On Nov 20 (Thursday), Nippon Oil celebrated 5 years of SK10 Production (that’s Helang field to you and me) at the Oriental Mandarin. It was a colourful night, where I represented Poyry. It was nice of NOEX to mention that they donated RM333,000 to the Miri General Hospital. Is it no coincidence that the PSC NOEX had recently been awarded is called SK333, and it covers part of Miri town?
NOEX – Celebration of 5 years SK10 Production
November 25, 2008
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Colours of Diversity – EMEPMI Open Day
November 24, 2008I was fortunate to be invited to the high tea / early dinner held by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc (EMEPMI) on Wed, 19 Nov, 2008. I don’t have photos of the event, but have a peek at the contents of the goodies bag supplied at the event.
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Saturday Star 2008-11-22 – Job Opportunities
November 23, 2008Another 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 web as well as be office managers.
- Aker Solutions is looking for lead/senior engineers (electrical, instrumentation, mech, piping & structure), cost control engs, senior project managers/engineers
- SapuraCrest is looking for field engineers/operations engineers.
- There’s a new boy in town, Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company, KPOC, a JV between PCSB, Shell and ConocoPhillips. There are positions for planning engineers, cost engineers, marine installation eng, snr mech eng (stat/rotate), snr structural (jacket/topsides), opns assurance, snr electrical eng. Submit relevant documents to recruitment@kpoc.com.my
- Here’s an interesting one. Hertel Defence & Offshore, specialist supplier of accommodations solutions. They need proposal engs, proj managers, HVAC engs, electrical/instr engs, arch eng, structural eng,
- Talisman is looking for a senior facilities eng.
- Carimin, well known in the manpower service sector, is looking for a mess of engineers. Constr, comm, mech, piping, elect, instr, struct, qa/qc. Send relevant documents to hr@carimin.com, or rems@carimin.com
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From The Star – “Will (Malaysian) O&G Sector Run into a Wall?”
November 22, 2008I’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.
State of Affairs - Malaysian Oil & Gas, The Star Newspaper
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Petrol Prices Drop in Malaysia
November 21, 2008Taken from the pages of Bernama and The Star Malaysia:
Fuel down by 15sen (updated)
KUALA LUMPUR (Tues, Nov 18): Petrol and diesel will be sold 15sen cheaper per litre from Tuesday onwards following the Government’s decision to lower fuel prices in tandem with the downward trend of global oil prices.
The pump price of RON97 petrol will be RM2 a litre from RM2.15 while the retail price of RON92 petrol and diesel is RM1.90 a litre, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said in a statement on Monday.
The new prices are effective from midnight Monday.
He said this is the fifth downward revision since August in honouring the Government’s promise to the people to lower fuel prices if oil prices dwindled in the world market.
Najib hoped traders would also lower prices of goods and services following the reduction in fuel prices to enable the people to reap the full benefits of cheaper fuel.
The people should continue to use petrol and diesel sparingly despite the lower price in line with the government’s efficient energy consumption plan, said Najib, who is also Finance Minister.
Fuel prices were last reduced on Nov 1. – Bernama
Linking to my other article on comparative pricing, the US gas price on 18th Nov is RM1.97 per liter (USD2.075 per gallon). You wonder, why do we have a subsidy if our prices are the same as US prices?
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Nostalgia Trip – Old Esso Photos
November 20, 2008As we are always taught in the oil and gas industry, we must learn from lessons past to continuously improve our operations, of which safety and integrity are paramount.
None of the following photos in this album show any incidents, though it’s a reminder that the oil and gas network is founded on friendships and personal relationships.
Old Esso Photo - Menara Esso (back then)
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Handphones Offshore – or Not
November 19, 2008I used to think that handset use philosophies on offshore assets was standardized. Then I quit EMEPMI, and the world became more interesting.
At Kerteh airport, you are not allowed to take your cellphone offshore. Full stop, carriage return, end of story. If you have nowhere else to drop it off, there’s a shop there that will hold on to your phone for RM5/phone/dropoff. It’s safe, but the service is not affiliated with the oil companies.
At Talisman’s helibase at Pengkalan Chepa, you are allowed to take your handphone offshore, but they will take the battery out so that you don’t accidentally turn the phone on during the chopper flight. There’s nothing to stop you from turning the phone on once you reach your destination, but don’t expect a line out there.
Anyone know Carigali Hess’s or Shell’s philosophy? Or East Malaysia, esp when you only get on a boat to travel to work, not a chopper.
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And So The Empire of Wata Begins
November 18, 2008Okay, some megalomania. These are photos of my farewell lunch from Poyry Energy (Kuala Lumpur) Sdn Bhd on Wed, 12th Nov 2008.
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- Farewell Lunch
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- Wata Farewell
Note this date, people.
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Saturday Star 2008-11-15 – Job Opportunities
November 17, 2008Another 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 web as well as be office managers.
- ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Malaysia Inc (who says I can’t remember names of my former masters) have an add for an elec engineer, facilities eng (aka ‘Swiss army knife engineer’), instrumentation and controls eng, process eng. Apply here.
- QP is looking for a lot of people. Among them are Gas Production Dept: Snr Maintenance Opns Eng, Offshore Installation Supt. Transmission & Distribution Dept: Lead Process Eng, Snr Project Process Eng, Snr Opns Eng. Terminal Opns Dept: Maint Planning Eng, Snr Process Eng. You can visit the QP website. Did I tell you that QP’s SWB (salary, wages, benefits) package is something to be sneezed at?
- Noble Denton is looking for an engineer, with a degree in Naval Arch, Offshore Eng, Marine Eng or Mech Eng. At least 5 years working experience in O&G offshore. You can email to ndm@nobledenton.com.my
- Kencana Petroleum is looking for design engineers – process, mech, piping, electrical, instrument and civil/structural, which about covers the whole spectrum. They are also looking for project engineers and managers. Send CVs via snail mail to The Managing Director, Kencana Bestwide Sdn Bhd, Megan Avenue II, Unit B-11-11, No. 12 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Sigh, when I move with Synergy to Subang, will you patronise Chee Meng in my memory?
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Dangers of Unapproved Modification – NGV
November 16, 2008Here’s an article from the Star.
Man killed in NGV explosion
By CHEN PELF YEEN and ALLISON LAI
MALACCA: Two brothers who converted a cooking gas tank into a natural gas kit for their van paid dearly when it exploded, killing one of them.
Mohd Hailmi Ishak, 25, from Kampung Duyong, and his brother Rosli Ishak, 30, from Taman Tiang Dua, had stopped at a PETRONAS petrol station in Batu Berendam at about 7.50pm on Friday to refuel.
Their worker Razali Md Zin, 31, was with them.
It is believed that Rosli, the driver, was refilling the van at the natural gas vehicle (NGV) stand while his younger brother was standing nearby when the blast happened.
The explosion shattered the front portion and two doors of the vehicle.
It shattered Mohd Hailmi’s left leg and ripped open his abdomen while Rosli and Razali escaped with light injuries.
You see a lot of this jury rigging work offshore, difference is, the jury rigging is engineered as opposed to ‘try and see lah’ philosophy. Thing’s I’ve done are:
- Use a flange that had a higher than required rating.
- Use a smaller than design size valve (it’s okay, the process flow had been reduced).
- Use a process compressor for other than it’s intended use (don’t worry, risk analysis was performed).
- Route liquid to different vessels (there’s a whole story behind this one).
This is where your engineering (and presentation and persuation) skills are called to the forefront.
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