Helicopter ‘ditches off Malaysia’

February 8, 2014

Anyone know which chopper this was?

Dateline 2013-12-12, Upstream, and 2013-12-12, NST:

A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter with two flight crew together with six passengers were forced to land their aircraft 92 nautical miles off coast Bintulu.
In the 7.42am incident, the helicopter and its passengers who are oil and gas workers, were carrying out offshore oil well survey in the area when they were hit by sudden weather change.Police said the passengers were from France, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Canada.

Bintulu Police Chief Superintendent Madang Usat confirmed the incident and said the crew and passengers are safe.

“After the emergency landing, they were picked up by a  vessel nearby who took them to shore,” said Madang.

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Matrade: M’sian O&G firms raked in RM786mil sales at Ascope exhibition

February 6, 2014

Dateline 2013-12-12, The Star:

Malaysian oil and gas (O&G) companies raked in RM786mil in total sales at the 10th ASCOPE Conference and Exhibition 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, hosted by state-owned Vietnam Oil & Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam) on Nov 27-Dec 1.

The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade), which led 14 local companies including 10 small and medium enterprises on a special mission for the O&G sector, said during the five-day event it arranged 96 business meetings.

In a statement today, Matrade said the companies were given an opportunity to present their capabilities to three prominent subsidiaries of PetroVietnam:PetroVietnam Domestic Exploration and Production Operating Co Ltd (PVEP POC), PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas) and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC).

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GDF Suez joins Malaysian natural gas venture

February 4, 2014

Dateline 2013-12-12, UPI:

A global affairs official at French energy company GDF Suez said entering a joint venture working in deep Malaysian waters anchors its regional position.

The French company said Thursday it joined Malaysian energy company Petronas and Japanese energy company JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration in Block 3F in deep Malaysian waters.

“GDF Suez reinforces its positioning in Asia-Pacific, a most promising region, through this new acquisition in exploration-production activities in Malaysia,” Jean-Marie Dauger, a vice president in charge of the global gas business, said in a statement.

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Saturday Star 2014-02-01 – Job Opportunities

February 3, 2014

Happy February.

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

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Paper’s were on leave on Saturday.

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

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!

This week, my theme is, you need to be a better all round engineer. Hence, some selections for the process engineer:

A Simple Guide To Understanding Jet Engines, Process Plant Instrumentation: Design and Upgrade, Mechanical Design of Process Systems: Piping and Pressure Vessels

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.

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UK’s Salamander Energy enters Malaysia with shallow-water PSC

February 2, 2014

Oil in the middle of the Straits of Malacca? There goes the Jembatan Selmel Bridge… and I can see a customs station on the CPP.

Dateline 2013-12-11, Platts:

UK-listed Salamander Energy has inked a production sharing contract for a block offshore Peninsular Malaysia, marking its debut in the country.

Salamander will operate the PSC for block PM322 in the Malacca Straits offshore west coast Peninsular Malaysia with 85% interest, the Southeast Asia-focused company said in a statement Wednesday.

The block is located in shallow water and spans about 20,000 sq km. It contains the Port Klang oil discovery made by Sun Oil in 1991, Salamander said.

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CIMB Research begins coverage of UMW Oil & Gas with an Outperform

February 1, 2014

Dateline 2013-12-10, The Star:

 CIMB Equities Research has initiated coverage of UMW Oil & Gas (UMW-OG) with an Outperform call as it sets its target price of RM4.57, which is 33.6% above its last traded price of RM3.42.

It said on Tuesday UMW-OG is primarily a drilling company which is benefitting from Southeast Asia’s strong demand for jack-ups and Petronas’s import substitution model.

“Armed with an order book of RM1.4bil, the company is eyeing more jobs as it expands its fleet,” it said.

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EOC Starts Gas Production on FPSO Perisai Kamelia for Hess in Malaysia

January 31, 2014

I take it EOC is Emas  Offshore Construction? Dateline 2013-12-09, BusinessWire:

EOC Limited (EOC or the Group), one of Asia’s leading providers of offshore production services to the oil and gas (O&G) sector, has announced that the Perisai Kamelia – the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel deployed to a fast-track gas production project in the North Malay Basin, Malaysia – successfully completed start-up and commissioning and that the vessel’s charter has commenced in November 2013.

Under EOC’s contract with an all-new client, Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia B.V. (Hess), and in co-operation with local Bumiputera Malaysian partner, Larizz Petroleum Services Sdn Bhd, the Perisai Kamelia has been assigned to support the early production activities in the North Malay Basin. Signed in November 2012, the contract covers a three-year charter period valued at about US$272.1 million, with extension options that could add a further three years to the charter duration.

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Ranhill to Make A Second Attempt to List on Malaysia Stock Exchange

January 30, 2014

Dateline 2013-12-09, Rigzone:

Malaysia’s engineering services company Ranhill Energy and Resources Bhd CEO Hamdan Mohamad is making another attempt to list on the stock market Bursa Malaysia after withdrawing its initial public offering in July, local daily The Star reported Saturday citing sources. The application followed Ranhill’s withdrawal to list on Bursa following a breach in disclosure relating to the suspension of licenses of its affiliate company, Perunding Ranhill Worley Sdn Bhd (PRW), by Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Bhd for an indefinite period.

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IEM Shout Out – Talk on Flyrock Issues at Quarries and Construction Sites

January 29, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My technical division will be having a talk on Saturday, 8th February, 2014 at 9am. Makan-makan at 8:30am.

Flyrock issues had been in the newspapers and other media regularly every year sometimes with fatalities and other times caused serious damages to properties and also serious injuries to people. Rock blasting at quarries and construction sites is actually an essential part of development work and can be done safely even at location very close to properties. However, highly qualified blasting engineers and experience shotfirers are needed to ensure compliance with safety requirements imposed by the authorities. Low vibration limit and almost no airblast are required to ensure minimum disturbance to the public. Only when blasting is not permitted alternative means such as expansive cement and pyrotechnics materials are considered. The talk will discuss the flyrock issues and mean to tackle it and the alternative means to blasting when and where it is possible. The talk can be useful to project managers or engineers who are likely to be responsible for blasting at their sites.

As for the speaker:

Ir. Hj Look Keman graduated with a degree in Mining Engineering from Stratchlyde University in 1979 and M.Sc in Explosives Engineering from Cranfield University in 1991. He initially worked as Research Engineer with Mines Research Institute in Mining Geotechnical Engineering specialising in Slope Engineering for mines, tailing dams etc. Later he worked as Inspector of Mines in Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca and after his postgraduate studies. He specialised in Rock blasting in mines quarries and Construction sites. He had been involved in many investigations on flyrock issues from quarries and construction sites since 1991 till now and will discuss on his experience and mitigation techniques to minimise or eliminate the problem. He retired from the Mines Department in 1996 and work as Consultant Engineer.

You can register here, and download the form here. A map to the Wisma IEM is provided here. Note Wisma IEM is where the nursing college is (don’t ask).

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Saturday Star 2014-01-25 – Job Opportunities

January 27, 2014

Happy visit Kerteh week.

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

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Technip is looking for its next biggest asset: You (seen your BMI lately?) Visit here soon. Apply to Synergy first.

Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:

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!

This week, my theme is, you need to be a better all round engineer. Hence, some selections for the process engineer:

A Simple Guide To Understanding Jet Engines, Process Plant Instrumentation: Design and Upgrade, Mechanical Design of Process Systems: Piping and Pressure Vessels

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.

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