My contribution to the Malaysian brain drain. Hey, try out Synergy for all your specialist needs.
Article The Star - KNM ME Opportunities
KNM – Opportunities in the Middle East
January 15, 2009
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The Star – Oil Price may Rally end 2009
January 14, 2009Don’t know about you, but I believe 2 things will happen:
- Oil will peak.
- Price of crude will go up.
When these will happen, ah, that’s the trick. Here’s one prediction.
The Star - Oil Price Rally?
I’ve scanned the article from the Star.
You can subscribe to an online version of the paper at the Bluehyppo site, follow links to e-browse.
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Saturday Star 2009-01-10 – Job Opportunities
January 13, 2009Another week, another scan of the Saturday Star newspaper. Here’s a list of job ads in the paper:
- Here’s a new recruiter. Equate based in Kuwait. They are looking for a technical service engineer, aromatics production engineer, process engineer – aromatics technology, chemical engineer, electrical engineer. Send your application here and here.
- Nippon Oil is looking for a senior production engineer, HSE engineer, senior operations engineer, senior process engineer, senior maintenance engineer, whole mess of people. Snail mail before 26th January, 2009 to Human Resources Section, Nippon Oil Exploration (Malaysia), Ltd, Lot 1168, 3rd Floor, Wisma Interhill, Miri Waterfront Commercial Centre, 98000 Miri, Sarawak. I take it they need more people for their Layang and Helang developments.
- Dialog are looking for a project / turnabout engineer. Snail mail to Dialog Group of Companies, 109, Block G, Phileo Damansara 1, No. 9, Jalan 16/11, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Submissions before 23rd January, 2009.
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Cheaper RON95 petrol by Mid-Year
January 9, 2009Taken from the New Straits Times, Malaysia, dateline 2008-01-09
KUALA LUMPUR: RON95 petrol will be introduced by the middle of this year to provide a cheaper fuel option for the masses.
At the same time, a higher tax will be levied on RON97 to subsidise RON95.This was revealed by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad. A chart on how the retail price of petrol is determined will be provided to the public next week.
The chart will help answer queries and explain how the pricing mechanism works.
RON95, although of a higher grade than RON92, will be priced at the same level as RON92.
Shahrir explained that RON95 was a basic grade of petrol which could be used by virtually all vehicles with the exception of some luxury cars.“We will introduce RON95 by June or July. RON95 is about 10 sen to 11 sen cheaper than RON97. RON92 is currently priced at RM1.70. We will price RON95 at about the same,” he said after launching the Tesco-RHB Credit Card and Tesco-RHB Debit cards in Tesco Ampang yesterday.
Shahrir said the pricing of RON95 would be based on the Automatic Pricing Mechanism (APM). Prior to this, there was no price crisis and there was no need to explain on how the mechanism worked, he said.
The pricing of petrol at kiosks is based on the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS), a regional fuel price monitor.
“Should the MOPS price go below US$40 (RM142) a barrel then retail fuel price will fall. If MOPS is above US$78 per barrel, retail fuel price will increase,” he said.
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Whale Shark – Sad Ending
January 6, 2009I was interested in this story from The Star both as a diver and someone who works offshore. There are stories about whale sharks who circle platforms, giving the staff onboard a treat at seeing these rare, gentle creatures. One was dubbed the ‘Platform Supervisor’ for this habit of circling the asset, keeping an eye on it from every angle.
The Star 2009-01-04 Whale Shark
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Saturday Star 2009-01-03 – Job Opportunities
January 5, 2009Another week, another scan of the Saturday Star newspaper. Here’s a list of job ads in the paper:
- Synergy Oil and Gas Engineering is recruiting fresh chemical engineering graduates, or those with around 1 year experience. CVs may be sent to enquiry@synergykl.com.my. It’s also looking for admin execs who can run the invoicing / payroll / accounting as well as be office managers. We DO have a physical office, y’know.
- PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd is looking for distinguished researchers. Interested applicants should apply to www.discoverpetronas.com/rnt.
- QP has a one page advert for HSE inspectors and enforcers. Nothing much on the engineering scene.
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Petrol Prices Drop in Malaysia – Not!
January 4, 2009For those of you expecting a price drop every 2 weeks, this week bucks the trend. Petrol in Malaysia is still RM1.80 per liter.
Linking to my other article on comparative pricing, the US gas price on 2nd Jan 2009 is RM1.481 per liter (USD1.624 per gallon).
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- Butterfly at Plaza Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
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The SOGE story – Searching for an Office
January 3, 2009As part of SOGE’s efforts in setting up an office, we found this unit at W-09-04, 4th floor, Subang Square Business Park, Jalan SS15/4G, Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor. I’m curious as to whether you, the reader, would rent the place.
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Keeping a Tidy Fab Yard
January 2, 2009During my visit to a neighbouring country, I met up with an old acquaintance of mine. He told a tale of the fabrication yard he was in charge of. The yard was under the receivership or supervision of a bank, such that all the assets of the yard were owned by said bank. It got so bad that the yard staff were afraid to carry out housekeeping by disposing of scrap metal and junk equipment.
Scrap is scrap. It’s worthless as it rots in your yard, could be sold for money, and it occupies valuable space. It can cause a safety hazard, both physical (it’s sharp and could have a tendency to collapse according to Sod’s law), biological (mosquitoes, potential injury points), and procedural (moving stuff around a full fab yard is not a fun activity).
In the end, my friend got the bank to agree to disposal of the scrap, and doing some honest to goodness housekeeping.
I’ll leave you with a picture of another yard, showing an example of housekeeping and storage.
Fabrication: Storage Yard
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Reminded – Not all Accidents Happen at Site
January 1, 2009While driving near my house, I saw an accident where concrete struts had fallen off the transporting truck. This brings home that accidents and incidents don’t only happen at site, but can happen during the commute to and from the site. Think of it, equipment is being transported by third parties, who claim that they meet your safety expectations, through civilian traffic which definitely doesn’t meet your safety expectations here in Malaysia.
If I was doing a risk assessment and having to fill this out on a risk matrix, the consequence of getting bad publicity (do you still want your logo on the equipment being transported?) is high, compared with an accident happening in the remote reaches of Kalimantan, or just having you stuff sink to the bottom of the South China Sea.
Accident - Cement Struts on Road
Of course, imagine if the cement had dropped onto an occupied vehicle which happened to be next to the truck at the time of the incident.
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