. As I approached the autogate, lo and behold, the autogate was cordoned off, with a large red display on the screen to the effect of ‘warning: virus detected!’. I guess someone was trying to surf on the autogate? Why the heck is a national security device not hardened against malware attacks?
Anyhow, I now know what the official antivirus software for the autogate is: ESET Nod32. Go purchase yourself a copy.
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And now, on with our regular show.
No food recommendations photos this week. Lunch on Saturday was provided at Agrotek Resort Hulu Langat, near my parents place. Write ups of the place can be found here, here. Go visit the place. In an example of ‘so near, yet so far’, there are no phone and power lines to the place, yet it’s off jalan Hulu Langat, go figure. Contact number is +60192716994.
At some point in my reading career, I got interested in the historical side of mathematics. Examples of such books of this genre are Men of Mathematics, Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics, Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them.
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Is this old news? I haven’t heard anyone, Murphy or otherwise, moaning about lost opportunities. Now, does PETRONAS have to pay them for the loss of opportunity and sunken costs to date? And will they pay damages to us small contractors? And will that cost be then transfered to the rakyat?
Taken from the Oil & Gas Journal, dateline 2010-04-22:
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 22 — Murphy Oil Corp.’s interests in Blocks L and M off Malaysia have been terminated after resolution of a dispute with Brunei over control of the assets.
Murphy was informed by state-owned PETORNAS that the two blocks are no longer a part of the country following an agreement between Malaysia and the Sultanate of Brunei.
Murphy said its potential participation in replacement production-sharing contracts (PSCs) covering these areas is “under discussion.”
The announcement follows recent reports that the two southeast Asian countries are trying to implement an agreement made in March 2009 to establish a commercial arrangement area.
That agreement ended a dispute that erupted in 2003 when PETRONAS and Murphy were awarded two offshore leases, SB L and SB M. The blocks overlapped with Brunei’s Blocks J and K, which had been awarded to Total SA and Royal Dutch Shell PLC.
In a recent report, the Economist Intelligence Unit noted that Brunei and Malaysia are “inching closer towards resolving their border disputes.”
EIU noted in particular that “agreement on the land border could pave the way for a deal on the maritime border that would allow both countries to benefit from the discovery of new oil and gas deposits.”
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Here are some photos taken during the night, courtesy of the young engineers from MECIP:
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Not something you want your kids to see on the way to school in the morning, or have your kids in.
Have a safe drive home, everyone.
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Anyone have the hankering to become an operating company? I humbly offer myself to be chief deal broker.
I have the:
If you want Part III, drop me a golden doubloon.
Title of tender: 04/2010(32)
Tender Notification:
International Bid Round 2010 For Eight Onshore Blocks: Block III, Block IV, Block V, Block VII, Block XII, Block XIV, Block XVI, Block XVIII
Closing date:
Bid round closing date : September 19, 2010 (Wednesday) at 14.00 noon (Damascus local time)
Bid round closing date : September 19, 2010 (Wednesday) at 19:00 pm (Malaysia Time)
Summary:
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and General Petroleum Corporation (GPC) would like to invite Malaysian Oil Companies to participate in the following bid:
International Bid Round 2010 For Eight Onshore Blocks
With a view of forging and generating more business opportunities between Malaysia and Syria, the Embassy welcomes Malaysian businessmen to participate in the above tender. Therefore, the Embassy shall be much obliged if this information be disseminated to the business fraternity in Malaysia. Please refer to the attachment for further information pertaining to the announcement.
Tender Book includes:
Bidder may submit his offers for one block or more than one (separate offer for each block).
Interested bidders shall submit their offers based on the announcement, Basic Contractual and Commercial Conditions and the draft of Production Sharing Model Agreement.
The international Bid Round will be by public announcement, Basic Contractual and Commercial Conditions and by an invitation for already qualified companies.
Public announcement : for non qualified interested companies who should submit all financial and technical qualification documents and fill questionnaire form by the closing date of 1st June 2010.
Invitation for the already qualified companies in the Ministry: The Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources by the closing date of 15 September 2010.
Qualified Bidder shall submit their bids in three sealed envelopes: A, B and C to be put in fourth sealed one, at the closing Date of 15 September 2010.
All ENVELOPES should be titled :
“ CONFIDENTIAL”
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources International Bid Round 2010-( 8 Blocks)and addressed to :
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Al-dawi, Khatoob st, Damascus –Syian Arab Republic Tel: +963 11 445 1624 (442 9573) Fax: +963 11 446 3942(444 3947)Announcement could be obtained through Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources website and at GPC’s website.
For further information, please contact : Contracts & Agreement Directorate in GPC,
Tel : +963 11 3141617 Fax: +963 11 3141634COUNTRY : SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
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Congratulations to the new office bearers of the Malaysian Oil & Gas Services Council (MOGSC to friends) session 2010-2012. I look forward to better times for the industry in general and me in particular as the new line up steers us into the economic recovery period. As it was my first time attending the AGM on 22nd April, 2010 (we finally pawned our photocopier to pay for the membership fees), here are my thoughts.
Let’s open with a disturbing one. The nomination list was provided in the AGM package that was sent out. According to MOGSC rules, no further nominations could be accepted as the nomination period was closed.
So far, so good. However, on the day of the AGM, the Election Officer (was he appointed on the spot, or was he pre-selected?) asked THE FLOOR to vote on whether a new nomination for the Presidency candidate, which was received during the AGM itself, was to be accepted. Only one member stood up and questioned the legality of this move. In the end, as the psuedo-candidate wasn’t around (it was his staff who represented him), the Election Officer decided that the new nomination to be null and void.
Too bad, if that nomination was accepted, I would have thrown my own hat into the ring. And if this was a political election, it would have made front page news (“Election Officer ignores Constitution, Crowd Sources a Decision.”)
Okay, new topic. I thought the use of coloured slips to indicate which position the vote is for is unique. I would have put some tracking numbers on the top to ensure individuality, or at least a stamp indicating authenticity. With camera phones, you could have snapped a photo, got someone in KLCC to purchase the same colour slips, and voila, rigged election.
Speaking of rigged, why were there so many people round the counting table? During the counting for Exco members, I counted 9 people round the table. If you allow for 1 election officer and 2 scrutineers, that means 6 people were counting votes from about 80 representatives. Too many, wouldn’t you say?
Oh, and to vote, the election officer required you to write the full name of the candidate on the slip. Most other voting processes require you to make a mark in a box, next to a picture of a box, a pencil, Barney, an 8008, whatever. So, I guess the election officer can decide what constitutes a ‘full name’ and accept or reject the vote?
I disliked the idea that the tally of the votes was written down on a board. This is meant to be a friendly vote. I don’t think the idea was to embarrass a candidate with insufficient support so that they will not be nominated again. Leave that to the political parties please, where crushing your opponent is a goal of the process.
And after all that, I hope that I won’t be banned from next year’s AGM. The food was just too good.
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This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a course on the 4th and 5th May, 2010. You’ll get to visit TNB’s Intergrated Learning Solution – ILSAS at Bangi in addition to getting 13 CPD points.
The RBI course is designed in accordance with the American Petroleum Institute (API) based resource document 581, API recommended practice (RP) 580.
The Speaker, Ian Partridge, is TWI Ltd’s Principal Project Leader, Equipment Risk Consulting – Conducting Life Assessment, Failure Investigations, Fitness-for-Service Assessments for various Oil and Gas and Power Generation installations. Development and validation of Fitness-For-Service procedures for international standards and best practice guidance.
Representation of TWI Ltd. on various international standards committees. Assessments include creep, general corrosion, locally thinned areas, pitting corrosion, fatigue,fracture, blisters and laminations.
Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here.
I appeal to readers, come on and send yourselves and staff to these courses. I need the support.
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Another Photosynth view of the office. We’re getting a bit more fuller, and I suppose we have enough money to pay for the rent and the lights. We’d like some more work during these trying times.
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It appears that our politicians and newspaper reports should get their facts and stances correct:
Maybe the local Iranian students should surround the PETRONAS embassy, to scare them into reporting a fact, and just one fact.
Anyhow, al-Jazeerah reports the Chinese stepped into the breach and increased their supply of gasoline.
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