August 2, 2010
Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store.
First off, 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.
- AMOGC (A major oil & gas company), Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) is looking for Contracts & Procurement Engineer – Logistic Offshore / Marine, Contracts & Procurement Engineer Drilling – Rig Acting, Contracts Engineer, Material Engineer (Inventory & Cataloging). Send your CVs for the first three positions to be sent here, and for the last one to be sent here. Give me a donation, and I’ll tell you what the rates are (or you can hunt round for a copy of Sat’s paper).
- I see AP Recruitment is spreading their wings. They are recruiting for Saudi Chevron Phillips Company (SCP), Jubail Chevron Phillips Company (JCP) Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo.). They are looking for Instrument Technicians, Process Operators, Electrician Technician. Visit their website, or email them here.
- Optimal (tagline Optimise your Career Potential) is looking for a Draughtsman. Hmmm, do you Kertehians want to apply? Visit their website, or apply here.
I think I’ll recommend some computing books this week. You can get these books locally, though I don’t get a cut.
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Posted by Wata
August 2, 2010
Taken from the Malaysian Insider, dateline 2010-08-30:
The Kelantan state government claims PETRONAS owes the state RM800 million per annum from the Kelantan-Thailand offshore area since 2005.
The Kelantan government filed a suit today at the High Court here against the oil giant for breaching the Petroleum Development Act (PDA) 1974 by failing to pay the state oil royalties.
“The worth of condensate (gas liquid) comes to about US$8.5 billion per annum from the joint development offshore area with Thailand,” said state executive councillor Datuk Husam Musa.
“Five per cent of that belongs to Malaysia, which is RM1.7 billion. Half of that belongs to Kelantan which is RM800 million. Petronas owes Kelantan RM800 million per annum since 2005,” he added.
The Kelantan state government said today that Petronas owes the state oil royalties from at least four offshore areas from which oil has been extracted from. These are Kelantan, Kelantan-Thailand, Kelantan-Vietnam and Kelantan-Terengganu.
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Posted by Wata
August 1, 2010
I first found this article on the “Indonesian Stock Market” site, and the first thing that hit me was an attrotiuos font selection. How do you define a deepwater hub? How much engineering, procurement and fabrication has to be local talent before it stops being a “convenient place (for foreigners) to make a profit” and becomes “barangan buatan Malaysia”?
I’ve linked to the original article in the BT, dateline 2010-07-23:
MALAYSIA can become a key deep-water oil and gas (O&G) hub in the world, but this window of opportunity is not perpetual, says Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The answer lies in its capacity and capability, he said, stressing that it is paramount for the country to leverage and build on existing O&G assets.
“If done right, Malaysia can become one of the world’s key deep-water O&G hubs after Houston, Rio de Janeiro and Aberdeen,” he said.
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July 31, 2010
A new skill to pick up fast. LNG importing and regasification will be important to the Semenanjung soon. I guess we’ll see a new influx of foreign engineers (Japanese?) to run the show. Or since MMC claims that PGB is its subsidiary, will we see them calling the shots? BTW, why is the Petronas Gas site a .com site, not a .com.my one?
Dateline 2010-07-23:
Petronas Gas expects to complete a study on the proposed construction of Malaysia’s first liquefied natural gas import terminal before the end of the 2010.
Chairman Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin said the installed capacity of the plant is about 3.5 million tonnes (139 million cubic feet) per annum.
Petronas Gas is open to the possiblity of any third party, other than Petronas, which wanted to bring in gas into the country to meet shortage in supply, Wan Zulkiflee told reporters.
Other news stories can be found here and here.
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July 29, 2010
This is a shout out for the IEM. My technical division will be hosting a trip to Corro Shield, Bangi Selangor on the 5th August, 2010. You will be anointed with 3 CPD / PDP hours.
Corro-Shield (M) Sdn Bhd was founded in 1996 and since its inception the company has served the oil & gas industry in providing its products and services.
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Tentative schedule:
- 0945 Arrival at site
- 1000 Safety Briefing
- 1010 Round Table Introduction
- 1020 Company Profile
- 1030 Products and Services
- 1200 Warehouse tour – Corrocap manufacturing and installation demo
- 1230 lunch
Get the form here. Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here.
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Posted by Wata
July 26, 2010
Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store.
First off, 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.
- Talisman is giving you graduates a chance. She is looking for a Graduate Drilling Engineer, Graduate Mech Eng. Talisman, make sure these applicants are already registered with the BEM, if not please reject them out of hand. Apply here, and visit their site.
- Smith International Inc. is looking for i-Drill Engineers (you drill what?). Apply here. They last put up this advert in May, 2010. I guess they couldn’t find anyone of calibre, or they are expanding. Anyone know which statement is correct?
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Posted by Wata
July 24, 2010
Yeah, where is this upward trend? My profit margin has only increased by 1000+% year on year, below the industry standard. I would expect people to be throwing money at us, as if they were venture capitalists, and we have the next Facebook in the works.
BTW, doesn’t ECM Libra have a vested political interest to make things appear rosy?
From Bernama, dateline 2010-07-14:
Oil and gas stocks should see an upward trend going forward with more jobs expected for oil and gas providers, according to ECM Libra Investment Research.
“The sector is not without its shortcomings but on the flipside, valuations continue to be reasonable and we believe the key driver will be the impending news flow,” it said.
“One would have thought that crude oil prices have been above the US$70 level for long enough to ignite a multitude of projects the world over but the recovery in capital expenditure spend hence job flow have been slow coming,” ECM Libra said.
“Nevertheless, we believe that upstream spending will be back in tow, latest 2011, and continue to trickle in for the rest of this year,” it said in a research note Wednesday.
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Posted by Wata
July 23, 2010
For those who wanted to make more money in PETRONAS by being posted to places where you have a bulleye stiched onto you shocking red coveralls, the world has become a smaller place.
Dateline 2010-07-10:
The Malaysian oil company, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), which is prospecting for oil and gas reserves in the Ogaden basin, south eastern part of Ethiopia, is demobilizing its drilling crew, according to Ethiopian Reporter.
There is speculation that the company will pull out from Ethiopia. Previously, Petronas relinquished its concession in the Gambella basin, south-western part of Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border, after drilling two exploration wells that turned out dry. Another exploration well drilled by the company last year in the Ogaden basin in the Genale locality also turned out to be dry.
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Posted by Wata
July 21, 2010
This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a talk on the 31st July, 2010. It’ll be at 9:30 am (makan-makan at 9:00). You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.
One key element of an offshore oil & gas field development project is to demonstrate inherently safe design principles are adopted as part of the engineer design. A safety case lifecycle approach would ensure that the potential Major Accident Events (MAE) are identified, assessed and managed through the design process in order to demonstrate that risks have been reduced to As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) and within the required tolerable limits.
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(The Speaker) Ms Voon Jye Yng graduated from University of Kansas, USA in 1995 with a degree in Chem Eng (Environmental). Ms Voon is the Partner for Technical Risk and Safety Engineering with Environmental Resources Management (ERM).
Get the form here. Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.
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Posted by Wata
July 20, 2010
This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a course on the 3rd and 4th August, 2010. For a change, it will be held at Auditorium Tan Sri Prof. Chin Fung Kee, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya. The course is worth 13 CPD or PDP points.
Course content is:
- Maintenance as support to business objectives
- Maintenance Environment and Perceptions
- Maintenance Practices: from Reactive to Predictive Methodology
- The Proactive Maintenance Team
- Identifying Value Propositions
- It’s not about maintenance, it’s about improvement
- Value Base Maintenance in overall asset life issues
The course will be presented by Ir. Al-Khairi Mohd Daud. Ir. Al-Khairi had a varied experienced in project, engineering, maintenance and reliabilityexperience from various industries.
Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.
I appeal to readers, come on and send yourselves and staff to these courses. I need the support.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 