Extract from “The Young Turks of PETRONAS”

February 9, 2014

Describing beginner’s fog:

“Muslim staffers were frequently worried when they first heard that “intelligent pigs” were used to clean dirty or clogged pipelines. The intelligent pigs turned out to be steel brushes with sensors attached to them; they were regularly inserted into the pipeline to force out any debris that had settled in it. At the beginning these peculiarities had the Task Force in stitches but on many occasions at the later stages it actually knocked them over the barrels instead!”

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Extract from “The Will to Compete”

December 30, 2013

Describing payment methods:

“Sales at retail stations were all in cash. When calling for fresh supplies from Dagangan Depot dealers have to present Bank Drafts at the Depot before any product could be released for delivery. Payment for an average tanker-load would be around RM25 to RM30 thousand…”

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Extract from “The Young Turks of PETRONAS”

December 1, 2013

Describing political upheaval:

“The sudden demise of Tun Abdul Razak in February of 1976 caused quite a ripple not only to the country’s political leadership but also to the PETRONAS leadership. Tengku Razaleigh, the Chairman, and Junus Sudin, the Managing Director, were obliged to leave PETRONAS. When Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia’s third Prime Minister, appointed Tengku Razaleigh as Minister of Finance in October that year…”

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Extract from “The Will to Compete”

November 24, 2013

Describing the locally established companies:

Down the road one or two states within Malaysia incorporated their own … PETRONESA Sdn Bhd incorporated by Sarawak State Government and KELOIL Sdn Bhd incorporated by the  State Economic Development Corporation of Kelantan. …

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Petikan dari “Tuah Jebat di PETRONAS”

November 17, 2013

Organisasi kami sangat kecil pada masa itu… bangunan di sebelah bangunan E&E Plaza di Jalan Pudu, cuma lima tingkat – semua kami berada di sana. Untuk sarapan tengah hari selalunya kami pergi ke warung mamak di belakang untuk makan mi goreng. Di sebelah Panggung Cathay terdapat warung rojak kegemaran kami. Kumpulan kami sangat akrab.

Yaacob Ismail

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Petikan dari “Tuah Jebat di PETRONAS”

November 3, 2013

Terdapat perbezaan besar antara PSC kami dan PSC PERTAMINA. PSC kami merupakan separuh PSC dan dengan sendirinya merupakan bahagian perkongsian dan kami mempunyai bahagian lain, yakni Akta Cukai Pendapatan Petroleum.

Satu lagi perkara yang kami rasakian ialah kami sedang membangunkan simpanan minyak dan gas ini untuk negara. Kami mempunyai tanggungjawab untuk pembangunan negara.

Mohd Yusof Noor.

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Extract from “The Will to Compete”

October 26, 2013

Describing the early interactions with oil & gas producers:

“I remember in 1976 hearing with awe at a briefing given by a Major Oil Company on oil trading, distribution and logistics that their budget for transportation and logistics was Ringgit 350 million a year in Malaysia alone. Now what could we do with a Ringgit 10 million grant that was the sum total of our capital at the time?” (Muri Muhammad)

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Extract from “The Young Turks of PETRONAS”

October 13, 2013

Describing the location of the early PETRONAS offices:

“He had to take his wife over one weekend and show her where the PETRONAS offices were located – at the fringe of the red light district (in KL) of course. At that time, PETRONAS had to rent parking areas for the staff right inside the red light district itself and that was where he had parked his car.”

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Extract from “Tuah Jebat di PETRONAS”

October 6, 2013

Pada mulanya, kerajaan Malaysia telah menubuhkan Hidrokarbon Malaysia (HIKMA) di bawah Kementrian Industri Utama. HIKMA seharusnya bertanggungjawab untuk mengembalikan sumber-sumber minyak dan gas negara melalui perundingan. Pada awal tahun 1974, HIKMA telah didapati gagal untuk mengembalikan penguasaan sumber hidrokarbon kembali kepada negara. Usaha untuk menjadikan HIKMA sebagai sebuah badan berkanun terus lenyap dengan sendirinya.

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Books – Young Turks, Tuah Jebat di PETRONAS, Datuk Ismail Hashim

September 7, 2013

You ask, I find.

I have copies of the following books written by Datuk Ismail Hashim, formerly of PETRONAS.

Note: The Young Turks had been in storage for a while. The hard cover and spine are slightly damaged. Please note that these are not 2nd hand books, just previously unloved ones. Give them a good home.

  1. The Young Turks of PETRONAS (hardcover) – RM90 / USD 30 (can only be bought together with another book). Sold out! Keep an eye out for restock (or after our dumpster diving activities)
  2. Tuah Jebat di PETRONAS (hardcover) – RM90 / USD30
  3. The Will to Compete (hardcover) – RM90 / USD30
  4. Pantang di Cabar (hardcover) – RM90 / USD 30

 

Young Turks is the author’s view of the establishment of PETRONAS, whereas The Will is the author’s reminiscing of the establishment of PETRONAS Dagangan.

The books would be of interest to:

  1. Persons interested in the establishment of PETRONAS.
  2. Persons interested in the establishment of local companies.
  3. Persons interested in the history of oil & gas in Malaysia.

Cost includes local postage, via Poslaju. Overseas, contact me for details.

Payment can be made to me:

  1. Maybank 114357143086, Razmahwata bin Mohamad Razalli
  2. PayPal, add another RM5 per book (PayPal transaction fees)

Once payment, is made, send me a copy of the transaction report, together with your name, mailing address, phone number (PosLaju will need it if they can’t find your address), and email. Since I’m not doing this full-time, I’ll fulfill your purchases within one week.

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