January 20, 2010
From the Business Times, dateline Jan 15, 2010:
A THREE-WAY race to helm Malaysia’s national oil corporation is on but the incumbent is not one of the contenders, executives familiar with the matter said.
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The three being considered are all from within the company, which puts paid to speculation that Mr Najib would rope in an outsider to helm the oil firm. The trio: Shamsul Azhar Abbas, an adviser to Petronas’ international operations; Anuar Ahmad, a vice-president in charge of human resource management; and Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin, Petronas’s vice-president in charge of the gas business.
I guess the Business Times has its own sources, as this news has not been reported by the Malaysian newswires.
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January 19, 2010
Do I need to elaborate on this article from The Star deadline 2010-01-08? It should be retitled ‘Fuel Pricing Finally Goes Bananas’:
PETALING JAYA: The bigger your car, the more you will have to pay for petrol from May 1.
This is because the Government is going to change the way fuel is subsidised.
It is planning for a fuel pricing mechanism that will ensure only targeted groups, particularly those from the lower-income, will receive fuel subsidy.
Also, foreigners who drive into the country to fill up their tanks will not be eligible for subsidy and will have to pay more for fuel.
“The bigger the engine, the higher petrol will cost,” Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said yesterday.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all eliminating the fuel subsidy in conjunction with a concerted effort to entice me to use a safe, reliable, efficient, cost effective, redundent public transport system. My dark sense of humor was so tickled by the above article that it shut down for a few minutes for want to address all the things that can go screwy.
If you want some follow up articles, try here, here.
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January 18, 2010
- Synergy is looking for lead safety engineers, safety specialists, junior and lead process engineers and technical writers. We’re on an expansion drive, people! Visit the Synergy website for contact details. For leads, you need 5 years plus experience in the oil & gas industry. For safety specialist applicants, you need to be well versed in HAZOP, HAZID, QRA, FERA and Formal Safety Assessment. Ah, heck. If you have more than 5 years experience in O&G, apply. If you have less than 5, send a donation to the offshore account, and still get abuse. For juniors, go pick up a copy of Cambridge’s ChemEng syallabus, and go study like the Tripods (all of them) are tomorrow.
- I see PETRONAS has a walk-in interview session on the 23 & 24 January 2010 at the KL Convention Centre (remind me not to go to in that weekend). They have postions for executives/ engineers/ technical coaches & technical professionals. You need at least a BEng and 8 (eight) years related experience. Don’t come crying to me if they reject you because you only have 5 years. Hah, they want you to bring their latest resume (no CVs), to passport photos, NRIC, academic qualifications and last 3 pay slips (of course, everyone will bring in ‘adjusted’ slips if they had any sense).
- Muhibbah Petrochemical Engineering is looking for senior QA / QC, project planning and control engineer. You can send your resume in here.
- Turboservices is looking for a opns & maint technician. Send email here.
- Petrosains is looking for people as well, I guess.
No food recommendations this week. I’ll be in Kerteh InshaAllah this Wed, so I guess it’s Sundram banana leaf rice for lunch. Sigh, how I miss Pak Ali’s nasi biryani…
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January 12, 2010
I’ve been busy, how have you been?
- First off, Synergy is looking for lead safety engineers, safety specialists, junior and lead process engineers and technical writers. We’re on an expansion drive, people! Visit the Synergy website for contact details. For leads, you need 5 years plus experience. Ah, heck. If you have more than 5 years experience in O&G, apply. If you have less than 5, send a donation to the offshore account, and still get abuse. For juniors, go pick up a copy of Cambridge’s ChemEng syallabus, and go study like the Tripods (all of them) are tomorrow.
- Jobs available are avaiable in Qatar Petroleum for Snr Petroleum Engineer, Snr Completion Eng, Snr Inspection Eng, Snr Corrosion Eng. Apply here.
- Subsea 7 has an office here now. They are looking for a snr proposals eng (Sing, KL), proposals eng (KL). Too bad they aren’t looking for engineering degree holders for these positions.
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January 4, 2010
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, expect to be mocked.
- First off, Synergy is looking for lead safety engineers, safety specialists, junior and lead process engineers and technical writers. We’re on an expansion drive, people! Visit the Synergy website for contact details. For leads, you need 5 years plus experience. Ah, heck. If you have more than 5 years experience in O&G, apply. If you have less than 5, send a donation to the offshore account, and still get abuse. For juniors, go pick up a copy of Cambridge’s ChemEng syallabus, and go study like the Tripods (all of them) are tomorrow.
- SynergyKL is also looking for temp admin staff.
- Our favourite Saudi recruiter, SABIC, is at it again. Ibn Zahn is looking for a pp(??) process sectio head, control system engineer, rotating equipment eng, inspection & corrosion eng, enviroment engineer and process engineer. You can apply via email here or here. Or key in your resumes online here.
Here’s a place to eat: Bandar Djakarta, Alam Sutera, Serpong, Tangerang, Indonesia. Invite me along if you do go.
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December 28, 2009
There were no newspapers published (or at least none distributed) last Saturday. Off the top of my head, the current jobs available are:
- Rumour has it that Petrofac is looking for a Project Manager to handle insanely large amounts of money. Jabba should apply.
- Synergy is looking for lead safety engineers, safety specialists, junior and lead process engineers and technical writers. We’re on an expansion drive, people! Visit the Synergy website for contact details. For leads, you need 5 years plus experience in the oil & gas industry. For safety specialist applicants, you need to be well versed in HAZOP, HAZID, QRA, FERA and Formal Safety Assessment. Ah, heck. If you have more than 5 years experience in O&G, apply. If you have less than 5, send a donation to the offshore account, and still get abuse. For juniors, go pick up a copy of Cambridge’s ChemEng syallabus, and go study like the Tripods (all of them) are tomorrow.
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December 27, 2009
Since the news is now on DPS’ webpage, I can safely congratulate them on their win, and encourage them to send runoffs and spillovers Synergy’s way:
DPS have been awarded a FEED study by Petrofac for the Phase II development of the Cendor field in Malaysia. The FEED scope includes the engineering of a spread moored FPSO (topsides, marine, mooring and risers) plus three wellhead platforms and the infield pipelines. The FEED will also look at the removal of the existing MOPU and the installation of the new facilities with minimal production downtime.
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December 26, 2009
From UpstreamOnline, dateline 2009-12-21:
Kelantan will be compensated as early as next year for the oil and gas extracted from the resource-rich Malaysian state, according to International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed.
“The Federal Government will have to liaise with PETRONAS to find out how much has been extracted from the oil fields and when this is determined, we will meet the Kelantan Government to decide on the development projects to be implemented.
“This can be done as early as next year and the money will be forthcoming, as promised by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak,” the Minister was cited as saying in the Star newspaper.
Mustapa warned the opposition party-led state government of Kelantan against taking the matter to court, saying it would only make it ‘difficult for the people to get the money’.
As earlier reported, Kelantan had previously set out to hire a team of lawyers to press for more than 1 billion ringgit ($291 million) oil royalties it claimed to be owed by the Federal Government.
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December 25, 2009
Taken from the pages of Bernama, dateline 2009-12-23:
KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 23 (Bernama) — The Terengganu government is still discussing with the federal government the long-standing oil royalty payment to the state.
Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the state government had rejected the Finance Ministry’s offer of RM1.686 billion in oil royalty and demanded that the state be paid RM2.792 billion for the period 2000 to 2009.
However, both parties had yet to reach a consensus on the matter. he said.
“Although the state government is hoping to resolve the oil royalty issue as soon as possible, there are several matters in the agreement which have yet to be agreed upon by both parties.
“I cannot explain the issues or new matters involved in detail as the discussion is still ongoing and it could jeopardise the outcome,” he said in reply to Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS-Rhu Rendang) in the state assembly here today.
Don’t you just love politics?
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