Saturday Star 2016-01-02– Job Opportunities

January 4, 2016

Happy Back to School (and Work) Week. Donate to your favourite charity (me), buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). 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.

  • I’m looking for jobs for 2Q2016. Send me your POs.
  • An associate of mine is looking for a technical safety part-time adviser. 2 Associates, actually. Needs to be needle sharp with respect to QRAs, and HSE safety cases. A calm demeanor to handle nonsensical questions from young engineers helps as well. Either that, or a drinking problem.
  • Paper’s taking a day off.

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.

During these trying times, perhaps you should focus on self improvement. The following are a good set of books to start automating your uncertainty budget tables.

The Cartoon Guide to Statistics, Hands-On Start to Wolfram Mathematica, Doubt-Free Uncertainty In Measurement: An Introduction for Engineers and Students

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PETRONAS, Partners Gain from Malaysia’s Production Sharing Contracts

January 3, 2016

Dateline 2015-11-25, Rigzone:

Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum AB, when announcing the sale of upstream oil and gas assets in Indonesia to PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk (Medco) last month, reiterated the importance of Malaysia to the firm’s growth strategy in Southeast Asia. Lundin after all operates several production sharing contracts (PSCs) in the country.

“We remain committed to our growth strategy in Southeast Asia where Malaysia continues to be one of Lundin Petroleum’s core areas,” Alex Schneiter, president and CEO of Lundin Petroleum said in an Oct. 9 press release.

The Swedish firm, which currently operates six PSCs in Malaysia – PM307, PM319, PM308A, PM308B, PM328 and SB307/308 – mainly in partnership with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd discovered gas at Mengkuang-1 exploration well in Block PM307 offshore Malaysia Oct. 26.

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Small discovery, but big hopes at Malaysian natural gas field

January 2, 2016

Dateline 2015-10-26, UPI:

Swedish energy company Lundin Petroleum announced it made a small gas discovery off the coast of Malaysia, where it’s placed much of its recent focus.

Lundin said it ran though a 30-foot column of natural gas in an exploration well in the deepwater Bertram field off the coast of Malaysia. The size of the discovery was considered small, though Lundin provided no details on the commercial gas prospects expected after completing the exploration well.

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Malaysia’s Petronas cuts state dividend as profit plunges on oil drop

January 1, 2016

Dateline 2015-11-11, Reuters:

Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) is slashing its 2016 dividend to the government by nearly 40 percent, after its quarterly profit fell 91 percent on weak global crude oil prices. The state-owned oil and gas firm, which brings in nearly half of Malaysia’s oil revenue, is being forced to shrink its contributions, compounding woes of the Southeast Asian country that is struggling amid a depreciating currency and political uncertainty caused by heavily indebted state investor 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Petronas said on Wednesday it will pay 16 billion ringgit in dividend to the government next year, down from 26 billion in 2015. Its net profit for July-September tumbled to 1.4 billion ringgit ($321.10 million) from 15.1 billion in the same period a year earlier.
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Shout Out – Two-Day Course on Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) Training For Workshop Participants

December 31, 2015

My technical division will be hosting a 2 day seminar on the 12th January, 2016. It is worth 13 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. Since I’m giving it, I expect hoards will have to be turned away at the gates. And it’s a big room, so I need to fill the seats.

In the Layer of Protection methodology, a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) designed to eliminate the cause of a risk or minimize the consequence of an event. The expectation of the SIF’s reliability to perform upon demand must be defined so that it is designed appropriately. The Safety Integrity Level (SIL) study is a tool used this.

This full day course is designed to educate participants in the SIL process from the perspective of a SIL team member. It is meant to provide both instruction and workshop sessions so that the participants:

  • Are familiar with the concept of ‘risk’
  • Are familiar with the theory and terminology behind Layers of Protection, SIS, SIF, SIL and LOPA
  • Are familiar with the different SIL methodologies: risk graph, risk matrix, LOPA.
  • Have expectations as to what the SIL workshop will (and won’t) provide.
  • Understand what deliverables can be expected from a SIL workshop.
  • Have the opportunity to participate in SIL exercise in a safe environment.Opportunity to share SIL experiences.

Wata has 19 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations.

Register here, or download the form here.

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(cancelled) IEM Shout Out (N Sembilan) – Full-Day HAZOP Training For Team Members – A Practical Approach

December 31, 2015

The course has moved inter-state.

Post note: and cancelled. What, my own state doesn’t want me?

The Negeri Sembilan branch will be hosting a 1 day seminar on the 20th January, 2016. It is worth 7 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. Since I’m giving it, I expect hoards will have to be turned away at the gates. And I get to baaliiiik kampuungg.

A Hazard and Operability study is a formal and systematic and detailed examination of the process and engineering intentions of new or existing facilities which assesses the hazard potential and effects on the facility as a whole when operation is outside of the design envelope, or individual items of equipment malfunction.

This course is designed to educate participants in the HAZOP process from the perspective of a HAZOP team member. It is meant to provide both instruction and workshop sessions so that the participants:

  • Are familiar with the concept of ‘risk’
  • Are familiar with the theory behind HAZOP
  • Are familiar with the actual HAZOP workshop process
  • Have expectations as to what the HAZOP will (and won’t provide)
  • Understand what deliverables can be expected from a HAZOP
  • Have the opportunity to participate in HAZOP exercise in a safe environment
  • Opportunity to share HAZOP experiences

At the end of the session, the participants should:

  • Understand the responsibilities of all parties in the HAZOP
  • Have experience in a HAZOP session.
  • Understand the outcomes from a HAZOP session

Wata has 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations.

Register here, or download the form here.

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Reading material on nuclear technology must be in simple language, says Madius Tangau

December 31, 2015

yeah, we want our kids to take portable nuclear reactors to schools for show and detain.

Dateline 2015-10-26, The Sun Daily:

Reading material on nuclear technology should be written in simple language so that misunderstandings and misinterpretations of knowledge related to radioactive materials can be corrected, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Madius Tangau.

He said public understanding of science applications and nuclear technology, namely weaponry and security, need to be increased.

“The huge challenge for the science, technology and innovation (STI) community is humanising innovations that ensure all members of society, especially the grassroots, can understand and be able to feel the impact of STI in their daily activities and their quality of life,” he said when officiating the 2015 Technology and Preview …

 

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Marketing Rounds – UTP IEM Visit

December 30, 2015

These are some photos I captured during the IEM visit to UTP on 24th April, 2015. Where were you?

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Shout Out – Two-Day Course On SIL Training for Team Members – A Practical Approach

December 29, 2015

My technical division will be hosting a 2 day course on the 12th and 13th January, 2016. It is worth 13 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. Since I’m giving it, I expect hoards will have to be turned away at the gates. And it’s a big room, so I need to fill the seats. It is two days, ignore the typo.

In the Layer of Protection methodology, a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) designed to eliminate the cause of a risk or minimize the consequence of an event. The expectation of the SIF’s reliability to perform upon demand must be defined so that it is designed appropriately. The Safety Integrity Level (SIL) study is a tool used this.

This full day course is designed to educate participants in the SIL process from the perspective of a SIL team member. It is meant to provide both instruction and workshop sessions so that the participants:

  • Are familiar with the concept of ‘risk’
  • Are familiar with the theory and terminology behind Layers of Protection, SIS, SIF, SIL and LOPA
  • Are familiar with the different SIL methodologies: risk graph, risk matrix, LOPA.
  • Have expectations as to what the SIL workshop will (and won’t) provide.
  • Understand what deliverables can be expected from a SIL workshop.
  • Have the opportunity to participate in SIL exercise in a safe environment.Opportunity to share SIL experiences.

Wata has 19 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations.

Register here, or download the form here.

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AZRB takes majority stake in Tok Bali Supply Base

December 29, 2015

Dateline 2015-11-25, The Star:

Ahmad Zaki Resources Bhd (AZRB) has bought a 51% stake in the operator of Malaysia’s third oil and gas supply base, the Tok Bali Supply Base (TBSB) in Kelantan, for RM55mil.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the construction firm and marine fuel product supplier said it had acquired the equity interest in Matrix Reservoir Sdn Bhd (MRSB), the owner of TB Supply Base Sdn Bhd which is the base’s operator.
AZRB said TBSB, the third supply base licensed in the country after the Kemaman and Labuan supply bases, was well positioned to offer integrated logistics services to production sharing contractors and oil and gas service companies operating in the North Malay Basin, Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (MTJDA) and Commercial Arrangement Area (CAA) between Malaysia and Vietnam.
AZRB group managing director Datuk Wan Zakariah Wan Muda said the company had been in the business of providing bunkering services at an onshore supply base for over 20 years.
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