Oil & Gas Engineers never forget.
Anniversary – Piper Alpha Disaster
July 6, 2014
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IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit To Lafarge Malaysia Berhad
July 5, 2014This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a school visit on Wed 9th July , 2014 to Lafarge. Trip starts at 7.30am.
Lafarge Malaysia Berhad (formerly known as Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad) is the leader in the Malaysian construction materials industry. Incorporated in 1950, its first cement plant was built in Rawang in 1953. Lafarge Malaysia Berhad (LMB) is today the parent of a group of companies in Malaysia and Singapore whose core businesses are in the manufacturing and sale of cement, ready-mixed concrete and other related building materials.
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Maybank Research retains Overweight on oil and gas sector
July 5, 2014Who the heck is Yinson?
Dateline 2014-05-14, The Star:
Maybank Investment Bank Research is maintaining its Overweight call on the oil and gas sector and its top picks are Dialog Group, Perdana Petroleum,SapuraKencana Petroleum, Perisai Petroleum and Yinson.
It said on Wednesday these companies had exposures in the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID), offshore support vessels (OSV), Malaysia exploration and production (E&P), offshore drilling and floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO).
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Japan’s JX to develop Malaysia’s Layang gas field
July 4, 2014Dateline 2014-05-12, Reuters:
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp said on Monday it had decided to develop Layang gas field off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo island for an undisclosed sum, aiming to start production in April-June 2016.
Layang field, which is located about 8 km (5 miles) east of Helang gas field, now under production, in the same SK10 block, will have a floating production, storage andoffloading system (FPSO) installed, the company, a wholly-owned unit of JX Holdings, said in a statement.
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Reach Energy plans Malaysia’s largest shell company listing
July 3, 2014Have you ever read the definition of a shell company?
Dateline 2014-05-12, Reuters:
Malaysia’s Reach Energy Bhd, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with no existing assets, plans to list shares on the local bourse in a deal to fetch 750 million ringgit ($232 million), according to a draft prospectus published on Monday.
The deal, which is expected in July this year, could mark Malaysia’s largest listing by a shell company with no assets. A SPAC is set up with the intention of buying firms that will be later folded into the business.
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IEM Shout Out – Talk on Introduction to Explosives in Industry
July 2, 2014This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on Saturday 12th July, 2014 by Ir. Hj. Look Keman. It’ll be at 9:00am (makan-makan at 8.30am) at Wisma IEM. Due to the topic, I expect a lot of our friendly law enforcement and massive camera presence
Explosives is actually an essential part of our modern life. It is used to break rock in Quarries so that we can get aggregates for our roads, airport, housing and building construction, port, bridges and used in countless projects. With use of explosives we get minerals and metals, oil and gas, coal that provides the electricity that we need in our daily life. Explosives are also used in our annual Merdeka celebration to light our skies (fireworks) and we live with it daily in our cars (airbags). Explosives are sometimes used in medical treatment of heart. The fastest way to bring down old buildings is through the use of explosives.
There are so many uses of explosives in industry. The talk is to introduce the use of explosives that benefit our daily life and dispense the belief that explosives are used for destructive purposes only. It is also an introduction to futures course in explosives in civil, mining quarrying and other industries that are of interest to engineers by the technical division.
Ir. Hj. Look Keman graduated in 1979 in Mining Engineering from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland and M.Sc (Explosives Ordnance Engineering) from Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University, England in 1991. He served as a Research Engineer specialising in Geotechnical Engineering/Slope Engineering and later as Inspector of Mines serving in Perak, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan and Malacca with the former Mines Department from 1979-1996. As a Government Engineer he oversees Construction blasting work in Kuala Lumpur at SOGO, Starhill, Pudu, Damansara and Selangor. He had experience in the investigation of Firework Factory where 26 people were killed.in 1991. He was responsible for designing a firework magazine for Al Famosa. After retirement he work as Consulting Engineer specialising in Explosives and Blasting work and also rock breaking using non-explosives demolition agent.
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Marketing Rounds – Vung Tau
July 2, 20142 things to note:
- When is the blooming ferry service going to restart?
- Oil & gas marketing trips don’t include the nice side of Vung Tau. At least mine don’t.
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Bertam project enters construction phase offshore Malaysia
July 1, 2014Dateline 2014-05-08, Offshore Magazine:
Lundin Petroleum says its Bertam oil field development offshore Peninsular Malaysia is on schedule for start-up in spring 2015.
The field, in the PM307 block, will be developed using a 20 slot wellhead platform alongside the spread-moored IkdamFPSO.
Development drilling will start this summer. Lundin plans 13 horizontal wells and one deviated well completed with electrical submersible pumps.
TH Heavy Engineering is building the platform at its yard in Pulau Indah, close to Kuala Lumpur. The jacket is expected to be installed offshore this summer, followed by the topside during 4Q.
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Saturday Star 2014-06-28 – Job Opportunities
June 30, 2014Selamat berpuasa.
Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper
- I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
- Murphy is looking for a whole mess of people. For example, completions supervisor, completions engineer, drilling superintendent, senior petroleum engineer. Send your CV here.
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? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.
Some books for you to turn those bad numbers’ frown upside down.
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception, Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, How to Lie with Statistics
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Stop hiding, stand up to Putrajaya
June 29, 2014Yeah, why don’t cha? Dateline 2014-04-26, Free Malaysia Today:
Chief Minister Musa Aman’s move to use bloggers to stoke discussions on Sabah’s oil and gas rights is a cowardice act, even if it is merely to gauge the federal government’s receptiveness, said political maverick Jeffrey Kitingan.
“It is not proper and transparent governance. The suggestion (to use bloggers to fight his battles) came up after he (Musa) refused to discuss the matter in depth during assembly.
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