What I like about this dive site is, it’s in the bay of the Manado, about 40m from a shoreside road.
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Diving – Manado 2017-09 Pt 1
November 8, 2017
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Petrosains’ ‘little plans for the big planet’
November 7, 2017Support the movement to get PETRONAS into renewal energy sources, and inventing a perpetual motion machine at the same time.
Dateline 2017-09-17, NST:
THE sustainable lifestyle movement stems from the actions of the public and requires continuous advocacy by the scientific and education communities.
In championing and encouraging a sustainable lifestyle in Malaysia, the Petrosains Science Festival Kuala Lumpur is back for the fourth year since its inception in 2013 with the theme “Sustainable Living” and tagline “Little Plans for the Big Planet”.
Petrosains Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Tengku Nasariah Tengku Syed Ibrahim said science, like music, was a part of culture and had vast applications in life, especially in protecting the Earth, which would be inherited by the younger generations.
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Petronas denies plans to lay off 5,000 employees in 2018
November 6, 2017Sooo. how many again?
Dateline 2017-09-17, Borneo Post:
Petronas today denied an allegation made by a blogger saying that it planned to terminate 5,000 employees next year in what was claimed as another round of a “staff reduction” exercise, group-wide.
In a statement, the national oil giant company said it “categorically denied” the allegation made by blogger Syed Akbar Ali on his “OutSyed the Box” site.
It added that the group’s business review exercise, conducted last year, had affected 2,300 jobs as previously announced and there was currently no plan to undertake another exercise of that scale.
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Saturday Star 2017-11-04 – Job Opportunities
November 6, 2017Happy visit Dumai week. IGL has pivoted into training, so book your seats now.
We’re thinking of republishing Young Turks of PETRONAS, but it’s a minimum 500 book printing run. Do I have enough interested persons to purchase?
Donate to your favorite charity (me), buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (3 books until I can get YTP republished). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me, my camera dive case flooded, and I need a new replacement. Heck, if you want to send me a Canon 5D Mk III plus dive case, I will not say no.
- I have a feeling that The Star isn’t the preferred O&G job recruitment portal now, and they have moved adverts to another online presence (I bought a dead tree edition this week). I see more adverts via social media. What do you think, is it a step change that the papers need to embrace?
- I’m looking for jobs for 1Q2018. Send me your POs.
Food choice of the week? Support your local mee bandung.
Thinking about the zombie apocalypse, you need something to jumpstart access to those dodgy Internet sites:
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm
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Nuclear Techniques in Achieving SDGs: IAEA and Malaysia Host Seminar
November 5, 2017Dateline 2017-10-13, IAEA:
More than 200 participants took a hard look at nuclear science and technology and how it could help them achieve their development objectives during the IAEA’s first ever national roundtable seminar on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Held in Malaysia last month, the event involved officials from government, academia and non-governmental organizations and focused on several areas, including nuclear techniques for water resources and environment conservation and nuclear technology for the promotion of sustainable agriculture.
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Malaysia on target to become regional oil and gas hub: MPRC
November 4, 2017Can I be the asylum keeper?
Dateline 2017-09-11, NST:
Malaysia is set to become the oil and gas hub by year 2020 and is well on target towards becoming a regional hub within three years.
Malaysian Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC) said the country, deemed as one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia Pacific region and home to market-oriented economy and pro-business government policies, is also aims to ensure its local players to become regional players in the sector.
MPRC chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Halmi said it is important to have Malaysia’s reputation at play to become a hub, and not just beating the drum claiming to be one.
“We also have strategies to ensure that we get there, and working hard to make sure it happens.
“It is crucial to attract the multinational companies (MNCs) to come to Malaysia and ensure that they make Malaysia as a regional base for the region.
“A hub is not just a hub. It brings other benefits to the Malaysian economy such as technology transfers, job opportunities and high-paying jobs as well,” Shahrol said in an exclusive interview with NST Business recently.
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IEM Shout Out – 2017-11 Construction of the First Floating LNG in the World: PFLNG1: Lessons Learnt
November 3, 2017My technical division will be hosting a talk on the 11th November, 2017. It is worth 2 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. The course will be presented by Ir. Roslin Bin Ramli
The Floating LNG concept was envisaged to monetise stranded gas resources. The two PETRONAS’ floaters namely PFLNG1 and PFLNG2 for offshore Sarawak and Sabah respectively will increase the country’s LNG production capacity by approximately 8% (2.5 MTPA). PFLNG1 is already in operation while construction activities for PFLNG2 is currently ongoing.
Ir. Roslin Bin Ramli is a Principal Engineer (Construction) in PETRONAS – Project Delivery and Technology (PD&T). Ir. Roslin has over 25 years working experience in Oil, Gas, Petrochemical, Offshore/Marine and Shipbuilding Projects in Malaysia and overseas including United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines and Sudan. His qualification is in Marine Technology Degree from UTM. He has a Professional Certificate in Management from Melbourne University, Australia.
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IEM Shout Out – 2017-11 Managing Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
November 2, 2017My technical division will be hosting a talk on the 11th November, 2017. It is worth 2 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. The talk will be presented by Dr. Lee Chee Hong .
Most metals used in the construction of facilities are subject to corrosion, much effort have been done by plant owners to minimize corrosion damages, with some corrosion issues are easier to resolve than others. This talk starts with a quick introduction to various forms of corrosion and their mitigation measures performed in the industries. Subsequently the focus will be turned toward the external corrosion occurred on pipe & equipment underneath jacketed insulation, or more commonly known as Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI). The discussion of this subject begins with the description of CUI mechanism in hot, cold and intermittent services for both open and closed systems, with the points of entry for the corrosive substances, CUI initiation and susceptible areas are suggested. As CUI commenced, the extent of the damage is driven by various factors; including the atmospheric and operating conditions, material of construction, insulation and coating systems.
Dr. Lee Chee Hong received his Degree in 1999 and Master of Chemical Engineering from the University Technology Malaysia (UTM) in 2001 while his PhD degree in Corrosion Science and Engineering from the Corrosion and Protection Centre, University of Manchester (formerly UMIST), UK in 2006.
Dr. Lee is currently a lead corrosion engineer with Synergy and has been involved in corrosion and material engineering of the past 15 years; his responsibilities include corrosion risk assessment, failure analysis and materials selection; providing proactive corrosion mitigation solutions and addressing corrosion-related issues, primarily for energy and chemical industries.
Dr. Lee is also an adjunct lecturer at the Centre of Corrosion Research UTP since 2012. He is the immediate past chair of NACE Corrosion Society Founding Malaysia Section and Institute of Materials Malaysia (IMM) Corrosion Committee.
Register here, or download the form here.
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Zombiepocalype ready – Solar PV
November 1, 2017
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Sarawak sets sail for O&G push
October 31, 2017Dateline 2017-09-16, Borneo Post:
AS Sarawak ushers in Malaysia Day, it is a crucial to remember its first milestone in the oil and gas (O&G) industry, which started in Miri 107 years ago.
The first Sarawak Oil Mining Lease was signed by Rajah Charles Brooke in London in 1909, followed by the send-off by Shell of its senior geologist Dr Josef Theodor Erb and former Baram Division Resident Dr Charles Hose to Miri in 1910.
The first exploratory well was drilled on Aug 10, 1910 using an oil rig engineered by a Canadian named McAlpine – the factor contributing to the place being named ‘Canada Hill’.
Oil flowed out two months later.
Sarawak Oilfield Ltd – a subsidiary of the Shell/Royal Dutch Group – was established to run the operations from Lutong. It was renamed Sarawak Shell Oilfield Ltd and later, Sarawak Shell Bhd – marking the company’s long association with Sarawak.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 