Saturday Star 2009-03-21 – Job Opportunities

March 23, 2009

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

  • Dialog (tagline Further your Ambition in the Oil & Gas Industry) is looking for a senior project engineer, civil engineer. Send an email here or snail mail to Human Resources Department, Dialog Group of Companies, 109, Block G, Phileo Damansara 1, No. 9, Jalan 16/11, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Submissions before 23rd January, 2009.
  • Qatar Immediate Industries Holding Company Limited is looking for Eng Support Manager, Lead Mechanical Engineer, Lead Struct Eng, Mat Eng. Apply here , or visit this and that website.
  • Change of Pace: ExxonMobil is looking for Instrumentation, Electrical, Mechanical, Prodution Trainee Technician. By applying and graduating from the course, you will add to Malaysia’s bank of trained O&G personnel, as rumour has it most people leave after getting all knowledge they can, and as soon as they realise more money can be got elsewhere, though I suspect the current eco situation might put a damper in that plan. Apply  here, or snail mail to Recruitment, Human Resources, Level 17, Menara ExxonMobil, 50088 KLCC, KL.
  • Talisman in looking for an Offshore Integrity Engineer. Apply here, and visit their site.
  • Thank you for all your applications to Synergy. Short listed applicants have be contacted. BTW, if you have been talking to Synergy Oil & Gas International for engineering positions and haven’t figured it out yet, please don’t waste your time talking to us.

Sigh, since I have moved with Synergy out of KL, will you patronise Chee Meng in my memory? Or invite me to meetings around Bukit Bintang at lunchtime? Is he doing packet specials?

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Shout Out – ExEPMI get together, 24th April.

March 17, 2009

I’m promoting the above event, which is being spearheaded by Dato’ Sri Syafiq, from Jurunature Sdn Bhd. The current plan for the event is:

  • Date: April 24, 2009
  • Venue : Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Club
  • Golf: 2.30 pm for GOLF
  • Dinner and Get Together: 7.30 for dinner and Get Together with non-golfers

What he requires is a response for:

  • Participation in golf to enable coordination of the number of flights and golf course booking
  • Participation in the dinner at 7.30 pm

So, those of us who have proudly participated in the above organisation, and proceed to spread its gospel to the rest of the Malaysian (and further) oil & gas industry, please respond by sending a comment to this article with your correct email address, and I’ll forward the details to Dato’.

Here’s hoping for your contribution in making this the beginning of renewing contacts, start of a community and the first of a series of events.

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Saturday Star 2009-03-14 – Job Opportunities

March 16, 2009

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

  • ExxonMobil has an advert for a wellwork supervisor. Did I mention an ex-EPMI gathering is planned for April 24th?
  • Unintentionally I’m sure, but on the same page, Helix RDA has an advert for reservoir engineers, completion engineer. Helix RDA is a fully integrated subsurface and wells consultancy.
  • Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd. (OPQL) is looking for an operations engineer. Job ref: 6175. To apply via the Internet logon to: www.oxy.com, click Careers, click Available positions, click Vie Open Position, Select: Location QA-Doha. There, I’ve contributed to the Malaysian brain drain. PETRONAS, please stop me.
  • M3Nergy is looking for a marine engineer (conversion). That’s converting a tanker to an FSO/FPSO.

Sigh, since I have moved with Synergy out of KL, will you patronise Chee Meng in my memory? Or invite me to meetings around Bukit Bintang at lunchtime? Is he doing packet specials?

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Saturday Star 2009-01-24 – Job Opportunities

January 27, 2009

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 as well as be office managers. Come visit us at W-07-01, Subang Square Business Park, Jalan 15/4G, Subang.
  • SGS is looking for a Sampling / PVT engineer, flow assurance engineer (hey, I’m breaking into that market!) and new chem engineers. Send emails to sgs.malaysia@sgs.com, or snail mail to The Human Resources and Admin Division SGS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd, Unit 10-1, 10th Floor, Bangunan Malaysian Re, No. 17, Lorong Dungun, Damansara Heigths, 50490 KL. Most people confuse SGS with Shell Global Solutions. Not me, I go the other way round. I’ve met SGS before under the guise of their meter certification program. As for being a PVT engineer, my sources tell me that if you have to characterise a hydrocarbon, be prepared to spend a week+ matching the compositional breakdown with the PVT data.
  • Petrofac is looking for a deputy production manager. Sounds like an EMEPMI facilities engineer to me, though I hope the pay is better. Email to vacancy.kl@petrofac.com, or snail mail to Human Resource Department Petrofac (Malaysia-PM304) Limited, Leavel 50, Tower 2, PETRONAS Twin Towers, 50088 KL.
  • Esso is looking for Service Station Dealers. Contact them at Retail Area Manager (Dealership Application) Level 13, Menara ExxonMobil, KLCC, 50088 KL. I’ve never been on Level 13 myself, me being an upstream man and all.

And it’s a short week. If you are interested in finding out what Synergy can do for you, send me a note on this blog entry.

Why don’t companies put a link to their web pages in the papers? Hey, I’m doing you guys a service here, throw some money my way, or I’ll sic Jabba on you.

Sigh, since I have moved with Synergy out of KL, will you patronise Chee Meng in my memory? Or invite me to meetings around Bukit Bintang at lunchtime?

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Pertamina’s Natuna Plan Delayed by Lack of Data

December 12, 2008

Taken from the Jakata Globe (you can tell where I had my holidays), dateline Dec 10, 2008:

State oil and gas producer PT Pertamina will likely miss its December deadline to choose partners to help it develop the Natuna D-Alpha gas block as US oil giant ExxonMobil has yet to turn over key data, an Indonesian government official said on Tuesday.

Edy Hermantoro, director for upstream oil and gas at the Energy Ministry, said ExxonMobil would continue to have control over the block until Jan. 9, when its contract with the Indonesian government officially expires. “Exxon has the right to hold onto the data until its contract is over,” Edy said on Tuesday. “This also means that Pertamina’s right [to take over Natuna] is not effective yet as Exxon’s contract is still valid.”

But Edy’s comments contradicted earlier statements by the Energy Ministry. It announced in 2006 that ExxonMobil’s contract had been terminated, arguing Exxon had produced nothing after 20 years spent exploring the block.

…

 One of the most tightly guarded treasures of a hydrocarbon production company is its reservoir data. Making this information public domain is kinda like giving your competitors an insight in your 10-15 year revenue and investment plan.

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Oil & Gas Buildings – Construction Phase

December 6, 2008

I managed to take photos of these buildings while they were under construction. Do they look familiar?

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Fasting – Offshore Style

September 23, 2008

Taken from The Star:

For oil platform workers off Terengganu, work must go on
By NURBAITI HAMDAN

TERENGGANU: For most people, the Hari Raya holidays are the time to spend with family and friends.

But for a group of workers, the end of the fasting month will have to be marked some 240km off the Terengganu shore in the middle of the South China Sea.

They are the staff of Exxon- Mobil’s Lawit A oil platform who are tasked with ensuring that petroleum production is not disrupted.

Operations supervisor Jawead Allahrakha, 50, said whatever happens, the work must go on.

“We are sacrificing our Hari Raya so that other people in the country can celebrate,” he said, adding that 90% of the 81 platform crew are Muslims.

He will be one of 45 people who will spend the first day of Hari Raya on the oil platform.

The rest were lucky enough to get leave to celebrate at home.

Chef Hanizul Hamzah, tasked with feeding those on the platform, said a sense of duty makes him carry on.

Hanizul has never celebrated Hari Raya at home since he started working at the platform in 1999. But this year, he hopes he would be home in Kota Baru for the festivities.

“Being able to serve the crew with the best meals I could cook makes it all worth it.

“Good food makes people happy,” said the 46-year-old from Kelantan.

His main concern at the moment was making sure there was lemang and ketupat for the crew as it would just not be Hari Raya without these favourites.

For maintenance worker Sulaiman Samsudin, 55, the platform has become a second home.

“I have celebrated Hari Raya 12 times here. It was hard initially to be so far away from my family in Perak,” said Sulaiman.

He said some of the younger crew members would lock themselves in their rooms because they were too sad.

“But this is life at the platform. Being one of the seniors here, I would talk to them and try to make them feel better,” he said, describing the crew as his ‘family.’

Mechanical worker Nazman Muhammad, 35, from Kelantan, shared a way to deal with home sickness.

“The important thing is not to be alone. You need to keep yourself occupied,” he said,

Nazman said he would also re-enact the first morning of Hari Raya once he got back home onshore, even if it was the 15th day.

“With the decorations still hanging and food served, my wife and I would treat the day as if it was the first day of Aidilfitri,” he said.

(Did I mention I was part of the Lawit Design team?)

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ExxonMobil – Instep MOU

September 11, 2008

Signing of MoU between EMEPMI and INSTEP

On September 3, 2008, EMEPMI signed an MOU with the PETRONAS Institute of
Petroleum Technology (INSTEP) to develop a technician training curriculum
for Upstream Production Operations.

Zan Noor Ismail, Operations Manager, signed on behalf of EMEPMI while
Khairul Azman Yasin, PETRONAS Management Training Berhad CEO, signed on
behalf on INSTEP. Grace Choo, EMEPMI SHE Manager and M. Sazali Salim,
INSTEP General Manager witnessed the signing.

Since 2002, EMEPMI has been utilizing INSTEP facilities to train field
technicians. The MOU will expand this relationship for the benefit of
both parties as follows:

  • INSTEP will gain access to proven training curriculum developed from
    ExxonMobil’s worldwide vendor pool and calibrated against ExxoMobil
    global standards.
  • EMEPMI will be able to leverage on INSTEP as a proven training
    facility and training provider to help rebuild competency levels in
    the current workforce as well as for training of new trainee intakes.

The signing of the MOU marks another milestone in the ExxonMobil and
PETROANS partnership. The training curriculum developed through this
partnership will contribute towards building a competent local workforce
not only for ExxonMobil but also for the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry in
Malaysia.

Ceremony Signing EMEPMI INSTEP MOU

Ceremony Signing EMEPMI INSTEP MOU

 (I thought EMEPMI had been sending technicians to be trained at INSTEP for a looooong time already.)

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Saturday Star 2008-09-06 – Job Opportunities

September 8, 2008

Sorry for skipping a week. I was out of town. My next few post will have some photos I took on my trip.

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

  • Optimal is looking for a Kerteh-based Chemist. Emailand web presence available. A lot of people moved to Optimal when it first started up, though I think the renumeration package isn’t as good nowadays. However, it’s still better than PETRONAS because Dow Chemicals is running interference.
  • ExxonMobil is looking for a safe/ risk engineer. Submit CVs by 20th Sept, 2008 at the local web page.
  • Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) is looking for a senior project, process control, process consultant and senior safety engineer. There is  a walk in interview on the 18th to 22nd October, 2008 (tempting, tempting) at the JW Marriot, between 0900 to 1700. You can apply via email here. 
  • MISC has some positions, though with the recent hijackings, they might expect a drop of takers.
  • Shell is looking for some downhole people and well people: Offshore Completion and Intervention Supervisor, Offshore Drilling Supervisor, Well Completion Design Engineer, Well Eng, Well Opns Eng.  Head to their website and follow Professionals & Apply → Job Search → Region → Asia. Closing date’s Sept 21st, so run to your nearest netbook.

 

Jalan Sukajadi, Bandung, Indonesia

Jalan Sukajadi, Bandung, Indonesia

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Token of Appreciation

July 20, 2008
Safety Culture Reminder

Safety Culture Reminder

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