Saturday Star 2014-10-04 – Job Opportunities

October 6, 2014

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. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper. Or go to Hajj, whichever you prefer.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter, for IGL Services. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Vestigo is here, Vestigo is here. Are they so ashamed that they are a PETRONAS linked company that they didn’t use .com.my for their web presence? If you think you are a hotshot Senior Reservoir Engineer apply here. But I can’t get a ping at their web address, so snail mail to The Human Resources Department, Vestigo Petroleum Sdn Bhd, Level 3, Bangunan Getah Asli, 148 Jalan Amplang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
  • I notice that there’s and advert for Hevilift. Are they looking to partake in the offshore aviation transportation pie?

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? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

Need some new management techniques. How about these books?

The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle’s-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions, Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook, Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel

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World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Among Reach Energy Investors

October 5, 2014

Can all the SPACs give me a direct line into insider trading opportunities?

Dateline 2014-07-24, Bloomberg Businessweek:

Malaysia’s Reach Energy Bhd. has attracted investors including Norway’s $890 billion sovereign wealth fund in an initial public offering to fund its acquisitions of oil and gas fields.

Norges Bank Investment Management, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, and Malaysia’s pilgrim fund will invest in the 750 million-ringgit ($237 million) IPO, Managing Director Shahul Hamid Mohd Ismail said in a July 21 interview. Norway’s wealth fund will own a substantial stake in the special-purpose acquisition company, he told reporters today.

Rising energy demand is spurring companies such as Reach Energy to buy and develop smaller oil and gas fields ignored by their larger international counterparts. Malaysia’s Sona Petroleum Bhd. (SONA), also a special-purpose acquisition company, finalized an agreement this week to buy a stake in two Thai oil and gas blocks of U.K.-based Salamander Energy Ltd. (SMDR)

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First Oil Commences at Bentara Field Offshore Sarawak

October 4, 2014

Dateline 2014-07-23, Rigzone:

Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Berhd (Petronas) announced Wednesday that Bentara field in the Balai Cluster Risk Service Contract (RSC) area located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia has achieved its first oil production May 25.

The field which is expected to produce more than 1,000 barrels of oil per day is being developed and operated by BC Petroleum Sdn Bhd.

The Bentara field is the second field in the Balai Cluster, which successfully achieved oil production after Balai field on Nov. 6, 2013

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Why Oil and Gas in the South China Sea Won’t Be Developed

October 2, 2014

Link bait. And interesting.

Dateline 2014-07-18:

The South China Sea has enormous potential for oil and gas reserves but territorial conflict will likely hold it back for years to come.

On July 16, the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) decided to remove its oil rig from contested waters, stating that its exploration mission was completed after finding “sings of oil and gas.”

While moving the rig out of waters claimed by both China and Vietnam could cool tensions, the intractable dispute over territory is holding back what could be massive investment in oil and gas exploration.

The Wall Street Journal reported on several major international oil companies that are steering clear of the South China Sea because of the conflict, despite the potentially huge reserves of oil and gas in its waters.

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Murphy Oil’s Malaysia assets draw interest from Mitsubishi, ONGC

October 1, 2014

Do you remember the Zero?

Dateline 2014-07-17, Business Standard:

Top Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp has submitted a non-binding bid to buy Murphy Oil Corp’s Malaysian oil and gas assets valued at about $2.5 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

India’s state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp and Oil India Ltd are among the other suitors preparing to submit bids for the Murphy assets, separate sources with direct knowledge of the process said.

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Saturday Star 2014-09-27 – Job Opportunities

September 29, 2014

Talbiyah (from 123muslim.com)

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. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper. Or go to Hajj, whichever you prefer.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter, for IGL Services. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Nothing in the papers this week. With all the layoffs I heard, that is no surprise. Can I buy a lead process engineer for RM40/hr?

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? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

Need some new management techniques. How about these books?

The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle’s-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions, Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook, Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel

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MOGEC Shout Out – Full-Day HAZOP Training For Team Members – A Practical Approach

September 28, 2014

MOGEC will be hosting a 1 day course (our first in my memory) on the 28th October, 2014. It is worth 6.5 CPD points, and held at Saloma Bistro. Since I’m giving it, I expect hoards will have to be turned away at the gates.

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.

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

download the form here.

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IEM Shout Out – Full-Day HAZOP Training For Team Members – A Practical Approach

September 28, 2014

My technical division will be hosting a 1 day seminar on the 20th November, 2014. It is worth 6.5 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.

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 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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Malaysia’s oil hub: Will it be a threat to Singapore?

September 27, 2014

Hahaha, snort. Is itty bitty Singapore scared of big softy Malaysia?

Dateline 2014-07-15, The Straits Times:

TUCKED away in a corner of the south- eastern tip of Johor, a regional oil and gas hub is starting to develop in Pengerang. A world-class oil storage terminal officially opened near the small town last month.

Pengerang is part of an ambitious plan launched in 2009 to build Malaysia’s biggest refining and petrochemical complex. It has been earmarked as one of the country’s key economic transformation projects and is designed to develop South-east Johor into a regional oil storage and trading hub.

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MPRC helps generate RM3.5b investments in oil and gas storage

September 26, 2014

Thank you, MPRC for actively stimulating Malaysia’s O&G industry. Now, if you can stimulate my income to the level of RM2M tax free… who do I need to ‘seek consultancy services’ from?

Dateline 2014-07-11, the Malay Mail:

Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corp (MPRC) has assisted in generating a total of RM3.49 billion investments in oil and gas (O&G) storage as of 2013.

Another RM3.52 billion investments were attracted in the O&G services, said its president/chief executive officer, Datuk Shahrol Halmi, in the corporation’s inaugural corporate report for 2013.

The report offers an overview of the achievements of the government agency, which was set up in 2011 to make Malaysia the regional O&G services and manufacturing hub.

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