The poster says it all.
Job Advert – Synergy
April 19, 2010
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Saturday Star 2010-04-17 – Job Opportunities
April 19, 2010- Kencana Petroleum is looking for design engineers – process, mech, piping, electrical, instrument and civil/structural, which about covers the whole spectrum. They are also looking for project engineers and managers. Send CVs via snail mail to The Managing Director, Kencana Bestwide Sdn Bhd, Megan Avenue II, Unit B-11-11, No. 12 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, 50450 Kuala Lumpur. BTW, this exact same advert came out on 2008-11-15.
- Hey, here’s a coincidence. First time I heard of Lynas was on Tuesday, and look who puts an ad in the paper. There is a walk-in interview on the 26-27 April for Production Technicians, and 26-28 April for Planner (Mech, I&E), Fitters, Technicians. It will be held at MS Garden Hotel, Lot 5-10, Lorong Gambut, Off Jalan Berserah, Kuantan.
Food recommendation? Saturday’s lunch was provided by the IEM’s AGM, and the annual dinner was held at the Sime Darby Convention Centre.
As for a book recommendation, how about something from Terry Pratchett? I think I own all the Discworld novels, as they appeal to my sense of humour. Go pick up the latest book, Unseen Academicals (Discworld)
, though I think Sir Pratchett’s writing is tending towards dark humour. His earlier writings are the literal equivalent of Black Adder
.
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From The Star – Plant in peninsula to ensure LNG supply continuity
April 18, 2010Here’s a sign that PETRONAS is definite that there will not be enough local gas production offshore Peninsular Malaysia. And hopefully, our solution is to get gas from East Malaysia. But is it still uneconomical to pipe the gas, rather than convert to LNG, stuff into carriers and ship to the Peninsular?
Or, is this a ploy to increase MISC’s worth? Supply your comments here.
Taken from The Star, dateline 2010-04-12:
AS part of an effort to address the rising demand for gas amid a diminishing natural gas supply in Peninsular Malaysia, it has been revealed that a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) regassification plant will soon be built.
Analysts who attended a recent briefing session with PETRONAS Gas Bhd learnt of the plan from its managing director, Samsuddin Miskon.
No formal announcement about the plan has been made yet by parent company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (PETRONAS), but it is understood that the main reason for the regassification plant is to ensure the continuity of gas supply in the peninsula.
How does that equation come about?
Well, the regassification plant will enable PETRONAS Gas to take in more gas supply from third parties as the capacity to convert liquefied gas into gas for end- users will be enhanced.
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You can subscribe to an online version of the paper at the Bluehyppo site, follow links to e-browse.
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From the Edge – PETRONAS to list two entities
April 13, 2010Of course, we didn’t expect PETRONAS to list any of their star entities. My comments: Can someone tell me if MMHE is the preferred fabricator of choice, esp for deep water structures? As for the Petrochemical entity, I expect profits to drop once PETRONAS Gas goes ahead and finds the guts to revise gas prices.
Now, if they listed PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, Putrajaya Holdings, PETRONAS NGV, Institute Teknologi Petroleum PETRONAS, these would be game changers.
Dateline 2010-04-09:
KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed listing of Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) petroleum chemicals business and its heavy engineering arm will bring about a potential rerating of O&G supporting companies, says OSK Research.
The research house said on Friday, April 9 that currently, the O&G sector is trading at an attractive average PER of 13x FY10 EPS and 11x FY11 EPS.
“We believe that if Petronas floats these 2 businesses at a higher PER valuation, this would bring about a potential rerating of O&G supporting companies, some of which are still trading at single digit valuations due to the nature of their business and the lack of excitement in the sector,” OSK Research added.
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Saturday Star 2010-04-10 – Job Opportunities
April 12, 2010First 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, you are definitely Autom8 fodder.
- I see that Qatar Petroleum is looking for people. Too bad that it isn’t looking for engineers, mainly ICT, Software Application Specialists, SAP people. Apply here.
- Murphy is looking for support staff as well, Computerized Asset & Maintenance Management System Tech (this should be outsourced to Synergy), Network Admin, Comm/Planning, Exec, T&T Exec, HR Exec . What is this, hate your engineer week? Sigh, if you really must, send your qualifications here.
- TÜV (you know, the qualification body that gave me FS Engineer status?) is looking for an ISO auditor. Send your qualifications here.
- M3nergy is looking for Manager – Corp Comm, Manager (Finance/ Accounts), Snr Exec (Finance/ Accounts), Accounts Assistant. Another ‘no engineers needed’ add. Send your qualifications here or snail mail to M3nergy Berhad, Central Services Division (Recruitment Section) 25th and 32nd Floor, Wisma UOA II, 21 Jalan Pinang, 50450 KL.
This week’s food recommendation is Paya Serai, PJ Hilton. This is where the IEM Oil, Gas and Mining Technical Division relax after having our daily smoking session where we discuss the cricket scores, the affairs of Brunei, state of the Commonwealth and toast to the health of King Edward.
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Cameron and Natco – A Cosy Family
April 11, 2010Here’s some old news I only heard recently. To quote from the website:
Cameron acquires NATCO and integrates NATCO with Petreco to create Cameron’s Process Systems, the industry’s Total Solution Provider.
Hmm, I haven’t heard of Process Systems, so either it reaaaally isn’t the industry’s TSP, or I’m way behind on reading my trade paper subscriptions.
Now, Cameron has offices in Malaysia which are PETRONAS licensed. So, I wonder how the Scomi Natco tie-up via Scomi NTC is going to proceed?
Then again, Cameron provides valves to UOP, a competitor to NATCO, so I guess companies will jump in bed with whoever provides the most pleasing outcome.
Here’s how I perceive the services provided by the companies mentioned above:
- Cameron – Wellhead equipment
- NATCO – Separation solutions
- Scomi – hmmm, I have had no technical dealings with them. Though it does crop up in the news for other reasons.
- UOP – Separation solutions
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From the Star – Is PETRONAS on the Right Track (PT 2)
April 9, 2010Continuing from Part I, Taken from The Star, deadline 2010-03-20:
How do we compare with Nigeria, Venezuela, Indonesia, Alaska and Norway, all oil-producing countries, in terms of management of the oil revenue and spending?
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On the macro-policy side it is clear that, instead of using our oil revenues to encourage high income generation activities in the late 1990s, we have committed to rely on labour-intensive manufacturing
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The Star PETRONAS
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IEM Shout Out – Commercial Aspects of Malaysia’s GSA
April 7, 2010This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a talk on the 10th April, 2010. It’ll be at 9:30 am (makan-makan at 9:00). You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.
This presentation provides an insight into the commercial aspects of oil & gas production. It begins with an introduction to the history of the oil & gas industry in Malaysia, and then covers the evolution and basic terms of a typical Malaysian Production Sharing Contract agreement. The presentation ends with a quick look at how an oil & gas prospect is then economically evaluated.
En. Mohd Azlan Salim joined Talisman Malaysia Limited since 2006 as a Commercial Analyst, but now serves as a Business Analyst for the Business Planning Department. Previously, he had spent five years with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. with the opportunity to work on both engineering and commercial assignments. Azlan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of College London.
Get the form here. Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here. It’s the building identified as ‘Puteri Nursing College.’
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Saturday Star 2010-04-03 – Job Opportunities
April 5, 2010First 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, you are definitely Autom8
fodder.
- 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.
- RasGas is looking for Field Operators, Operation Maintainer, Technician, Shift Process Operators. CVs to be submitted here. You can phone the local recruiters at +603 2078 1918. I believe RasGas is a JV, one of the partners being ExxonMobil.
No food recommendations this week, as I haven’t gone anywhere new. I really need to buck up on doing marketing rounds.
If you’re looking for a book recommendation, I heartily recommend Daemon
, but think of this as moving techno-thrillers from military and spycraft to the ‘Net, IP addresses and MMORPG. I can’t wait for the second part of the duology
to come out.
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IEM Shout Out – Transforming Facilities Management
April 4, 2010This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a talk on the 7th April, 2010. It’ll be at 5:30 pm (makan-makan at 5:00). You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.
New maintenance activities need to be strategized so that optimum effort is being put by the maintenance team to get a reliable equipment and facilities operation. Methodologies such as condition based will assist in forming good predictive maintenance protocols. The selection of equipment for condition monitoring has to be based on risk assessment so that only important equipment is monitored to reap maximum value from the exercise. A good strategy for implementation and understanding of the whole maintenance concept will ensure the success of the initiatives. This approach requires skill engineering team with a strong management support. Only with this transformation than the facilities will be operated and maintained in a world class standard matching with the facilities development.
The presenter,
Ir. Al-Khairi Mohd Daud , P.Eng, C Eng, MIEM, B.Eng (Hons) – Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, MBA. Ir. Al-Khairi had a varied experienced in project, engineering, maintenance and reliability experience from various industries. Ir. Al-Khairi started his career a research assistant with Shell Research centre in Thornton, United Kingdom in 1991. He came back to Malaysia and worked as plant engineer with Associated Pam Malaysia Cement (APMC) Sdn Bhd, a cement plant, in Rawang, Selangor. He further developed his professional experience in oil and gas sector with Shell/Petronas via Malaysia LNG in Bintulu.
Get the form here. Flyers for the above and other events may be obtained here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here. It’s the building identified as ‘Puteri Nursing College.’
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 