Groundbreaking Of Gas Malaysia’s 1st CNG Project

November 14, 2015

Dateline 2015-10-12, Malaysian Reserve:

Gas Malaysia-IEV Sdn Bhd (GMIEV), a subsidiary of Gas Malaysia Bhd, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the construction of its compressed natural gas (CNG) station in Gebeng in Kuantan, Pahang.

The project will allow GMIEV to offer a complete value chain of mobile gas solutions; from processing of gas into CNG to transportation and distribution to end-users.

GMIEV will purchase natural gas from Gas Malaysia and will maintain and operate the compression, transportation and pressure regulating unit which are key components of the virtual pipeline.

When completed, the CNG station will be able to deliver compressed gas to customers within a 200km radius of Gebeng.

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IEM Shout Out – Half Day Course on Incorporating CDIO (TM) framework through Project based learning (PBL)

November 13, 2015

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a course on 27th November, presented by Ir Assoc. Prof. Dr. Satesh Namasivayam . It’ll be at 9am at Wisma IEM.

Ready to engineer. So it is said. But what is engineer and how do you engineer? What are the barriers to engineer and what are the key factors necessary to educate engineer? How to think like an engineer? Incorporating CDIOTM framework through Project based learning (PBL) can be one of the solutions. The CDIOTM initiative has been developing as more collaborators from all over the globe are taking this initiative as a base for their educational institutions adopting what so-called the “active learning” policy which includes, but not limited to, a complete system of a well-designed syllabus covering the skills and characteristics of graduating engineers.

Throughout CDIOTM phases, the learning process has changed from passive-note taking to more active-project-based education. This half-day workshop is designed with three (3) objectives as follows

  • Introduce participants to Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate initiative
  • Integrate CDIO initiative in curriculum to address complex, value added engineering products, processes, systems in modern and team-based environment;
  • Review the know-how of conceiving, designing, implementing and operating complex engineering systems of appropriate complexity.

Ir Assoc Prof Dr. Satesh Namasivayam BEng (1st Class Hons) PhD (London) FIMechE MIEM CEng PEng CIT (HRDF) is a Chartered and Professional Mechanical Engineer, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Dean from the School of Engineering at Taylor’s University, Malaysia.

You can register here, and get the flyer here.

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Oil and gas giant awards scholarships to Malaysian UQ health and safety students

November 12, 2015

Congratulations, Potential HSSE fresh meat.

Dateline 2015-10-09, Safety Culture:

PETRONAS, the Malaysian oil and gas giant has recently awarded scholarships to four Malaysian students studying occupational health and safety science at the University of Queensland.

The students, Nurul Jasmine Shaifful Anuar, Crystal Lwi, Ying Huei Ho and Huey Fang Woo have been awarded the prestigious academic scholarships.

The University of Queensland is recognised as one of the world’s top 100 ranked universities. The university’s Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety Science (Honours) is unique in Australia.

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Marketing Rounds – IChemE Hazards Asia Pacific 2015 1of 2

November 11, 2015

I’m clearing out my old photos. Here are some photos from the Hazards AP. Will we see any oil & gas companies next year?

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Adjusting to an era of low oil prices

November 10, 2015

Which MPRC event was this? And how big is PETRONAS’ nose?

Dateline 2015-10-07, FMT:

Recently, oil experts and industry captains gathered at a conference organised by the Malaysian Petroleum Resources Corporation to deal with the gloomy situation brought about by the fall in the price of the commodity.

The big guys were joined by small players in the industry who were keen to listen in because they were feeling the hurt. Of course, “small” in the context of the oil industry could be “huge” to ordinary people like us. Many of them have deals worth billions of dollars tied up with Petronas in expansion programmes rolled out in recent years.

And being beholden to a single giant client is one of their problems. There are close to 1,400 companies doing business at various levels with Petronas. As one analyst puts it, “If Petronas sneezes, they’ll all fall into the sea.”

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Saturday Star 2015-11-07– Job Opportunities

November 9, 2015

Happy Rain Week. Donate to your favourite charity (me), buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). 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’m looking for jobs for 1Q2016. Send me your POs.
  • I haven’t seen Qatar Petroleum ads for a while. They are looking for a Diving supervisor (say what?), Lead Maintenance engineer, maintenance engineer, snr. instrument engineer, inspection engineer, communications & infrastructure engineer. Apply here or visit the website.
  • An associate of mine is looking for a technical safety part-time adviser. 2 Associates, actually. Needs to be needle sharp with respect to QRAs, and HSE safety cases. A calm demeanor to handle nonsensical questions from young engineers helps as well. Either that, or a drinking problem.
  • Nothing much in the news. Were you expecting jobs galore? Has The Star dropped out of favour? I see more job adverts on the facebook private groups.

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? Alfalfa.

Seen the Episode VII trailer? Booked the theater? If you say “What is episode Vii?”, I disown you.

During these trying times, perhaps you should focus on self improvement. The following are a good set of books to start automating your uncertainty budget tables.

The Cartoon Guide to Statistics, Hands-On Start to Wolfram Mathematica, Doubt-Free Uncertainty In Measurement: An Introduction for Engineers and Students

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Big INSTEP forward with 579 grads — Jabu

November 8, 2015

Dateline 2015-10-04, Borneo Post:

The graduation of 579 Sarawakians from Institut Teknologi Petroleum Petronas (INSTEP), with its world-class technical education in oil and gas, is a big step forward for the state.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang said the way forward is to place emphasis on technical and vocational education to build up the fledgling market of expertise for the industry.

“Continue with this great effort to train more Sarawakian youths. If possible, increase the intake of students from rural areas,” said Jabu in his speech.

As an example, he added that his area Betong has 22 secondary schools which can provide a good source of Form Five school-leavers to be trained and then marketed into various industries in Malaysia or overseas.

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Explain fuel price hike, DAP tells Putrajaya

November 7, 2015

Whine, whine. Remember, this is post-Budget 2016.

Dateline 2015-10-01, TMI:

Putrajaya must explain the petrol price hike this month, when global crude oil price continues to fall, DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy) said today.

The party Youth wing’s publicity chief, Junz Wong, said there was no reason for the government to raise the fuel price by 10 sen per litre.

“Brent crude oil price closed at US$48.20 a barrel yesterday, according to Reuters, about 10% lower than last month.

“Malaysians should be looking forward to cheaper oil prices in 2015 as there were no signs of recovery in the price of oil,” said Wong in a statement today.

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Lundin Petroleum resumes exploration drilling in Malaysia with the Mengkuang-1 well

November 6, 2015

Dateline 2015-10-02, Your Oil & Gas News (I kid you not):

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Malaysia BV (Lundin Malaysia) has resumed exploration drilling in Malaysia with the spud of Mengkuang-1 exploration well in license PM307, offshore Malaysia.

The well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands 75 km to the northwest of the Bertam field operated by Lundin Malaysia.

Mengkuang-1 will be drilled with the West Prospero jack-up rig to a total depth of approximately 1,300 metres below mean sea level. The drilling of the well is expected to take approximately 30 days.

Lundin Malaysia holds 75 percent working interest in PM307. Partner is PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd with 25 percent working interest. Lundin Malaysia operates six blocks in Malaysia, namely PM307, PM319, PM308A, PM308B, PM328 and SB307/308.

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Malaysia’s Scomi Lays Off Only Contract Staff in Current Industry Downturn

November 5, 2015

Rigzone pulled down the article, and I can only get 2nd hand new sources. What gives?

Dateline 2015-10-01, Rigzone (original), wn.com (2nd hand):

Malaysia’s Scomi lays off only contract staff, who made up 3 percent of its total workforce in the oilfield services unit in 2015, according to an executive at the HR & Recruitment Roundtable Summit in Kuala Lumpur organized by Rigzone. …

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