Malaysia’s UMW Oil & Gas sets tight IPO bookbuilding range

November 22, 2013

Yes, historical info, thank you for informing me.

Dateline 2013-10-02, Reuters:

UMW Oil & Gas Corp Bhd , a Malaysian offshore and drilling services firm, set a tight IPO bookbuilding range of thanks to strong demand from cornerstone investors, a source with direct knowledge of the process told Reuters on Wednesday.

This values the IPO at up to 2.36 billion ringgit ($729.63 million), the largest in Malaysia so far this year. This IPO comes on top of the $680 million flotation by Westports Holdings Bhd, operator of the country’s busiest port.

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PAS: Foreign head of new Petronas arm ‘insult’ to Malaysians

November 21, 2013

Really, took them that long to come up with that statement? Or they just slow readers? Or did the PETRONAS lads and lasses find a channel to vent their displeasure?

Dateline 2013-09-26, The Malay Mail:

PAS today slammed Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for appointing a “foreigner” to lead its new unit, Vestigo Petroleum Sdn Bhd, asking why they could not appoint someone from the hundreds of experienced top managers working for the national oil company.

Pokok Sena MP Datuk Mahfuz Omar said the appointment of former Petrofac head Keith Collins as Vestigo chief executive officer was an affront to Malaysia’s industry veterans.

“They should reconsider the appointment, because we have so much local talent,” he said at a press conference at the Parliament lobby. “The appointment is an insult to the over 100 people who are general managers and senior general managers in Petronas Carigali.”

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IEM Shout Out – One Day Course on on Industrial Waste Water Quality Monitoring and Testing

November 20, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a one day course Industrial Waste Water Quality Monitoring and Testing on the 18th December, 2013 (Wed) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 5.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

 Wastewater monitoring and control conducted by competent personnel is very important to provide accurate characteristics of the water so that the actual condition of the treatment efficiency can be evaluated effectively. In practice, precise and consistent measurement is sometimes difficult to obtain and most of the time is due to the lack of knowledge and experience in analysis.
This workshop is aimed to help in capacity building and to build confidence in wastewater monitoring and analysis. In this case, any technicians, engineers, chemists, scientists and researchers whom working in wastewater related field are greatly welcome. The objective of this workshop is to provide knowledge, introductory training and basic skills on water analysis through lectures and discussion as a part of professional career development.

Ir. Dr. Chong Mei Fong received her PhD, on “modeling, simulation and design of membrane based palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment plant from pilot plant studies”, in 2007 at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Malaysia. She is the Associate Professor from Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Chair for Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee, Chair for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WinSET) working group and the Deputy Head of Research for the Environmental Research Division. She is also a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM), a member registered with The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), affiliate member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

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At the Wellhead: Malaysia sets out a plan to reverse its oil output slide

November 20, 2013

Dateline 2013-09-30, Platts:

Malaysia wants to reverse a long decline in its crude oil output. It recently completed a project that it sees as a major step in that direction. Mriganka Jaipuriyar discusses the project in this week’s Oilgram News column, At the Wellhead.

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Malaysia recently achieved a significant milestone in its attempt to reverse a decline in crude oil production with the completion of the Tapis-R platform — a 23,500 mt mega structure for the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project at the aging Tapis field located offshore Terengganu in Peninsular Malaysia.

With the EOR project, Petronas and ExxonMobil are aiming to recover an additional 180 million barrels of crude oil from the field, which was discovered in 1969, and extend its life by another 30 years.

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Malaysia’s oil and gas services looking farther afield

November 19, 2013

Dateline 2013-09-28, Borneo Post:

Companies servicing Malaysia’s oil and gas sector are using the experience and expertise gained during collaborative ventures with foreign firms as a launchpad for overseas expansion.

Four decades of developing solutions for Malaysia’s operational environment, under the state-owned hydrocarbons producer, Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), have put local outfits on a solid footing to enter the rapidly expanding global oil services industry.

However, the fast pace of growth has also produced challenges for firms embarking on international expansion, including project delays and equipment shortages, which are taking their toll on margins.

Production on the rise

At home, Malaysia’s oil sector services providers have benefited from Petronas’s efforts to galvanise production in recent years, spearheaded by a US$30 billion investment aimed at ramping up output, developing new offshore reserves and extending the production life of existing fields.

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IEM Shout Out – One Day Course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures (postponed)

November 19, 2013

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a one day course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures on the 9th December, 2013 (Monday) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 3.5 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

Corrosion has been a concern in many industries. Corrosion can cause unexpected failures of structures and can result in huge losses in life, production as well as environmental. It has been reported that corrosion can, on average, causing around 3% of GNP in many industrialized countries.

Cathodic protection (CP) is one of few most widely applied corrosion protection methods. It has been successfully used to overcome corrosion and extension of service life of structures. The course is aimed to provide the understanding of principle of CP, techniques of CP survey and measurements and interpretation of CP survey data.

The course will introduce you to the following topics:

  • Principle of Cathodic Protection
  • Type of Cathodic Protection
  • Criteria of Cathodic Protection
  • Electrical Measurement for Cathodic Protection System
  • Special Cathodic Protection Survey Techniques

Mr. Kang Kim Ang, MSc. Corrosion (UMIST. U.K.), Dip. Materials Engineering (TARC), C.Eng., FIMM, Micorr, a Chartered Engineer registered with Engineering Council, UK and the Corrosion Specialist and Cathodic Protection Specialist accredited by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM).

Mr. Kang has over 25 years of experience in corrosion control, Cathodic Protection, heavy‐duty coatings, passive fire protection, and corrosion inspection in the oil & gas, marine, petrochemical, construction and industrial sectors in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philipines, Vietnam, Myanmar and some Middle East countries. He is currently the managing director of CORRTROL Group of companies, the local leading companies which specialized in EPCC, consultancy, R&D and various services in the field of corrosion protection for oil and gas projects.

Engr. Ong Wei Rex, M.Eng. Mechanical (UTM), B.Eng. Mechanical (Material) Engineering (UTM), Cathodic Protection Specialist by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and CP Technologist Level 2 accredited by Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM). Eng Ong is a Graduate Member of IEM. He is also an active committee member of the Chemical Engineering Technical Division.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

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IEM Shout Out – Visit to Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP), Gebeng Industrial Estate, Kuantan, Pahang)

November 19, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My technical division will be hosting a trip to Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP), Gebeng Industrial Estate, Kuantan, Pahang.) on the 23rd November, 2013. You will be anointed with 3.5 CPD / PDP hours.

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Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP), situated in Kuantan, Pahang is a state-of-the-art Rare Earths processing plant that process Rare Earths sourced from Mount Weld in Western Australia, the richest known deposit of Rare Earths in the world. The visit aims to enlighten participants of the properties of Rare Earths, their use and the daily operational aspects of LAMP.

Tentative schedule:

  • 7.00 am Bus departs from IEM, PJ
  • 10.00 am Arrival at LAMP
  • 10.00 am – 12.00 pm Briefing on LAMP Operation
  • 12.00 pm – 12.30 pm Q&A Session
  • 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Tour of Plant
  • 1.30 pm – 2.00 pm Catered Lunch at LAMP
  • 2.00 pm End of tour and depart to IEM

Register here, and get the form here.

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Saturday Star 2013-11-16 – Job Opportunities

November 18, 2013

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. Send your cv here. Also looking for technical safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • PETRONAS Chemicals Group Bhd has openings. Visit here with your updated resume.
  • Hey, why is the list so short?

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!

Let’s go back to basics, the quanta of it all:

  

Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics, The Wizard of Quarks: A Fantasy of Particle Physics, Scrooge’s Cryptic Carol: Visions of Energy, Time, and Quantum Nature

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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Alternate link – razmahwata.my

November 17, 2013

You can reach this site using the link above.

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Petikan dari “Tuah Jebat di PETRONAS”

November 17, 2013

Organisasi kami sangat kecil pada masa itu… bangunan di sebelah bangunan E&E Plaza di Jalan Pudu, cuma lima tingkat – semua kami berada di sana. Untuk sarapan tengah hari selalunya kami pergi ke warung mamak di belakang untuk makan mi goreng. Di sebelah Panggung Cathay terdapat warung rojak kegemaran kami. Kumpulan kami sangat akrab.

Yaacob Ismail

Get the book here.

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