February 2, 2010
This is a shout out for the IEM. My tech division, in conjunction with ILSAS will be running a course on Maintenance management. It will be held on the 9th & 10th February, at the TNB Integrated Learning Solution in Bangi.
The objective of this course is:
- To introduce the participant to the maintenance function in the organization
- To describe how the maintenance function supports the organization’s objectives
- To enlighten the participant in world-class maintenance practice criteria and benchmarks
- To understand maintenance philosophy and its practical application in the workplace.
- To provide techniques in developing a maintenance strategy tailored for the participant’s maintenance department
- To develop skills in maintaining maintenance data and record analysis
- To appreciate Asset Life Cycle Issues
I applaud organisations that treat maintenance as an integral part of asset operations, and not as a sacrificial lamb that is the first to get struck of when the going gets tough.
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February 2, 2010
Taken from the Business Times, dateline 2010-02-01:
Current chief likely to be replaced by Shamsul Azhar Abbas who has headed almost all departments in the company
By S JAYASANKARAN
KL CORRESPONDENT
FOR the sake of continuity and for planning purposes, the reappointment of a chief executive of an important Malaysian government-linked company is generally announced way before his contract expires.
This was manifest in the reappointment of Azman Mokhtar as managing director of state investment agency Khazanah Nasional last week. Mr Azman’s three-year contract expires only in June.
By the same token, it appears that Hassan Merican will almost certainly not be reappointed to helm national oil corporation Petroliam Nasional, or Petronas, Malaysia’s only Fortune 500 company that he has headed since 1995. Mr Hassan’s contract expires on February 8 – in slightly more than a week – and all that’s been heard about his future is a deafening silence.
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February 1, 2010
Nothing much this week, the papers were kinda thin on O&G adverts.
- Synergy is looking for lead safety engineers, safety specialists, junior and lead process engineers and technical writers. We’re on an expansion drive, people! Visit the Synergy website for contact details. For leads, you need 5 years plus experience in the oil & gas industry. For safety specialist applicants, you need to be well versed in HAZOP, HAZID, QRA, FERA and Formal Safety Assessment. Ah, heck. If you have more than 5 years experience in O&G, apply. If you have less than 5, send a donation to the offshore account, and still get abuse. For juniors, go pick up a copy of Cambridge’s ChemEng syallabus, and go study like the Tripods (all of them) are tomorrow.
- Sabic has an advert. Actually, it has a walk in interview at the JW Marriot Hotel on the 5-7th Feb, 2010, bwtween 9 to 5. The Ibn Zahr site is looking for a PP Operator, MTBE & Utility Operator, PP Process Sec Head, Control Sys Eng, Rot Eqt Eng, Insp & Corrosion Eng, Env Eng, Process Eng, Safety Eng. You can apply via email here or here. Or key in your resumes online here.
- ExxonMobil is looking for Technicians (I&E, Mech, Production). Visit the site, or snail mail to Recruitment, Human Resources, Level 17 (isn’t this the canteen?), Menara ExxonMobil, 50088 KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
- Talisman is looking for HSSE/OI Performance Management Specialist, Head of Well Engineering Operations . Apply here, and visit their site.
If you are looking for an alternate career, MJ’s been seen at Amcorp Mall, PJ.
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January 31, 2010
In our continuing saga to improve the skills and products available to our clients, I was sent to attend a training course entitled ‘TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Program – Yokogawa course provider for the Safety Training’, from 26th – 29th January, 2010. The course climaxes with a 4 hour exam, upon which a pass mark (> 75%) enables me to call myself a ‘TÜV FS Engineer’. Needless to say, I walked out of the exam at about the 1 1/2 hour mark, reckoning that staring at the paper for another 3 hours won’t improve matters much.
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January 28, 2010
Taken from the New Straits Times, dateline 2010-01-27:
KOTA BAHARU: Kelantan will receive RM20 million as compassionate fund due under an oil and gas production arrangement in March.
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the decision was made after discussions with the national oil corporation, Petronas, recently.
“It involves revenue from oil and gas production in the South Earth Platform, Block PM301, close to Kelantan waters. The RM20 million is five per cent of the total revenue from the block since May 2008,” he told reporters after opening a forum on the compassionate fund, here last night.
More than 5,000 people attended the forum.
Mustapa, who is also chairman of the Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee, said the Kelantan government”s claim for RM11 billion in oil royalty was extreme as the oil production was not that high.
You can subscribe to an online version of the paper at the Bluehyppo site, follow links to e-browse.
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January 25, 2010
Nothing much this week, the papers were kinda thin on O&G adverts.
- Synergy is looking for lead safety engineers, safety specialists, junior and lead process engineers and technical writers. We’re on an expansion drive, people! Visit the Synergy website for contact details. For leads, you need 5 years plus experience in the oil & gas industry. For safety specialist applicants, you need to be well versed in HAZOP, HAZID, QRA, FERA and Formal Safety Assessment. Ah, heck. If you have more than 5 years experience in O&G, apply. If you have less than 5, send a donation to the offshore account, and still get abuse. For juniors, go pick up a copy of Cambridge’s ChemEng syallabus, and go study like the Tripods (all of them) are tomorrow.
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January 22, 2010
Taken from the Malaysian Insider, dateline 2010-01-19:
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19 — Petronas advisor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (picture) signalled his objection today to the national oil company’s CEO Tan Sri Hassan Marican being replaced with a senior politician.
The Malaysian Insider had reported last week that Hassan’s term at the helm of Petronas is likely to be extended for another year after his contract expires next month, but speculation persists about a politician taking over his job.
An announcement on the extension — expected soon from the government — will put an end to the uncertainty surrounding Hassan’s future.
Compare this to the article that muses on Tan Sri’s potential replacements, which has a later dateline.
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January 21, 2010
From the Star, dateline 2010-01-18:
Petronas said to be giving out more contracts
PETALING JAYA: Recent reports of several local oil and gas (O&G) players securing contracts from Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) are bringing back some cheer to the industry that faced a hiccup last year when the price of oil went down and Petronas dished out fewer contracts.
Petronas was reported to be committed to spend RM26bil in capital expenditure (capex) for the domestic market for the year ending March 31 (FY10).
Talk about deja vu. Didn’t they say this last year?
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