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Anniversary – Exxon Valdez
March 24, 2014
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Saturday Star 2014-03-22 – Job Opportunities
March 24, 2014Happy Visit OTC day.
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.
- EMAS is looking for people for Subsea and marine positions. Lead/Senior project engineer (conventional, SURF), structural, pipeline, technical tender, senior/ interface, technical superintendent, Senior / HSE engineer, cost controller, contracts specialist, HSE manager, crewing superintendent, dry docks superintendent, operations superintendent, technical superintendent, operations manager. Visit their website.
- Carigali Hess is looking for offshore technicians. Come walking to the KL Convention Center, on 1st and 2nd April, 2014. Send your cv here, with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 7 December, 2013.
Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:
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!
Since Sir Terry Pratchett has a new volume out, here’s an opportunity to complete your collection :
Raising Steam (Discworld), Dodger, Snuff (Discworld)
The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.
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Petronas can shine at OTC conference
March 23, 2014Dateline 2014-02-24, Business Times:
PROJECTS in offshore Malaysia are forecast to see the largest capital expenditure rise in the Asia-Pacific region at more than US$59 billion (RM177 billion) over the next five years, according to an oil and gas industry research.
The Regional Perspective Offshore Asia Oil and Gas Market Report to 2015 is forecasting that deepwater developments in Malaysia will continue to gather pace, with 84 fixed platform units and eight floating production units to be installed between 2011 and 2015.
Given such a scenario, Malaysia, in particular Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), has made the right decision to host the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Asia this year to provide a platform for industry professionals to share their technical knowledge and experiences.
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Malaysia’s Petronas awards EPCIC deal for second FLNG project
March 22, 2014Dateline 2014-02-13, Platts:
Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas said Thursday it has awarded the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning contract for its second floating LNG project, located offshore Sabah, to a partnership of Japan’s JGC and South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries.
Petronas said the EPCIC contract for PFLNG 2 follows the January 23 board approval of the final investment decision taken on the project.
The FLNG facility will be located at the Rotan field in Block H.
Murphy Oil, operator of the upstream block, had announced FID of the project early this month.
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High activity levels for O&G players
March 21, 2014Dateline 2014-02-13, Borneo Post:
It is with much optimism that oil and gas players enter 2014 in Malaysia with projects progressing to the next stage and massive job awards on the line.
According to analyst Aaron Tan from MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd (MIDF), Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) will have the final investment decision (FID) on the RM60 billion Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (Rapid) complex in Pengerang, Johor whithin the first quarter of 2014.
“We view this as a positive sign as it will spur the downstream petrochemical sector. So far, Petronas has signed agreements with Versalis SpA (Italy), Itochu (Japan) and PTT Global Chemicals (Thailand) as joint-venture partners to build specialty chemical plants,” he said in the MIDF Equity Beat report yesterday.
“We do not, however, think that the Rapid initiative will directly benefit most Bursa-listed oil and gas service providers these companies are mainly upstream offshore support service providers.
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MISC named in global oil and gas bribery scandal
March 20, 2014How come I wasn’t sent a subpoena? And score one for the ‘disgruntled employee’.
Dateline 2014-02-11, MalaysiaKini:
Petronas subsidiary MISC has surfaced in a global bribery and corruption scandal involving US$10 million (RM33.4 million) of more than US$250 million (RM834 million) in bribes and other malpractices spanning six years, which centres around Dutch oil and gas (O&G) services company SBM Offshore.
According to a document listing possible fraud by SBM Offshore in various countries spanning Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Brazil, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Italy in addition to Malaysia, MISC was allegedly involved in payments to Barnado Limited and Delcom Limited totalling US$10 million (RM33.4 million) related to the Kikeh field floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform.
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Kampung Halaman 02
March 19, 2014I’ll be visiting soon.
soon.
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SapuraKencana Completes Purchase of Newfield’s Upstream Assets in Malaysia
March 18, 2014Yea?
Dateline 2014-02-11, Rigzone:
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad, Malaysia’s oil and gas services and solutions provider, announced Tuesday that the company has successfully completed the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the acquisition of Newfield International Holdings Inc.’s entire equity interest in Newfield Malaysia Holding Inc. for $895.9 million.
The acquisition cost is below the $898 million purchase price previously reported as the price was subjected to adjustments as set out in the SPA, SapuraKencana said in a press release.
Following completion of the acquisition, SapuraKencana Energy Inc. (SKEI), a newly incorporated wholly owned upstream subsidiary of SapuraKencana, now holds equity interest in 8 Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) and one alliance contract in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak.
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Saturday Star 2014-03-15 – Job Opportunities
March 17, 2014Happy Visit Offshore day.
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.
- Nothing else going on today
Here’s a quick list of tech podcasts I follow:
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!
Since Sir Terry Pratchett has a new volume out, here’s an opportunity to complete your collection :
Raising Steam (Discworld), Dodger, Snuff (Discworld)
The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.
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Malaysia delays Sabah oil terminal start 3 mths-sources
March 16, 2014Since this article has a time delay of about a month, SOGT should be open now. And the article says ‘floating oil and gas production facility…’ Please, razmahwata.wordpress.com’s retainer fee is RM3.1416e3 monthly, pay that and we’ll correct the obvious errors. As for the outrageous booboos, we’ll emphasis them in for a lark.
Dateline 2014-02-11:
Malaysian state firm Petronas has postponed the start of operations at a floating oil and gas production facility in Sabah by at least three months due to a technical issue, industry sources said on Tuesday.
The Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal in Kimanis bay is key in the country’s plan to boost its crude production and exports from several deepwater oilfields in east Malaysia, but the project has been dogged by construction and technical issues.
The terminal was scheduled to start operations in the first quarter, but it may now export crude only in June or in the second half of the year, the sources said
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 