McDermott, TH Heavy Engineering dissolve partnership

November 15, 2016

Dateline 2016-09-27, OE Digital:

Houston-based McDermott International and Malaysian fabrication firm TH Heavy Engineering (THHE) will end their Malaysian joint ventures Berlian McDermott (BMD) and THHE Fabricators (THF), the pair announced on Friday (23 September), citing local market conditions.

The proposal will see both THHE and McDermott trade interests in the joint ventures to the other. For example, THHE will transfer its 30% interest in BMD to McDermott, while McDermott will transfer its 30% stake in THF to THHE. Each transfer was valued at US$17.33 million (MYR 71.73 million).

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McDermott, THHE Formalize JVs to Tap Malaysia’s EPCIC Market

November 27, 2013

Dateline 2013-10-04, Rigzone:

McDermott International, Inc. (McDermott) reported Thursday that the company’s affiliates and Malaysia-based TH Heavy Engineering Berhad (THHE) have confirmed the formalization of several Joint Ventures. The joint ventures were formally approved by THHE shareholders at their annual general meeting June 3.

“This is a milestone occasion for both companies” said Scott Cummins, senior vice president and general manager, McDermott in Asia Pacific. “We have worked together on previous international bids as prime contractor and subcontractor, but with the new joint ventures we are both better able to commit and combine resources to enhance our joint Malaysian business. “

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Saturday Star 2013-07-06 – Job Opportunities

July 8, 2013

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me.

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, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • McDermott is looking for engineering people. Visit their website, or send your cv here
  • 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 2013-03-30 – Job Opportunities

April 1, 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.
  • Shell is looking for (many) drilling rig supervisors. Visit here. Have all their best and brightest been recruited by PETRONAS?
  • I see Petrofac is looking for a development manager. Send your cv via snail mail to Human Resource Department, Petrofac (Malaysia-PM304) Limited, Level 21, Menara 3 PETRONAS, Persiaran KLCC, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 KL, or you can try here.
  • McDermott are looking for people, project engineering managers, structural lead engineers, mechanical lead engineers, instrumentation lead engineers, subsea lead engineers, all with 10+ year experience. Visit the website, or submit 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 2012-07-14 – Job Opportunities

July 23, 2012

To all readers, Ramadhan Mubarak (yes, I’m a few days late, not making up my own madhab). Be a bit more patient and tolerant to fellow beings, and start helping out those less fortunate then us. Invite me over for tarawikh prayers, iftar optional, wifi a must.

C’mon. Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for my new camera. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. Plus, it’s my birthday month, so spend a little extra.

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’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.
  • Talisman is looking to populate their Kinabalu team. And they are looking for an allocation engineer! Apply here, and visit their site.
  • Berlian McDermott Sdn. Bhd are looking for people. Visit the website, “Career page” under Asia Pacific to apply, or submit your CV  here.

May I suggest that readers try Bluestacks? Run your Android apps on your Windows tablet, so you can buy that Win8 tablet (and buy me one) without worrying you won’t have anything to play on it!

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

You need to improve your Excel massage skills if you want to be an engineer. Here are some words to help you along.

  

Excel 2010 Bible, Excel 2010 Power Programming with VBA (Mr. Spreadsheet’s Bookshelf), Excel for Scientists and Engineers: Numerical Methods

This week’s food promotion is … mee bandung Mooor. If you find nice places around PJ, let me know. I’ve tried the one across from the PJ State Police Station.

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Murphy contracts McDermott for deepwater Malaysia oil development Mc

May 19, 2012

How do I get in touch with Berlian  McDermott? How big is their cubicle in Regis?

Dateline 2012-05-09:

McDermott International Inc. (NYSE: MDR) subsidiary Berlian McDermott Sdn Bhd has won a contract for subsea engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, installation, and commissioning in deepwater offshore Malaysia.

The subsea infrastructure work is on Murphy Sabah Oil Co. Ltd’s Siakap North – Petai development and covers rigid flowlines, flexible risers, an umbilical, and subsea hardware and controls. Siakap is northwest of Labuan Island in waters 3,900 – 4,900 ft (1,189 – 1,494 m) deep.

Field architecture consists of two rigid, insulated, pipe-in-pipe production flowlines, one rigid water injection flowline, and one main umbilical connecting eight new manifolds and subsea distribution units to existing riser slots on the Kikeh FPSO. The development calls for five water injection and eight production wells, drilled from the manifolds at each of the four drill centers.

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