Saturday Star 2009-08-01 – Job Opportunities

August 3, 2009

A first – topless lady on page M15 of this week’s The Star. Score one for non-imaginative (or sly) photographers!

  • First off, Synergy is looking for 5 lead safety engineers and 3 lead process engineers. Visit the Synergy website for contact details. And safety specialists. 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.
  • Synergy Vietnam is apparently looking for process engineers. Visit their website.
  • ExxonMobil is looking for Project, Construction/Installation, Cost & Schedule Engineer. I think the new Tapis platform is moving to the detailed design stage, eh? Anyone know who won the job? Apply  here.
  • Talisman is looking for a Rotating Equipment Eng. Apply here, and visit their site.

Here’s a new food place, run by a friend of mine. One6 kopitiamhas a mini-library inside the shop, my kind of place. Now, if it had the latest editions of O’reilly books… Think I’ll be stopping over there every time I get in on a late flight from KLIA, as it’s on the way home.

Some reflexology thoughts:

  • If there are good pressure points on the soles of your feet, how do you know your masseuse isn’t hitting the bad points?
  • If your body aches, you apply reflexology. If your foot aches, do you massage your body?

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From the Star – Merapoh to build RM36bil oil refinery in Kedah

July 28, 2009

Dateline 2009-06-13, taken from the Star:

Country’s biggest such facility to take shape in Yan by 2014

KUALA LUMPUR: Merapoh Resources Corp Sdn Bhd aims to complete the building of a US$10bil (RM35.7bil) oil refinery in Yan, Kedah, which will be the biggest in the country, by 2013 or early 2014, said executive chairman Md Nazri Ramli.

“We have appointed South Korea’s SK Group, which owns one of the world’s largest oil refineries and the third largest industrial group in South Korea, to do the engineering and construction of the project and the maintenance of the refinery,” he said at an agreement signing ceremony for the project here yesterday.

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In another development, Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said the proposed US$7bil 300km oil pipeline project from Yan, Kedah to Bachok, Kelantan, was under review but didn’t give the reason for the review.

We hope that the refinery will start up when fuel consumption is on the rise.

You can subscribe to an online version of the paper at the Bluehyppo site, follow links to e-browse.

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IEM Shout Out – Drilling Engineering Overview

July 27, 2009

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting the above seminar on the 5th August.

Drilling Engineering Overview shall present the audience with the knowledge and arts of drilling wells, especially in Malaysia. It shall be presented in a way that is comprehensible to the engineers who are with or without the oil and gas background. The objectives of the seminar are to provide exposure to audiences the drilling practices and issues as well as to assert the audience with an appreciation of a Drilling Engineer’s work scope.

The seminar will be led by En. Razak Yakob. He has been in the oil and gas industry for 13 years working for companies such as ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and Talisman Energy. As a consultant, he has worked in countries such as China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Algeria and others.

Fliers for the above and other events may be obtained here.

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IEM Shout Out – Course on Design Considerations in Static Equipment Application

July 22, 2009

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Tech Division (sorry, one of my tech divisions) is hosting a course on the above topic. It’s at ILSAS, on the 27-28 July, 2009.

The course can be broken down into 2 parts:

Weld symbols, brittle fracture, fatigue and ductile fracture.

  • Basic understanding of welding symbols according to AWS, BSEN, behavior of welded structure in service, factors affecting brittle, fatigue and ductile, features of fracture

Design consideration for static, pressure vessel and aluminium structure.

  • Basic understanding of design principles, properties of aluminum

The above will be presented by Mr. Ian Partridge, Principal Project Leader, Equipment Risk Consulting, Structural Integrity Technology Group

Fliers for the above and other events may be obtained here.

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Saturday Star 2009-07-18 – Job Opportunities

July 20, 2009

I apologise, I was tardy last week. Arrived in Jakarta on Wed, and left the day of the Jakarta bombings. And I have the flu today. Send me donations to make me feel better.

  • First off, Synergy is looking for 5 lead safety engineers and 3 lead process engineers. Visit the Synergy website for contact details. And safety specialists. 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.
  • Synergy Vietnam is apparently looking for process engineers. Visit their website.
  • I thought I saw Carimin looking for people.

Sigh, since I have moved with Synergy out of KL, will you patronise Chee Meng in my memory? Or invite me to meetings around Bukit Bintang at lunchtime? Is he doing packet specials?

Maybe I should change loyalty to Pakeeza, which is a bit closer to the office.

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Saturday Star 2009-07-11 – Job Opportunities

July 13, 2009

Another week, another scan of the Saturday Star newspaper. Here’s a list of job ads in the paper:

  • First off, Synergy is looking for 5 lead safety engineers and 3 lead process engineers. Visit the Synergy website for contact details. And safety specialists. 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.
  • If you want to “meet all challenges head on,” SBM  is looking for a principal eng (FW, marine, elect, inst, telecomm), senior (static eqt), intools eng. Send email here.
  • Isee UOP‘s got an office in Malaysia. Maybe I’ll get quicker responses from them.
  • Turboservices is looking for a project test eng. Send email here.
  • There’s an advert for a Singaporean company, Rotary. They want a assistant/project eng. Send email here.
  • Deleum is looking for senior engineers and engineers-customer service. Send email here.

Sigh, since I have moved with Synergy out of KL, will you patronise Chee Meng in my memory? Or invite me to meetings around Bukit Bintang at lunchtime? Is he doing packet specials?

Maybe I should change loyalty to Pakeeza, which is a bit closer to the office.

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View from (outside) the Malaysia Petroleum Club

July 7, 2009

The view’s from the same floor, though not from the club itself. Contemplate how many buildings hosting O&G businesses can be seen from here.

And the ‘step effect’ was not intentional.

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Saturday Star 2009-07-04 – Job Opportunities

July 6, 2009

Another week, another scan of the Saturday Star newspaper. Here’s a list of job ads in the paper:

  • First off, Synergy is looking for 5 lead safety engineers and 3 lead process engineers. Visit the Synergy website for contact details. And safety specialists. 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.
  • Shell has a full page advert, looking for graduates in engineering and chemistry. Go visit http://www.shell.com/careers. Looks like there’s a shell recruitment day coming up soon.
  • Newfield has a full page advertisement looking for a snr reservoir eng, senior process eng, mech eng, completion eng, HSE eng, E&I eng, struct eng, offshore installation eng. Email your resume in before 30th July. And their HR manager last week said they weren’t recruiting process engineers…
  • Talisman is looking for a Reservoir Technical Support Eng. Apply here, and visit their site.

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IEM Shout Out – Steam Boiler Course and Scenario Thinking

July 4, 2009

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on the 7th July. It’ll be at 5:30 pm (makan-makan at 5:00) at Wisma IEM. That’s right people, as part of the new health drive you are required to walk up 3 flights of stairs to get your 2 CPD points.

It is a truism that the future is unpredictable. However, its development can be better anticipated through developing and using scenarios. Scenarios are stories about different and plausible futures that can be created using the powerful scenario thinking and planning tools. They assist the decision makers and business planners to be more anticipative and adaptive to the changes and critical uncertainties impacting their businesses as they navigate the future.

The above will be presented by Victor Foo, and has been jointly organised by the Society of Institution of Engineers Australia

Also, my Tech Division is hosting a steam boiler operations & maintenance course as well. It’s at ILSAS, on the 7-8 July, 2009.

  • Chapter 1 – Factories and Machinery Act, 1967
  • Chapter 2 – Introduction to Steam Boilers
  • Chapter 3 – Boiler Operations and Trouble-shootings
  • Chapter 4 – Boiler Water Treatments
  • Chapter 5 – An Introduction to Combustion
  • Chapter 6 – Boiler Maintenance and Repairs
  • Chapter 7 – Non-Destructive Testing and Basic of Metallurgy
  • Chapter 8 – Steam Boiler Failures

The above will be presented by Ir. Mohd Normarzuki Ya’acob.

Fliers for the above and other events may be obtained here.

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From The Star – Tapis Price Adjustment

July 2, 2009

Petroliam National Bhd (PETRONAS) raised a price-adjustment factor in it Tapis crude oil to 60 cents a barrel in June … last month, the price component was 40 cents a barrel.

PETRONAS Tapis Price

PETRONAS Tapis Price

Interesting to note that peninsular malaysia crude is stil called Tapis crude, though Tapis is no longer a major contributor to crude output. Maybe we should call it rojak crude.

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