From Reuters – Malaysia’s Sime unit bags $384 mln fabrication job

May 3, 2011

Dateline 2011-04-25:

says unit Sime Darby Engineering Sdn Bhd has won a 1.15 billion ringgit ($384.3 million)contract to contruct topside facilities for the Kebabangan Northern Hub Development project off the coast of Malaysian Borneo state of Sabah.

The project is managed by Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company, a joint venture between Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas , ConocoPhillips’s local unit and a subsidiary of Shell (RDSa.L).

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Saturday Star 2011-04-30 – Job Opportunities

May 2, 2011

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.

First off, 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.

  • JP Kenny is looking for commissioning engineers, electrical comm engineers, telecom, mech, inst commissioning engineers and technicians. Apply here.
  • JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Ltd is looking for manager (exploration), manager (supplies & logistics), manager (resource assessment), manager (project), chief construction engineer, chief front-end engineer, chief project controller, HSE specialist, snr reservoir engineer, snr structural & marine engineer,  senior petroleum engineer, senior geoscientist, drilling engineer. Snail mail to Human Resource Section, JX NIPPON OIL & GAS EXPLORATION (MALAYSIA) LTD, Lot 1168, 3rd Floor, Wisma Interhill, Miri Waterfront Commercial Centre, 98000 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia before 16th May, 2011.

Here are some fundamental chem eng books I would recommend. I haven’t updated the list for a long time, I know… maybe if y’all bought more books, I’d be motivated.

  

Unit  Operations of Chemical Engineering, Chemical  Reaction Engineering, 3rd Edition, Transport  Phenomena, Revised 2nd Edition.


Cool Technology – Dyson Airblade

April 30, 2011

I saw this installed in a client’s office (okay, restroom).

When can we see the Dyson Airblade in KL? If you install it in KL, let me know.

Picture of Dyson Airblade

Dyson Airblade


From the Borneo Post Online – Locals entitled to more jobs in oil and gas industry

April 29, 2011

Dateline 2011-04-23:

A community leader in Miri wants giant oil and gas companies, Sarawak Shell Berhad and Petronas Carigali, to give more opportunity to Sarawakians to fill positions in their operations in the state.

PBB Piasau deputy chairman Hamzah Bujang said: “The two companies should reconsider employing more Sarawakians qualified in this field and not let it be monopolised by a certain group of people.”

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From Reuters – Malaysia’s Petronas unit eyes Sime Darby oil and gas assets

April 28, 2011

Dateline 2011-04-23:

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Bhd (MMHE) is believed to be looking at taking over some or all of the oil and gas assets of conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd , The Edge weekly newspaper reported on Saturday.

The report said MMHE, the heavy engineering unit of Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas , has been evaluating the assets for the past several months but that the plan was still in the preliminary stage.

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From Rueters – Petronas says gets rights to Malaysia-Thailand gas fields

April 27, 2011

Dateline 2011-04-21:

PETRONAS said on Thursday it has signed a deal that gives the state oil firm rights to a gas field under the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority that will help boost Malaysian supplies.

PETRONAS said it signed a unitisation agreement with the authority for the Bumi field in Block PM 301 and the Bumi South field in Block A-18 that firms up an earlier agreement inked in 2008.


From the Business Times – Copter providers in pact with O&G firms

April 26, 2011

Dateline 2011-04-21:

Two helicopter service providers today signed a contract with a total value of RM7.2 billion to provide offshore helicopter service to five leading oil and gas (O&G) companies in Malaysia.

Westar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd will provide nine helicopters in a deal worth RM4.2 billion to Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc, Newfield (Malaysia) Inc, Petrofac (Malaysia-PM304) Ltd and Talisman (Malaysia) Ltd.

Meanwhile, MHS Aviation Bhd, a subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Bhd, sealed the remaining RM3 billion contract to provide five helicopters to Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc and Newfield Peninsular Malaysia Inc.

The contract is valid for a period of 10 years.


Saturday Star 2011-04-23 – Job Opportunities

April 25, 2011

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.

First off, 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.

  • MMHE are looking for some design and construction folks in the oil & gas sector. They are also looking for people in the Marine Repair & Conversion.  There was a walk-in interview session at the Summit Hotel, Pesiaran Kewajipan USJ 1 on the 23rd and 24th April, 2011. Or you can visit the Jobstreet page.
  • Murphy is looking for quite a lot of people, enough to fill a two and a quarter page spread. Apply here.
  • Ramunia seems to be looking for people. A General Manager, Head of Proposal, Facilities Manager, Senior Manager, Manager Business Development, Procurement Advisor. Apply here.
  • Petrofac is looking for a Lead Control & Instrumentation Engineer, Lead Structural Engineer, Asset Integrity Engineer, Loss Prevention Engineer. Contact them here.

Here are some fundamental chem eng books I would recommend. I haven’t updated the list for a long time, I know…

  

Unit  Operations of Chemical Engineering, Chemical  Reaction Engineering, 3rd Edition, Transport  Phenomena, Revised 2nd Edition.


From the Star – Govt to set up firm to promote oil and gas sector

April 22, 2011

Dateline 2011-04-13:

The Government will soon establish the Malaysia Petroleum Resource Corp (MPRC) to spur the development of the country’s oil and gas sector.

MPRC interim chief executive officer Dr Shahreen Madros said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak would announce details of the agency soon.

“We are looking at human capital requirement, marketing portion and how we can promote the industry further,” he told reporters.

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