Saturday Star 2016-07-09– Job Opportunities

July 11, 2016

Eid Mubarak.

Donate to your favorite charity (for this month, choose other than 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.

  • A mate of mine is looking for a MD/EngMan type person to help run his engineering company (the main business is skid manufacturing). He can’t handle the work volume, so you know that his oil & gas company is bucking the trend, and has a bright future ahead. If I know you, send your CV’s to me. If I don’t know you, send your CV along anyway, but note I will contact your references. I am not getting a commission for this ad, you know.
  • I’m looking for fresh meat-ish, to help with a peak work period.
  • Nothing in the papers today.
  • I’m looking for jobs for 4Q2016. Send me your POs.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? Any weight loss diet.

Let’s get a bit nostalgic with the book selection.

Wetter, Louder, Stickier: A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Scrapbook), BBXX: Baby Blues: Decades 1 & 2, Bedlam

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Anniversary – Seveso Disaster

July 10, 2016

Process Safety Engineers never forget.

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Malaysia facing surplus of gas as output jumps

July 9, 2016

Dateline 2016-06-13, Interfax:

Malaysia’s domestic gas supply could jump by 25% over the next five years, but with the fuel losing market share to coal in the power mix, the challenge will be finding a use for it.

Malaysia has significant gas potential, which could see production rise by around 42.5 million cubic metres per day between 2016 and 2020, Edi Saputra, a specialist in Southeast Asian gas and power at energy research company Wood Mackenzie, told Interfax Natural Gas Daily. The figure includes supplies from probable developments.

But at the same time as production is growing, gas is starting to lose market share to coal in terms of power generation. Woodmac estimates coal will increase its share of the fuel mix for power from 47% to 65% by 2020.

However, the fall in global gas prices could change things. New-build coal power plants made economic sense when oil was near $100 per barrel and gas was selling at $14-15/MMBtu. But lower gas prices will make the fuel more competitive during the post-2020 phase of development as there is little difference between the cost of new-build gas versus coal, Graham Tyler, a Singapore-based senior director at consultancy Galway Group, toldInterfax Natural Gas Daily.

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Petronas employs increasing number of Sarawakians

July 8, 2016

Dateline 2016-06-10, Borneo Post:

There is an increasing number of Sarawakians being employed by Petronas in line with the company’s expansion of the upstream sector in the state.

Assistant Minister for Industrial Development (Investment and Promotion) Datuk Julaihi Narawi, said Petronas was commited to developing human capital and gave priority to the locals.

He told the State Legislative Assembly yesterday that the number of employees in the upstream sector in the state had increased by 10 per cent to 4,400 this year, compared to 4,000 in 2015.

From the 4,400 employess 71 per cent were Sarawakians, he said, adding that 313 were Sarawakians from the increased figure of 400 this year.

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IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit To Technical Visit to PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) Sdn Bhd

July 7, 2016

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a visit on Sunday 21st August, 2016.  Trip starts at 7.00am.

PETRONAS Penapisan (Terengganu) Sdn Bhd – PP(T)SB was incorporated in 1982 to meet a need to process and add value to the indigenous crude from offshore Terengganu, as well as to secure reliable, efficient, safe and cost effective supply of refined petroleum products to the PETRONAS Group of Companies. PP(T)SB has proven its capability in providing efficient, safe, reliable uninterrupted supply of petroleum products such as gasoline, LPG, diesel, jet fuel, naphtha and Low Sulphur Waxy  Residue (LSWR) to its domestic customers and also exported to several overseas destinations. PP(T)SB has been entrusted to manage and operate the Aromatics plant complex, which is owned by 70% PETRONAS Chemical Aromatics Sdn Bhd (PC AROMATICS) and 30%  Mitsubishi Corporation & JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation – (MJPX Co. Limited), that produces paraxylene and benzene. Quality and HSE ranks high in PP(T)SB’s business operations as it strives to ensure that existing petroleum products specifications are met and employees are regularly trained on strict HSE measures to inculcate and maintain high level of awareness on the impact of the refinery’s operations to natural surroundings. Towards this end, PP(T)SB received the MS ISO 9002, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 10725 and received several national level HSE awards such as MSOSH Gold Award, Notable Achievement and Terengganu State Award in Prime Minister’s Hibiscus Award 2012/2013.

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You can register here and download the flyer here.

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Anniversary – Piper Alpha Disaster

July 6, 2016

Oil & Gas Engineers never forget.

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PFLNG SATU reaches Kanowit gas field offshore Malaysia

July 5, 2016

Dateline 2016-06-08, Offshore:

Petronas’ first floating LNG vessel, PFLNG SATU, has reached the Kanowit gas fieldoffshore Malaysia, the company posted on social media.

The vessel set sail from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. shipyard in Okpo, South Korea, to the Kanowit gas field, 180 km (112 mi) offshore Sarawak on May 14.

“After [a] 2,120 nautical mi (2,439 mi /3,925 km) journey to ‪Malaysia, on the 30 May 2016, the ‪‎PFLNG 1 has finally reached its destination,” Petronas posted.

The vessel measures 365 m (1,198 ft) in length, 60 m (197 ft) in width, and 33 m (108 ft) in height. It is designed to operate in water depths between 70 m and 200 m (230 ft and 656 ft) and has a processing capacity of 1.2 million metric tons of LNG per year.

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Saturday Star 2016-07-02– Job Opportunities

July 4, 2016

Ramadhan Kareem, Eid Mubarak.

Donate to your favorite charity (for this month, choose other than 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.

  • A mate of mine is looking for a MD/EngMan type person to help run his engineering company (the main business is skid manufacturing). He can’t handle the work volume, so you know that his oil & gas company is bucking the trend, and has a bright future ahead. If I know you, send your CV’s to me. If I don’t know you, send your CV along anyway, but note I will contact your references. I am not getting a commission for this ad, you know.
  • I’m looking for fresh meat-ish, to help with a peak work period.
  • Nothing in the papers today.
  • I’m looking for jobs for 4Q2016. Send me your POs.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? Any weight loss diet.

Let’s get a bit nostalgic with the book selection.

Wetter, Louder, Stickier: A Baby Blues Collection (Baby Blues Scrapbook), BBXX: Baby Blues: Decades 1 & 2, Bedlam

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The State of the Nation: Two reminders from Petronas’ tough 1Q2016

July 3, 2016

Heck, there are more reminders, from other companies dying during this period.

Dateline 2016-06-06, The Edge:

This article first appeared in Corporate, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on May 23 – 29, 2016.

PETROLIAM Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) recent results announcement is an urgent reminder that the recent rebound in crude oil prices does not mean that the worse is over for Malaysia’s economy, which is trying to wean itself off a heavy dependence on oil-related revenues.

Recall that oil and gas saw a ghastly start to the year. Crude oil prices ended last year at about US$41 per barrel and quickly tumbled to below the US$30 per barrel level in mid-January, a level not seen in 12 years.

It sent shockwaves around the globe. Everyone in oil and gas reeled while oil-dependent countries scrambled to deal with reduced revenues.

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Online job postings decline, says report

July 2, 2016

I see jobs on Facebook. Maybe the report was biased to a certain income level?

Dateline 2016-06-07, FreeMalaysiaToday:

The rate of online job postings has dropped in Malaysia by 18 per cent over the past one year, The Sun reported.

According to the Monster Employment Index (MEI) Malaysia, which measures online job posting activities, there was an overall drop between April 2015 and April this year.

Furthermore, in April this year none of the job sectors and occupational groups witnessed any positive annual growth.

The freeze on hiring foreign workers earlier this year and the overall holding back of hiring activities by certain industries was also a factor in the drop, according to Monster.com managing director Sanjay Modi.

“Sectors affected were the construction, shipping and logistics sectors, where hiring numbers have been hit as reflected in the MEI data.

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