Saturday Star 2012-03-03 – Job Opportunities

March 5, 2012

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. Corporate level sponsors are encouraged.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here . Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Ranhill WorleyParsons has an advert. Visit the website (select ‘Search Jobs’ and select country ‘Malaysia’, or ‘Advanced Job Search’).

May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” It’s definitely getting better for the Klang Valley area, though we need more users from East Malaysia.

Support your local bookshop! Visit Bookalicious at The Summit Subang, good selection of imported books. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and otherologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces

Let’s talk a bit about deepwater books:

  

Deepwater Petroleum Exploration & Production, A Sea in Flames, Disaster on The Horizon

This week’s food promotion is the Shangri La, Jakarta.

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‘Give us back 50 sen on every oil-derived ringgit’

March 4, 2012

And SOGCA wants 50% as well… And maybe Terengganu, Kelantan and Kedah want 50% too?

Dateline 2012-02-16:

The Sabah Oil and Gas Contractors Association (Sogca) wants Sabahans to look beyond the 5% oil royalty which the state is currently receiving from Petronas and instead seek at least half of every ringgit that is made from its oil and gas exports.

“We should not be asking for the royalty or the (oil) blocks… that’s secondary. We should be asking that for every ringgit taken from our oil revenue, at least 50 sen or 30 sen be given back to us, either directly or indirectly. That would be much fairer,” said Iskandar Malik, its president.

He also mocked local leaders for believing they had accomplished something important and triumphantly proclaiming to the media as though it was a coup whenever Petronas announced that it was giving some huge projects to Sabah.

Iskandar explained that this is because in one way or other, Petronas would still make its money out of Sabah people.

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No need Federal allocation if Sabah gets 50pc oil royalty, says Jeffrey

March 3, 2012

50% Royalty? Pleeze…

Dateline 2012-02-16:

Sabah State Reform Party (STAR) on Wednesday said that if Sabah were to receive 50 per cent oil royalty from Petronas, it would not even need Federal allocation to develop the state.

Its Deputy Chairman, Daniel John Jambun said this in response to a statement by Sabah BN Secretary Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan who said that Sabah would be compromised if Federal allocation or funds under the Malaysia Plan is reduced so as to pay the proposed 20 per cent oil royalty.

“Abdul Rahman forgot that under the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP), Sabah and Sarawak combined, are getting only about RM9 billion as compared to about RM100 billion for the Peninsula.

“At this rate of allocation, Sabah is actually getting less than RM1 billion per year throughout the five-year Malaysia Plan.

“As such, the Federal allocations are not much and hardly fulfil all the development needs of Sabah,” he said in a statement.

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Downstream Oil & Gas Industry Poised To Become Malaysia’s New Money Spinner

March 2, 2012

Here’s a shocker.

Dateline 2012-02-16:

 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the downstream oil and gas industry will continue to be developed further as it can become a new money spinner for the country.

Citing the example of the Sabah Ammonia Urea (SAMUR) Petronas project, he said urea production would bring double value-added benefits to the country’s exports.

“If we compare with the export of crude natural gas, we lose out on value-added benefits,” he told reporters after officiating the ground breaking ceremony for the SAMUR project here today.

Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said 95 per cent of the urea plant’s output of 1.2 million tonnes, per year, would be exported, raking in foreign reserves of some US$4.8 billion, annually.

He said under the National Key Economic Area, the oil and gas sector is forecast to contribute an estimated RM241 billion towards the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, annually, until 2020.

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IEM Shout Out – Embedding Sustainability Into Product Design Using Systems Approach

March 1, 2012

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a talk on the 9th March, 2012. It’ll start at 9:00am and is worth 2 CPD hours. There’s an elevator now, so you have no excuse.

Climate change is now ranked as one of humanity’s greatest challenges. With rising public concerns and mounting pressures from NGOs as well as international treaties and governmental legislations, the move towards sustainability is now eminent. These recent developments have a causal effect onto how we conduct our lives. In product design, sustainability affects how the design of a product has to change from conceptualisation to manufacturing, distribution and retirement. In other words, there is now an urgency to re-think the way we do things. In this talk, using systems thinking and systems theory to embed sustainability into product design is considered and its effects upon environmental improvements are discussed. First principles of a system will be re-visited and deconstructed to investigate how sustainability can be incorporated into product design.

Dr. Yap Eng Hwa is an Assistant Professor with the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Currently he is the Course Director for MSc Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Yap’s research work at the University is focused largely on renewable energy and sustainability, carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment and policy, sustainable transport as well as project management. He joined the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering in 2008 after completing his PhD at University College London. Dr. Yap’s previous work in marine and offshore engineering involved looking into the generation of clean energy using stranded offshore natural gas with a ‘floating power station’.

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

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Ex-Petronas chief to helm Singapore power giant

March 1, 2012

Dateline 2012-02-15:

 Ex-Petronas CEO Tan Sri Hassan Marican is set to become chairman of Singapore Power Limited (SP) in June succeeding Ng Kee Choe who will retire on June 12, according to Energy Asia.

The news portal that focuses on the energy industry reported this yesterday, citing the island republic’s utility giant.

Marican, who left the national oil company at the beginning of 2010 allegedly due to friction with the Najib administration, has been accepting directorships with several foreign firms in the energy sector.

Among them are Singapore government-linked companies including SembCorp Industries Limited, SembCorp Marine Limited and Singapore Power, which he joined on February 15, 2011. He is also a director at Sarawak Energy Berhad and US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips.

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Gas discovery to boost Sarawak’s O&G scene

February 29, 2012

Dateline 2012-02-15:

Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) two new gas discoveries offshore Sarawak will continue to fuel the excitement for oil and gas investments in and around the state.

According to an analyst from AmResearch Sdn Bhd (AmResearch), while these new gas finds would need another three to five years of analysis and interpretation of seismic data before progressing to the initial development phase, this would certainly provide excitement to the industry here.

“Sarawak is a major state gas producer and exporter, with the country’s only liquefied natural gas plant located in Bintulu,” the analyst highlighted.

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IEM Shout Out – Talk on Portfolio Scenarios Analysis – Engineering and Construction in Oil and Gas Industry

February 28, 2012

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a talk on the 3rd March, 2012. It’ll start at 9:00am and is worth 2 CPD hours. There’s an elevator now, so you have no excuse.

Engineering and Construction in the oil and gas industry is a unique and complex activity. The application and enforcement of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in both Engineering and Construction phases will minimize the impacts and risks, towards reaching the project completion.

The talk will cover the following aspects:-

• Engineering and Construction – Problem Statement
• Engineering and Construction – Formulated and Integrated Basis
• Engineering and Construction – Portfolio Scenarios Analysis Framework

Portfolio Scenarios Analysis of Engineering and Construction will share the high-level strategy and primary understanding of the ‘architect’ or engineer in a way that may infringe on their professional responsibilities but must be responsibly executed so that the project will be finished on time and within budget. Hence, both Engineering and Construction teams have the rights to stay in control of their responsibilities.

Ir. Roslin Ramli graduated with a B.Mech.Eng (Marine Technology) degree. His professional qualification includes being a registered Professional Engineer (PE) with BEM and a registered Construction Site Manager with CIDB. Ir. Roslin also has a Professional Certificate in Management from Melbourne University, Australia.

He has more than 20 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry, specializing in Construction, Site Management and Engineering Management for Downstream Plant, Offshore, Marine and Shipbuilding Projects. Ir. Roslin has presented technical papers internationally and has published articles in oil and gas magazines. Ir. Roslin current post is as a Principal Engineer (Construction) in Technology and Engineering (T&E) Division of Petronas. His current role is now as Head of Topside Engineering / Construction for Petronas Floating LNG (PFLNG) Project.

 

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

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Saturday Star 2012-02-25 – Job Opportunities

February 27, 2012

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. Corporate level sponsors are encouraged.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here . Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • ExxonMobil has a two page spread. They are looking for fresh meat chemical engineers, refining process eng, automation engineer, control application engineers, lead safety facilities eng, instrument eng, mechanical eng, RTO eng (hat’s an RTO eng?)  . Submit your applications here. Second week this ad has been displayed, so please up your prices and skew the salary surveys we are carrying out.
  • Ras gas is looking for offshore platform engineer, metering engineering specialist, electrical engineering specialist, machinery engineering specialist, analyser eng specialist, mech engineering specialist. What happened to jack of all trades?  To support “the power of the drop,” CVs to be submitted here. You can phone the local recruiters at +603 2078 1917/8. I believe RasGas is a JV, one of the partners being ExxonMobil.
  • Wood Group Mustang is looking for people. Send your cv here.
  • Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company (KPOC to friends) has a four-page spread. Anyhow, the posts that they hope to fill are too numerous to names. Apply here, or snail mail to: Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Comp Sdn Bhd, Level 52, Tower 2, PETRONAS Twin Towers, KLCC, 50088 KL, Malaysia.

May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” It’s definitely getting better for the Klang Valley area, though we need more users from East Malaysia.

Support your local bookshop! Visit Bookalicious at The Summit Subang, good selection of imported books. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and otherologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces

Let’s talk a bit about deepwater books:

  

Deepwater Petroleum Exploration & Production, A Sea in Flames, Disaster on The Horizon

This week’s food promotion is the Shangri La, Jakarta.

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From Bernama – 104 Malaysian Families In RM3 Billion Pulau Daat Project To Be Shifted

February 26, 2012

Dateline 2012-02-14:

A total of 104 families with Malaysian citizenship and permanent resident status will be provided with houses to enable the RM3 billion integrated oil and gas hub project to be implemented smoothly.

The 237 families living in Pulau Daat, an island earmarked for the project, have been compensated RM1,000 for each family, with half of them having left the island to look for dwelling elsewhere.

Not only the living will have to go, but the dead too have been relocated since May last year, with the help of the Labuan Religious Department (Jawi) which started a massive relocation of old graves, with some even having been there for more than 40 years, to the Sungai Labu Muslim Cemetery.

Most of those staying on the island are IM13 holders of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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