Aker Solutions manager charged again in Malaysia

April 10, 2022

Dateline 2022-02-21, Energy Voice:

Malaysia has filed a fresh charge against a local manager of Norwegian oil services provider Aker Solutions, accusing him of providing false information to the country’s corporate regulator, according to the company and a court document, reported Reuters.

Ahmad Hatta Kamaruzzaman allegedly submitted false information about Aker Engineering Malaysia, a local unit of the group, to Malaysia’s Companies Commission in 2017, according to a charge sheet seen by Reuters and confirmed by a prosecutor.

He has pleaded not guilty, the company said in a statement.

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How a bumi equity issue between two oil firms escalated into a ‘judicial fixing’ saga

July 23, 2021

I wait for the BEM to weigh in on Bumi onwership and PEPC directors

Dateline 2021-06-21, MalaysiaKini:

What began as an issue over the bumiputera equity requirement for a Petronas licence involving a Malaysian unit of Aker Solutions ASA, Norway’s largest oil services firm, has escalated into claims of judicial fixing that have rocked the legal fraternity.

The last two weeks saw a flurry of developments – the charging of an Aker Solutions manager, the Malaysian Bar expressing concern over alleged misconduct by one of its members – and most intriguing was a police report by the Office of the Chief Justice against a senior lawyer for allegedly bringing the judiciary into disrepute.

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Norway’s Aker Solutions sued by former Malaysian employee amid graft probe

January 5, 2021

Dateline 2020-12-30, FMT:

A former Malaysian employee of Norway’s largest oil services company Aker Solutions has sued the firm, saying it tried to stop her from speaking to authorities about its business practices, an accusation the company denies.

Seetha Kumarasamy, formerly a legal director with the firm, said in a Nov 20 Kuala Lumpur court filing seen by Reuters that Aker Solutions had sued her in 2018 to suppress evidence and prevent her from speaking out amid a corruption probe into the firm’s dealings with Petronas.

Aker Solutions, in a court filing last week, denied the allegation and accused Seetha of breaching her confidentiality obligations to the firm.

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Saturday Star 2013-09-28 – Job Opportunities

September 30, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for process safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Aker Solutions wants you to take a position in the forefront of the global oil and gas talent pool. Visit them here if you want to see if you are woman enough to meet the challenge.

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!

I’ve had days of interpreting bad data. Apparently is catching.

  

Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing “Hoax”, Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.

Food? Doctor says I need to lose weight, sugar, cholesterol. Wish me luck.

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Saturday Star 2013-07-20 – Job Opportunities

July 22, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper.

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presence. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for process safety persons, metering / measurement engineers and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Aker Solutions wants you in the deep end of the oil & gas talent pool. Visit them here if you want to see if you are woman enough to meet the challenge.
  • Carigali Hess is looking for a principal drilling engineer, SHE officer drilling / well services, Adviser (HSE drilling and operations), lead / senior engineer (facilities), senior qa/qc engineer, mechanical engineer, reservoir engineer, process engineer, petroleum engineer, project engineer. Send your cv here,  with a detailed resume stating references, expected remuneration, contact telephone and email address, before 2 August, 2013.
  • Side note: My mechanic complains that there are not enough trained mechanics are being extruded from our schools. If you know of any idle ones, he’s looking for some. Ask them to contact Kong Ming Chai at +60122951023. On another note, has this shortfall hit the news? Can I get the contract for 1Repair?

Help me (and you) increase my cloud presense. Pleease use some form of cloud storage, so if you lose your laptop with those oh-so-important reports, be assured that (with Internet access) the files are still accessible. Use my referrals for Dropbox, MiMedia,  SpiderOak, MediaFire, Ubuntu One, Sugar Sync.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia, or check Amazon’s International Shipping. Yeah, baby!

  

If you are interested in oil and gas surface facilities, I would recommend getting Surface Production Operations, Volume 2:, Second Edition: Design of Gas-Handling Systems and Facilities and Surface Production Operations, Volume 1, Third Edition: Design of Oil Handling Systems and Facilities. And don’t forget the Coulson & Richardson classic, Chemical Engineering, Volume 6: An Introduction to Design (Chemical Engineering Technical Series)

The IEM has a coffee table book out, Engineering Heritage of Malaysia (no, it is not Datuk Seri Samy Vellu’s bio). Visit here for details.

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Saturday Star 2013-02-23 – Job Opportunities

February 25, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need money to purchase a dive light.

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.

This week, it looks like you (the advertisers) are recycling last weeks adverts. Since it’s a holiday today (Monday), I guess you are justified

  • 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.
  • Leighton Asia, India and Offshore (LAIO) is looking for Senior Engineers and Engineers in Civil (Onshore) disciplines. Apply here.
  • ExxonMobil is looking for an automation engineer, recent graduate chemical engineer, experienced distillation and gas processing engineer, experienced control applications engineer  lead safety facilities engineer (can I be given that job?), experienced instrument engineer, real time optimization engineer. Apply here.
  • Aker Solutions wants you in the deep end of the oil & gas talent pool. Visit them here if you want to see if you are woman enough to meet the challenge.
  • There’s a general add for ‘careers in petrochemical industry, riyadh, Saudi Arabia’. Send an email here.
  • I see Petrofac is looking for engineers. They are ‘career opportunities in offshore projects’. Hmm, is that a hint that they are not getting more acreage? Also, I notice that the email is for Petrofac Engineering, not Petrofac operations.  Send your cv here.

How about some local food? Alisara at Puchong Indah. Specialises in Thai food, and has mango with stick rice.

Break the Low Yat stranglehold! Support Newegg Malaysia.

Here’s a switch, a fiction novel combining diving, welding, oil & gas and family.

  

The Underwater Welder, Welding: Principles and Applications, Professional Diver’s Manual on Wet-Welding

LNG: A Nontechnical Guide, Fundamentals of Natural Gas Processing, Second Edition (Dekker Mechanical Engineering), Gas and Oil Reliability Engineering: Modeling and Analysis

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Saturday Star 2010-10-09 – Job Opportunities

October 11, 2010

Sorry bout last week. Was in a rush, and headed offshore. Needless to say, the job opportunities column got shuffled to the bottom of the list.

Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store.

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.

  • I see that Qatar Petroleum is looking for people for their production department Dukhan. They are looking for a maintenance planning and scheduling engineer, field production supervisor, field operator, electrical technician, instrument technician, mechanical technician. You can visit  at AP‘s site for more information. Apply here.
  • AkerSolutions ads say ‘it takes extraordinary talent to see possibilities in impossible surroundings’. A good quote to pick up. Visit them here if you want to see if you are woman enough to meet the challenge.
  • Sabic has an advert. They are looking for analyzer engineer, DCS & CS engineer, electrical engineer, field instrument engineer, instrument and analyzer engineer, and a whole mess of other stuff. You can apply via email here or here. Or key in your resumes online here. Login under candidate login and password at the website.
  • Transocean ‘the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor and leading provider of drilling management services worldwide’ is looking for Operations, Marine & Maintenance personnel. Applicant can expect demanding supervisors, challenging work conditions, strenuous physical labour, equal work schedule, a rewarding career, competitive remuneration and benefits. Send an email to recruitment.kul@deepwater.com
  • Here’s a new one. Eastern Pacific Industrial Corporation Berhad (EPIC) is looking for Senior Manager, Corporate Communication, Legal & Secretarial, Manager, Marketing, Manager/Senior Executive, Corporate Finance Investment Liason, Senior Executive, Technical Service. Visit them at their website, or email to ghr@epicgroup.com.my.

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Saturday Star 2009-02-28 – Job Opportunities

March 2, 2009

Another week, another scan of the Saturday Star newspaper. Here’s a list of job ads in the paper:

  • Here’s a new one. Ombak is looking for people. They want trainee field engineers. You gotta submit something by March 4th. You can mail them at zamri@omback-marine.com. There offcies are at Kelana Square.
  • Aker Solutions is recruiting Lead and Senior engineers for all disciplines. Apply here.

And for those of you who were wondering whether Offshore Works exist, I have proof:

Offshore Works Signage

Offshore Works Signage

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Saturday Star 2008-11-22 – Job Opportunities

November 23, 2008

Another 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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