There was a MOGEC/MOGSC Intercompany Futsal Tournament last Saturday. Below are some shots I took.
The SOGE Story – Synergy MECIP Team
February 24, 2010
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IEM Shout Out – Welding Requirements for Pressure Vessels
February 23, 2010This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a course on the 2nd and 3rd March, 2010. You’ll get to visit TNB’s Intergrated Learning Solution – ILSAS at Bangi in additiion to getting 13 CPD points.
The course provides basic knowledge and understanding of design requirements to engineers in selecting proper welding technology for pressure vessel manufacturing and structural design. In the course participants will gain basic understanding of the following: –
- welding symbols in accordance to AWS A 2.4 and BS EN 22553 (ISO 2553)
- behaviour of welded structures under different types of loading
- factors affecting fatigue and types of fractures failure
- design principles for static pressure vessels and aluminum structures
The Presenter, Ian Partridge, is Principal Project Leader, Equipment Risk Consulting, Structural Integrity Technology Group, TWI. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Member of the UK Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Admitted to the Int. Register of Prof. Eng (IntPE).
Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here.
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From The Star – Caught in a Middle Income Trap
February 17, 2010I’m posting this article, dateline 2010-02-07, because there was a specific paragraph on the oil & gas industry:
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PETRONAS is known worldwide for being a successful national petroleum company. PETRONAS has done really well for the country in terms of generating oil and gas revenue from both Malaysian and non-Malaysian fileds. Unfortunately, unlike the E &E sector, upstream oil and gas production has not resulted in the emergence of a corresponding vibrant downstream oil & gas subsector.
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You can subscribe to an online version of the paper at the Bluehyppo site, follow links to e-browse.
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From Arab News – Oilman Con Scam
February 16, 2010Taken from Arab News, dateline 2010-02-12:
Con men target job seekers in new cyber scam
JEDDAH: Fraudsters are using the Internet to tempt job seekers in the Gulf with false offers of work in Malaysia.
Those who fall for the trick are asked to pay around $1,500 in administration costs, which the con artists pocket before breaking off contact with their victims.
The gangs typically e-mail their targets with a package consisting of a substantial monthly salary, fully furnished accommodation and free medical and travel insurance, among others.
“These gangs have chosen Malaysia because it is an economically vibrant country where people would love to work,” said one would-be victim of the scam, who chose to remain anonymous. He said the swindlers obtained his personal data from the Internet and sent him an e-mail offering him a good job at a big offshore oil company in Malaysia
It’s nice to know that Malaysia still has value among the scammers of the world, though I haven’t seen a 419 scam with a Malaysian originating address, though.
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Saturday Star 2010-02-13 – Job Opportunities
February 15, 2010I was browsing through the Reporter online lately, and out of curiosity, I looked up the lecture schedules of NatSci and ChemEng. Lo and behold, the timetable (and in some cases the lecturer) has not changed since I last stepped into the halls in 1995.
- Petrofac is looking for a flowlines & sub-sea cables delivery manager, FPSO Marine System Eng (Chendor’s FPSO I believe), Lead QA Eng and a Process Engr. Contact them here.
- And there’s another Petrofac ad, for a Drilling Eng, Completion Eng, Snr Well Test Eng, Drilling Fluid Advisor.
- Hmm, Zee Engineering is looking for Pipeline Eng and Struc Eng for Indonesia. Contact them here or here.
- OPR is looking for a Software Eng and Pipeline Eng. Snail mail to OPR Pipeline & Riser Sdn Bhd, A-5-6, Megan Avenue 1, 189 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 KL.
No food places this week. Anyone want to suggest a menu and place in Penang?
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Taken from Bernama – MDC wins PSC
February 14, 2010Taken from Bernama, dateline 2010-02-12:
Petronas Awards PSC To MDC Oil And Petronas Carigali
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 12 (Bernama) — Petronas has awarded a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Block SK320 offshore Sarawak, to MDC Oil and Gas Ltd and Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd.
Under the terms of the PSC, MDC Oil, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi owned Mubadala Development Company with a participating interest of 75 per cent, will operate the Block SK320.
Meanwhile, Petronas Carigali, the exploration and production arm of Petronas will own the remaining 25 per cent.
“The block measuring 5,786 square kilometres is located in the central part of the Sarawak Basin in water depths of between 100 to 200 metres,” Petronas said in a statement on Friday.
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From Brunei fm – Johor to be Oil & Gas Hub
February 11, 2010Here’s a new source of information, Brunei fm, dateline 2010-02-03:
JOHOR BAHARU, MALAYSIA, Feb 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Plans by the southern Malaysian state of Johor to become the western Pacific region’s leading oil and gas hub by 2025 will receive a major boost with the opening of a speciality steel pipe manufacturing plant in the state this weekend.
The 250 million Ringgit (one USD = about 3.4 Ringgit) investment by Erndtebrucker Eisenwerk GmbH & Co KG (EEW) of Germany, is the first of several major new investments in the state’s oil and gas sector.
Anyone visit Johor often?
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From Pipeline International – Trans Oriental
February 10, 2010Ah, some interesting tech news, dateline 2010-02-03:
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Trans-Oriental Gas Pipeline (TOGP) has been signed between Distinct Objective Sdn Bhd (DOSB), Asia Consortium Petroleum Engineering and Gas, Messrs Enmac Sekutu Sdn Bhd, China’s Panyu Chu Kong Steel Pipe Co and Dongah Tec of Korea.
Under the agreement, approximately 4,000 km of subsea natural gas pipeline, extending from Malaysia to South Korea, will be constructed.
DOSB will build a 2,500 km section of pipeline running from offshore Pahang, Malaysia to north Vietnam.
I take that back, some interesting political news. From offshore Pahang… wonder where our PM hails from, think it was coastline province of one state on the east coast.
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IEM Shout Out – Electrical Reliability Mindset in The Petrochem, O&Gas Plant Industries
February 8, 2010This is a shout out for the IEM. A Technical Division will hosting the above talk on the 9th February, 2010. It’ll be at 6:00 pm (makan-makan at 5:30) at Wisma IEM. That’s right people, as part of the new health drive you are required to walk up 3 flights of stairs to get your 2 CPD points.
The full title of the talk is An Evening Talk, “Introduction of Electrical Reliability Mindset to The Petrochemical, Oil, and Gas Plant Industries”. The speaker, MR. JIM WARDHAUGH graduated from University of Liverpool, is a Chartered Engineer, and spent about 10 years in utilities then about 30 years with Shell. He has demonstrated success in senior management and hands-on positions in many different roles (projects, construction, maintenance, technical, inspection, warehousing, transport, quality, and training) in a number of different countries; in each a step-change improvement in performance was achieved.
Fliers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here. It’s the building identified as ‘Puteri Nursing College.’
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Saturday Star 2010-02-06 – Job Opportunities
February 8, 2010Another day, another scan of The Star.
- Institusi Teknologi Petroleum PETRONAS (INSTEP to friends) is looking for technical trainers. Nah, give out more money to independent, boutique companies like Synergy. Anyhow, they are looking for Learning Facilitator/Trainers. Send your application to instep@petronas.com.my
- RasGas “The Power of the Drop” is looking for a Lead Mechanical and Pipeline Eng, Senior Integrity Eng, Senior Mech Eng, Senior Marine Eng. That’s a first, AP Recruitment is not mentioned as the local contact, could there be a falling out of favour? I believe RasGas is a JV, one of the partners being ExxonMobil.
- ExxonMobil is looking for Technicians (I&E, Mech, Production), 2nd advert in as many weeks. Visit the site, or snail mail to Recruitment, Human Resources, Level 17, Menara ExxonMobil, 50088 KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
- Murphy is looking for a Prod Eng Man, Rot Eng, Snr Production Eng, Prod Tech, Maint Eng. Hey, weren’t these positions open in the Star on 2009-10-24? Apparently none of you who applied before were good enough. Throw the dice, and apply again here.
- SapuraCrest is looking for a mess of engineers in a full page advert. CV’s may be sent here, or here.
- Oh, Lord. Talisman is looking for Buyers (fresh graduate encourage to apply!). Apply here, and visit their site. Jabba, you know that deal we talked about…?
Here are some photos of a typical Synergy supper at Dragon Restaurant, Miri.
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