You know, I’m kinda dungu when it comes to electrical systems with a voltage above 12V.
I used to think a busbar was a physical bar, to which you attach connections if you wanted to tap off power from it. Then electrical engineers tell me, nope, that’s not what is meant when the expression is used in one-line diagrams.
Book of Knowledge says I’m right. Anyone care to enlighten me?
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Ah, Ranhill, what shall we do with thee? Dateline 2013-07-29, Rigzone:
Ranhill Energy and Resources Bhd announced that it has withdrawn an initial public offering (IPO) to raise $236 million (MYR 753 million) on Malaysia’s stock exchange Bursa Malaysia.
This follows the disclosure last week that Malaysia’s national oil and gas firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has suspended an affiliate’s license following a review of a construction project. The affiliate Perunding Ranhill Worley Sdn Bhd (PRW) cannot bid for any projects from Petronas without the license.
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Well wishes on Malaysia Day.
Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.
Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia, SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.
Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!
I’ve had days of interpreting bad data. Apparently is catching.
Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing “Hoax”, Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.
Food? Doctor says I need to lose weight, sugar, cholesterol. Wish me luck.
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Probe sounds so obscene… Dateline 2013-07-25, The Star.
Malaysia’s Securities Commission is reviewing Ranhill Energy and Resources Bhd.’s 753 million ringgit ($235 million) initial public offering and investors who subscribed may be offered their money back.
The regulator ordered the Kuala Lumpur-based energy and water group and its adviser Maybank Investment Bank Bhd. to postpone the listing slated for next week after an affiliate got a suspension notice from state-owned Petroliam Nasional Bhd. Proceeds from the share sale are being safeguarded by two banks and the Malaysian Issuing House Sdn., Ranhill Energy said in a statement yesterday.
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Time for an exit strategy. Dateline 2013-07-26, The Star:
Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) is currently in talks with potential investors in alternative energy, oil and gas and advanced electronics.
Chief executive officer Datuk Noharuddin Nordin said some of these foreign companies were also interested in setting up their operational headquarters or regional service centres in Malaysia.
Speaking to Bernama in Bangkok recently, he said the companies were not only looking at Malaysia but were also considering other countries in the region.
“So, we are in the process of convincing them to decide on Malaysia and, hopefully, they can make the decision within this year,” he said.
Noharuddin said there had been an increasing trend whereby investor interests would gradually come from markets that were not traditional to Malaysia; for example, traditionally investments from Europe would come from the UK and Germany.
“Now we are seeing a lot of interests of companies coming from France and Spain. These are not our traditional sources of investments, which are something very encouraging,” he said.
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Dateline 2013-07-24: No article available.
WIll the CRO be on the take? This article says they are going to Singapore to look for talent. Sigh… I guess there’s no talent to be had in Malaysia. You can follow the LinkedIn advert here.
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Dateline 2013-07-26, Malaysia Chronicle:
Ranhill Energy and Resources Bhd’s RM753 million initial public offering (IPO) seems to be back on track after Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) lifted a freeze on a licence owned by an affliate company.
It is understood that Ranhill will meet with key Securities Commission (SC) officials early next week to discuss if the IPO can proceed as originally scheduled.
The stock was due to debut on Bursa Malaysia’s Main Market on July 31.
“The SC will make a decision on whether to allow Ranhill to be listed next Wednesday, or have them reschedule the IPO to a later date,” sources told Business Times.
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Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.
Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia, SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.
Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!
Self Promotion this week. I have some copies of
Visit here for more details.
The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.
Food? Doctor says I need to lose weight, sugar, cholesterol. Wish me luck.
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Oh, maaan, just when I was going for the 1SWAC program…
Dateline 2013-07-25, Rigzone:
While Malaysia’s oil and gas services firms venturing overseas in search of business opportunities is nothing new, these operations are finally making significant contributions to the revenue than before – especially for the larger firms. The success of the larger companies in the foreign ventures has encouraged Malaysia’s small and medium sized oil and gas firms to adopt a similar approach in boosting revenue.
Strong Government Support
Oil and gas has historically played a significant role in Malaysia’s economy. The sector has been dominated by national oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), which was established as a result of the 1974 Petroleum Development Act. It gave Petronas responsibility for all petroleum resources in the country, including exclusive ownership rights to all domestic oil and gas exploration and production projects.
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You ask, I find.
I have copies of the following books written by Datuk Ismail Hashim, formerly of PETRONAS.
Note: The Young Turks had been in storage for a while. The hard cover and spine are slightly damaged. Please note that these are not 2nd hand books, just previously unloved ones. Give them a good home.
Young Turks is the author’s view of the establishment of PETRONAS, whereas The Will is the author’s reminiscing of the establishment of PETRONAS Dagangan.
The books would be of interest to:
Cost includes local postage, via Poslaju. Overseas, contact me for details.
Payment can be made to me:
Once payment, is made, send me a copy of the transaction report, together with your name, mailing address, phone number (PosLaju will need it if they can’t find your address), and email. Since I’m not doing this full-time, I’ll fulfill your purchases within one week.
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