Oil firm with Gaddafi ties helped construction giant win contracts overseas

November 24, 2013

Not wholly a Malaysian topic, but 1) I need link bait, 2) Leighton does have a local presence. Dateline 2013-10-02:

Leighton Holdings‘ offshore arms enlisted a network of middlemen with links to influential officials in corruption-prone countries to help it win huge contracts.

Those middlemen included a Monaco firm with ties to former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and senior Iraqi politicians.

Company files indicate the Australian construction giant paid Monaco’s Unaoil $40 million at the direction of the Iraqi Oil Ministry as part of a 2010 contract suspected of being corrupt.

The ministry had nominated Unaoil as the subcontractor that would provide domestic support to Leighton Offshore on a $750 million oil pipeline project.

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The files suggest Unaoil, which has employed former top Iraqi oil officials, received its money after the Australian company allegedly artificially inflated the value of an onshore support services contract by $40 million.

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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.

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From Offshore Shipping Online – Leighton Offshore opens engineering business in Malaysia – wins US$10 million Iraq contract

December 22, 2011

If Leighton was the former engineering consulting arm of DPS, what’s DPS Consultants Malaysia?

Dateline 2011-12-07:

Leighton Offshore has officially launched a new engineering business in Malaysia. DPS Leighton Engineering Sdn Bhd (LE), a fully owned PMC subsidiary of Leighton Offshore, provides engineering and PMC solutions for Leighton’s international EPCIC and LOFS business.

Leighton’s detailed engineering and PMC arm has grown from the former oil and gas engineering consulting business of DPS Bristol (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, which was acquired by Leighton.

LE will also be providing technical, procurement and management support to DPS Consultant Malaysia Sdn Bhd, which provides oil and gas consultancy services in Malaysia.

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