(Cancelled) Shout Out – 2 Day Course on Quality Improvement Via Statistical Process Control

November 15, 2011

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a seminar on the 5th till 6th December, 2011. It’ll start at 8:30 and is worth 13 CPD hours. You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM. They promise up that the elevator will be ready by the next AGM.

Statistics are tools used to make predictions on performance. There are a number of simple methods for analysing data and, if applied correctly, can lead to predictions with a high degree of accuracy. Statistical Process Control, SPC is a branch of applied statistics for quality control. It is statistical analysis of the predictability and capacity of a process to give a uniform product. SPC is a popular industry tool for the collection, analysis and interpretation of data for use in quality control activities. This module covers the basic concepts of statistical analysis and their application to practical problems in process control.

The concept of SPC is then further extended for multivariate process. Multivariate Statistical Process Control, MSPC procedures allow production personnel to simultaneously observe several variables on one consolidated chart. Second part of the workshop focuses on multivariate extensions for all kinds of univariate control charts, such as multivariate control charts. In addition, we review unique procedures for the construction of multivariate control charts, based on multivariate statistical techniques such as principal components analysis (PCA) and Hotelling’s T2 method.

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Engr. Dr. Lam Hon Loong, is an Assist. Professor with University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus. He pursued double PhD in Chemical Engineering, 2010 (University of Maribor, Slovenia) and Information Technology, 2011 (University of Pannonia, Hungary).    His research topics are process quality control and supply chain synthesis. He has completed his Bachelor Degree, 2000 and Master Degree, 2004 in Chemical Engineering, both from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with specialisation in process system engineering.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

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Saturday Star 2011-11-12 – Job Opportunities

November 14, 2011

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. Corporate level sponsors are encouraged.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here . Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Here’s a new one. There’s a company called S2V Consulting. They are looking for 10+ years engineers. Apply here. Agents need not apply. What kind of agents we talking about here?
  • Technip is looking for a mess of engineers. Visit here soon. Apply to Synergy first.
  • Equate is looking for people. They are looking for a aromatics operator, styrene operator, ethylene operator, ethylene glycol operator, polyethylene/ butene operator, polypropylene operator, utilities operator, aromatics production engineer, analytical specialist, process analytical specialist, ethylene glycol production engineer, utilities production engineer, polyethylene production engineer, utilities process engineer. Send your application here. Or key in your resumes online here. Login under candidate login and password at the website
  • I see that Qatar Petroleum is looking for people. They are looking for safety engineer (loss prevention), senior safety engineer (halul and marine operations), safety officer (projects), safety officer (marine), safety trainer, fire instructor, technicians. Apply here or visit the website.

May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” The more you use it, the better info I get in planning my journey round KL, and hopefully the rest of Malaysia

If you are fans of classic gaming, support those old time PC classics at Good Oil Games. I wish they had a local setup here.

Support your local bookshop! Visit Bookalicious at The Summit Subang, good selection of imported books. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and otherologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces.

Here are some hard boiled detective novels for a change.

Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1), Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2), Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, Book 3)

This week’s food recommendation is Padi restaurant in Taman Puchong Utama

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Borneo Post Online – Local players ready for deepwater O&G fields with PETRONAS

November 12, 2011

Dateline 2011-11-01:

The oil and gas (O&G) industry is expected to eventually venture forth into exploration for oil fields and gas fields in deeper waters on the back of Petroleum Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) reiteration of its licensing policy for the industry.

The national oil corporation stated last week that there was no change in its licensing policy related to companies engaged in Malaysia’s upstream O&G industry in response to media reports speculating that Petronas would do away with the policy.

Specifically, under the Petroleum Regulation 1974, both local and foreign companies wishing to commence or even carry out any business or services related to Malaysia’s O&G upstream operations must apply for a licence from Petronas.

OSK Research Sdn Bhd analyst Jason Yap told The Borneo Post, “We note that Petronas has embarked on a long term plan to nurture the local O&G service providers – with the first few being Kencana Petroleum Bhd (Kencana), SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd, and Dialog Group Bhd (Dialog) – which have been awarded marginal oilfields to expose these companies to upstream O&G activities.

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New incentives to make M’sia O&G international hub

November 11, 2011

…at the expense of SME home-grown companies?

Dateline 2011-11-01:

 The Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) and the Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corp (MPRC) have launched a slew of incentives to attract oil and gas traders to Malaysia.

The key incentives, aimed at turning Malaysia into an international hub for the oil and gas industry, was offered to the Labuan International Trading Commodity Company (LITC) under the Global Incentives for Trading (Gift) Programme by MPRC and Labuan FSA.

Those incentives include a flat corporate tax rate of 3% of chargeable income, 100% exemption on director fees paid to non-Malaysian director, 50% exemption on gross employment income for non-Malaysian professional traders and others in managerial capacity of the LITC companies, and other various tax exemptions and fiscal incentives.

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From Bernama – Oil And Gas Industry Biggest Contributor To Bintulu’s Success

November 10, 2011

Man, and I thought the timber tycoons were the greatest contributors. Just because they don’t hit the front page doesn’t mean their numbered bank accounts are depleted.

Dateline 2011-10-30:

Bintulu has chalked up the distinction of having the fastest growth rate in Sarawak due to its oil and gas activities.

According to the Bintulu Development Authority (BDA), the oil and gas industry is the biggest contributor to Bintulu’s success, with its gross domestic product (GDP) growth as proof.

“While the country recorded a GDP growth of four per cent from 1995-2000, Sarawak’s average was at five-six per cent and Bintulu topped the charts at a whopping seven per cent increase,” said BDA General Manager, Datuk Mohidin Ishak.

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IEM Shout Out – Talk on An Overview of Heat Exchangers: The Industry Experience

November 8, 2011

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a seminar on the 11th November, 2011. It’ll start at 9:00am and is worth 2 CPD hours. You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.

This is held in conjunction with our AGM. Please turn up for that as well.

The subject of Thermodynamics taught in college always refers to Heat Exchanger as the equipment to exchange heat. However, not many engineers post-graduation have the opportunity to work directly with Heat Exchangers. These Heat Exchangers are widely used in the industries, especially in the Oil & Gas facilities. There are various types of heat exchangers which are selected based on specific intended process requirement.

The talk will provide an overview on the types of heat exchangers commonly used in the Oil & Gas industry based on the Codes & Standards used during the design such as the Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers, Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers, Double Pipe Heat Exchangers and the Plate Heat Exchangers. This will be followed by an example of the fabrication processes, the common welding processes such as GTAW, SMAW, SAW and the main forming processes such as plate rolling and tube bending.

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Ir. Alzakri Ekhwan is a Principal Engineer for Static-Unfired Equipment at PETRONAS Penapisan (Melaka) Sdn. Bhd. (PP(M)SB), an oil refinery that handles 270,000 bbl per day of crude oil.  He graduated from University of Bath, UK in Mechanical Engineering in 1993 and has more than 18 years of experience in the design, fabrication, maintenance, inspection and construction of Static Equipment in the Oil and Gas industry.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

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Saturday Star 2011-11-05 – Job Opportunities

November 7, 2011

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. Corporate level sponsors are encouraged.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here . Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for a Maintenance Engineer, Deck Foreman, QA/QC Engineer Projects. Email to job@carigalihess.com, indicating position applied for as subject of the email.
  • Talisman is looking for a Senior Technical Safety Engineer, HSE Engineer – Oil & Gas Support. Apply here, and visit their site.

May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” The more you use it, the better info I get in planning my journey round KL.

If you are fans of classic gaming, support those old time PC classics at Good Old Games. I wish they had a local setup here.

I see Maurice Stewart has some new books:
  

Gas Dehydration Field Manual, Gas Sweetening and Processing Field Manual, Gas-Liquid And Liquid-Liquid Separators

This week’s food recommendation is Padi restaurant in Taman Puchong Utama

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IEM Shout Out – Talk on Risk Sharing Contracts

November 6, 2011

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a seminar on the 11th November, 2011. It’ll start at 12:00pm and is worth 2 CPD hours. You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.

This is held in conjunction with our AGM. Please turn up for that as well.

In a typical Risk-Sharing Contract (RSC), the responsibilities, roles and risks are allocated therein to the various parties and agent. RSCs maybe fashioned for projects that may be turnkey or Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) in nature up to that of Project Delivery Partner (PDP).

That PDP typically endeavors to spell out i) Project Management Role ii) EPC Role; iii) Parties Risks and Rewards (with the proportionate Increase); and cover the following critical project parameters i) Development ii) Construction iii) Completion iv) Delivery v) Targets vi) Rewards; and vii) Losses. Other aspects typically treated under PDP i)Project Viability – “Strike Rate” ii)Site Possession iii) Ground Conditions – Employer/Contractor iv) Completion v) Delays vi)Performance Guarantees; and vii)Financing – Developer/Sponsor.

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Khem N Thadani holds an LL.M (University of Melbourne, Australia) and LL.B( University of Canterbury, New Zealand), and also an Advocate and Solicitor of High Court of Malaya, Barrister and Solicitor of High Court of New Zealand and Supreme Courts, Federal and High Court of Australia.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

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From Bernama: Oil & Gas Firms Advised To Be Cautious When Signing Contracts

November 5, 2011

Dateline 2010-10-29:

Malaysian oil and gas firms are advised to be cautious when signing the contracts, particularly on the technical and legal aspects.

Senior legal consultant of Straits Consulting Group, Primila Edward, said they must do their homework where parts of the technical and legal aspects were concerned.

“Negotiate the technical aspect specifications to ensure that they can minimise losses and damages.

“Legally, you need to cover your back with clauses that will actually stick in a certain sort of situation such as unexpected damages,” she said.

Edward said this in her paper, “Contractual Lessons Learnt from Deep Water Horizon” at the Oil and Gas Asia Pacific 2011 Conference here Thursday.

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From Bernama: Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline Akin To PLUS: Don

November 4, 2011

You mean there will be a toll charge, crowded during holidays, and will continuously have repairs that restrict throughput? Jee, I hope they plan to make it six lanes…

Dateline 2010-10-23:

The RM4.6 billion Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline project linking Kimanis in Sabah and Bintulu in Sarawak, expected to be completed by the end of 2013, will be as successful as the North-South Expressway (PLUS) linking the Peninsular Malaysia states, said a Universiti Putra Malaysia academic.

Faculty of Human Ecology deputy dean Prof Dr Jayum Jawan said the 512km pipeline, which will transport gas from the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal in Kimanis to customers in Sabah and Petronas’ LNG complex in Bintulu, is the best example of a national project that could bring the people and business communities of Sabah and Sarawak closer to Peninsular Malaysia.

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