Petronas employs increasing number of Sarawakians

July 8, 2016

Dateline 2016-06-10, Borneo Post:

There is an increasing number of Sarawakians being employed by Petronas in line with the company’s expansion of the upstream sector in the state.

Assistant Minister for Industrial Development (Investment and Promotion) Datuk Julaihi Narawi, said Petronas was commited to developing human capital and gave priority to the locals.

He told the State Legislative Assembly yesterday that the number of employees in the upstream sector in the state had increased by 10 per cent to 4,400 this year, compared to 4,000 in 2015.

From the 4,400 employess 71 per cent were Sarawakians, he said, adding that 313 were Sarawakians from the increased figure of 400 this year.

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IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit To Technical Visit to PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) Sdn Bhd

July 7, 2016

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a visit on Sunday 21st August, 2016.  Trip starts at 7.00am.

PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) Sdn Bhd – PP(T)SB was incorporated in 1982 to meet a need to process and add value to the indigenous crude from offshore Terengganu, as well as to secure reliable, efficient, safe and cost effective supply of refined petroleum products to the PETRONAS Group of Companies. PP(T)SB has proven its capability in providing efficient, safe, reliable uninterrupted supply of petroleum products such as gasoline, LPG, diesel, jet fuel, naphtha and Low Sulphur Waxy  Residue (LSWR) to its domestic customers and also exported to several overseas destinations. PP(T)SB has been entrusted to manage and operate the Aromatics plant complex, which is owned by 70% PETRONAS Chemical Aromatics Sdn Bhd (PC AROMATICS) and 30%  Mitsubishi Corporation & JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation – (MJPX Co. Limited), that produces paraxylene and benzene. Quality and HSE ranks high in PP(T)SB’s business operations as it strives to ensure that existing petroleum products specifications are met and employees are regularly trained on strict HSE measures to inculcate and maintain high level of awareness on the impact of the refinery’s operations to natural surroundings. Towards this end, PP(T)SB received the MS ISO 9002, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 10725 and received several national level HSE awards such as MSOSH Gold Award, Notable Achievement and Terengganu State Award in Prime Minister’s Hibiscus Award 2012/2013.

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Saturday Star 2016-07-02– Job Opportunities

July 4, 2016

Ramadhan Kareem, Eid Mubarak.

Donate to your favorite charity (for this month, choose other than me), buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (3 books until I can get YTP republished). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me, my camera dive case flooded, and I need a new replacement. Heck, if you want to send me a Canon 5D Mk III plus dive case, I will not say no.

  • A mate of mine is looking for a MD/EngMan type person to help run his engineering company (the main business is skid manufacturing). He can’t handle the work volume, so you know that his oil & gas company is bucking the trend, and has a bright future ahead. If I know you, send your CV’s to me. If I don’t know you, send your CV along anyway, but note I will contact your references. I am not getting a commission for this ad, you know.
  • I’m looking for fresh meat-ish, to help with a peak work period.
  • Nothing in the papers today.
  • I’m looking for jobs for 4Q2016. Send me your POs.

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!

Food choice of the week? Any weight loss diet.

Let’s get a bit nostalgic with the book selection.

Wetter, Louder, Stickier: A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Scrapbook), BBXX: Baby Blues: Decades 1 & 2, Bedlam

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The State of the Nation: Two reminders from Petronas’ tough 1Q2016

July 3, 2016

Heck, there are more reminders, from other companies dying during this period.

Dateline 2016-06-06, The Edge:

This article first appeared in Corporate, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on May 23 – 29, 2016.

PETROLIAM Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) recent results announcement is an urgent reminder that the recent rebound in crude oil prices does not mean that the worse is over for Malaysia’s economy, which is trying to wean itself off a heavy dependence on oil-related revenues.

Recall that oil and gas saw a ghastly start to the year. Crude oil prices ended last year at about US$41 per barrel and quickly tumbled to below the US$30 per barrel level in mid-January, a level not seen in 12 years.

It sent shockwaves around the globe. Everyone in oil and gas reeled while oil-dependent countries scrambled to deal with reduced revenues.

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Online job postings decline, says report

July 2, 2016

I see jobs on Facebook. Maybe the report was biased to a certain income level?

Dateline 2016-06-07, FreeMalaysiaToday:

The rate of online job postings has dropped in Malaysia by 18 per cent over the past one year, The Sun reported.

According to the Monster Employment Index (MEI) Malaysia, which measures online job posting activities, there was an overall drop between April 2015 and April this year.

Furthermore, in April this year none of the job sectors and occupational groups witnessed any positive annual growth.

The freeze on hiring foreign workers earlier this year and the overall holding back of hiring activities by certain industries was also a factor in the drop, according to Monster.com managing director Sanjay Modi.

“Sectors affected were the construction, shipping and logistics sectors, where hiring numbers have been hit as reflected in the MEI data.

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JX Nippon Oil, Petronas team on Malaysian LNG venture

July 1, 2016

Dateline 2016-06-03, Nikkei Asian Review:

 JX Nippon Oil & Energy will work with Malaysian state-run oil company Petronas to tap the Southeast Asian market for liquefied natural gas, aiming to take advantage of rising demand fueled by economic growth.

The Japanese company will invest roughly 60 billion yen ($552 million) in the operator of an LNG plant to be built by Petronas in northern Borneo. The plant, to debut in 2017, will have an annual capacity of 3.6 million tons, equivalent to 10% of Malaysia’s LNG market.

The LNG will be sold through a Petronas subsidiary to local power companies as well as to gas companies in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. JX Nippon Oil plans to team with Petronas to market to other Southeast Asian countries as well. The Japanese company hopes to earn more than 100 billion yen over the life of the contract, which runs until 2037.
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Labuan is ideal for O&G decommissioning works

June 29, 2016

Bit out of the blue, ain’t it?

Dateline 2016-06-03, Daily Express:

The island, renowned in the past for oil and gas sector fabrication, maintenance, logistical support and storage works, is ideal as a base for decommissioning works.

However, for such project management, there are less than five locals who have the actual experience in managing decommissioning projects subject to the Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO).

Although cutting tools, marine spread and engineering teams are available locally, the police will not approve explosives as the best option for decommissioning, leaving only abrasive water jetting and diamond wire cutting as the preferred choices.

Ir. Dr Dasline Sinta, CEO and principal consultant of Dream Catcher Energy Sdn Bhd, said about 300 platforms in Malaysia are located in water depths of eight to 138 metres.

In his presentation at the 5th Sabah Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition titled “Decommissioning of offshore oil and gas facilities in Sabah and Sarawak”, he said based on field life estimation, about 15 platforms could be decommissioned soon.

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Sabah lacks oil-gas sector skills: Don

June 28, 2016

And after all the effort to make Sabah a spin-off of Malaysia’s Oil & Gas Hub.

Dateline 2016-06-02, Daily Express:

Despite Sabah having abundant oil and gas (O&G) resources, there is a lack of skilled technical Sabahan manpower in the O&G industry.

This situation was highlighted by Professor Ir. Dr Rosalam Sarbatly (pic), the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in his presentation “Challenges and opportunities in developing the skill and talented human capital in oil and gas sector in Sabah” at the 5th Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition recently.

Dr Rosalam is also the executive director for UMS Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd (UOil).

“This is compounded by a lack of interest among many local students in science, technology engineering and mathematics, particularly from rural areas,” Dr Rosalam explained, pinning his hopes on rural area students, as more urban students tend to opt for prestigious professions like architecture, medicine, law, accountancy and others.

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Saturday Star 2016-06-25– Job Opportunities

June 27, 2016

Ramadhan Kareem and Happy New Staff week.

Donate to your favorite charity (for this month, choose other than me), buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (3 books until I can get YTP republished). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me, my camera dive case flooded, and I need a new replacement. Heck, if you want to send me a Canon 5D Mk III plus dive case, I will not say no.

  • A mate of mine is looking for a MD/EngMan type person to help run his engineering company (the main business is skid manufacturing). He can’t handle the work volume, so you know that his oil & gas company is bucking the trend, and has a bright future ahead. If I know you, send your CV’s to me. If I don’t know you, send your CV along anyway, but note I will contact your references. I am not getting a commission for this ad, you know.
  • I’m looking for fresh meat-ish, to help with a peak work period.
  • Nothing in the papers today.
  • I’m looking for jobs for 4Q2016. Send me your POs.

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!

Food choice of the week? Any weight loss diet.

Let’s get a bit nostalgic with the book selection.

Wetter, Louder, Stickier: A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Scrapbook), BBXX: Baby Blues: Decades 1 & 2, Bedlam

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Malaysia gas find for Sapura

June 25, 2016

There’s a big difference between ‘gas find’ and ‘finds gas’, which I read upon first glance, and triggered an aggressive response.

Dateline 2016-05-31, OE:

SapuraKencana Energy discovered gas in two of the three wells drilled in 2015 within the SK408 block contract area, offshore Malaysia in Sarawak.

The first well Jerun-1 is approximately 5km north of the 2014 Bakong gas discovery. Based on analysis of electric log, pressure and sample data, Jerun-1 has an interpreted gross gas column of about 800m in the primary target reservoir and is a multi-Tcf gas discovery.

Jeremin-1, about 15km west of the F9 gas field encountered a 104m gross gas column, but Putat-1, 20km north of the Cili Padi gas field was confirmed as a dry hole. All wells have been safely plugged and abandoned.

SapuraKencana said Jerun-1 and Jeremin-1 together with the earlier five discoveries within Block SK408 are close to existing infrastructure supplying gas to one of the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Bintulu, Sarawak.

SapuraKencana as operator holds 40% working interest in the project, and partners PETRONAS and Sarawak Shell hold the remaining interest of 30% each.

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