From Bernama – MMHE Secures RM1.4 Billion Contract From EMEPMI

Dateline 2011-11-03:

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Bhd (MMHE) has secured the RM1.4 billion Tapis Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project from ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc (EMEPMI).

The contract from the subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation is for the construction and installation of the main structure for the Tapis R topside, which is the main structure of the Tapis EOR project.

EMEPMI chairman and president, Hugh W Thompson said the contract was part of the company’s long-term commitment to work closely with PETRONAS and their co-venture partner PETRONAS Carigali to develop Malaysia’s full energy potential.”

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Saturday Star 2010-07-17 – Job Opportunities

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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.

• Corro Shield, who is hosting a visit by the IEM on 5th August, 2010 is looking for a reservoir engineer / production technologist, blaster / painter, scaffolding inspector /scaffolder. Contact them here.
• ExxonMobil is looking for a petrophysicist. They are accepting people with an Engineering degree, so that’s why this position is in the list.
• Murphy is looking for a drilling fluid coordinator. Can someone tell me how do you coordinate drilling fluids? Do you stand in front of the barrels and shout “Fluids, leeeeeeft face!”?  Send your applications here.
• Talisman is looking a Snr Drilling Engineer and Senior Production Technologist. Apply here, and visit their site.
• Technip wants to has another advert in the paper. I guess there are too many positions to name, as the positions are now listed as Engineering, Accounts & Finance, Human Resources and Secretary (I very much doubt it comes with the prefix “Company”). Visit here soon.
• Halliburton is looking for Reliability Engineers. Write in and send their details here.

I recently discovered tha Kinokunya KLCC has a whole rack dedicated to oil & gas topics. ‘Course, I would prefer if you bought the above selection from my site, but I value your continued education more than profit. Actually, I prefer it the other way round, so purchase stuff from me.

This selection focuses on the non-engineers among you. Try out Oil & Gas Production in Nontechnical Language, The Petroleum Industry: A Nontechnical Guide, and Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language, Fourth Edition. I haven’t used these books before, but they seem quite good.

From O&G Journal – ExxonMobil to boost Tapis field production in Malaysia

I understand that the Tapis EOR CPP ITB was sent out to all parties listed under the appropriate PETRONAS SWAC code, as there wasn’t any pre-screening performed. That meant that some parties were invited to bid for a project whose bank guarantee amount was similar to their yearly income.

Taken from the Oil & Gas Journal, dateline 2010-06-10:

 ExxonMobil to boost Tapis field production in Malaysia

Eric Watkins, OGJ Oil Diplomacy Editor

LOS ANGELES, June 10 — ExxonMobil Corp. said its enhanced oil recovery project at Malaysia’s Tapis field will start in 2013, with an estimated gross investment of more than $1 billion, according to a senior company executive.

“This latest contract includes commitments to implement an enhanced oil recovery project at the Tapis field and will be the first ever large-scale project of its kind in Malaysia,” said ExxonMobil senior vice-president Andrew Swiger.

“The Tapis project represents yet another major step forward to develop Malaysia’s full energy potential,” Swiger told the Asia Oil & Gas Conference.

Tapis field is one of seven mature offshore fields that ExxonMobil (78%) and state-owned Petronas (22%) have agreed to develop as part of a 25-year production-sharing contract that was finalized in June 2009.

Under the agreement, which includes provisions for the deployment of EOR and further drilling to boost output, work will be carried out on all seven fields, including Seligi, Guntong, Tapis, Semangkok, Irong Barat, Tebu, and Palas.

The Tapis oil development, which lies 190 km off Terengganu in 64 m of water, produces an extra-light, low-sulfur crude, and once served as the benchmark for pricing oil cargoes in Australia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

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Saturday Star 2010-05-22 – Job Opportunities

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• ExxonMobil is looking for a wellwork supervisor. This advert came out about the same time last year. Do they only last for a year, or is this a term contract?
• Amerstrand Engineering is looking for a Project Manager (E&I, Mech, Piping & Architectural). Email to hr@amerstrand.com. There is no website.
• Kencana Pinewell, a subsidiary of Kencana Petroleum, is looking for a mess o’ people. Project Man, Constr Man, Tender & Prop Man, Opns Team Leader, Field Eng, Project Eng, Comm Eng, Rot Eqt Eng, QC Eng, HSE Eng. Send your resumes to hradmin.pinewell@knpe.com.my
• SABIC is looking for people,  production operators for olefins (etylene, butene-1 and butadiene). You can apply via email here or here. Or key in your resumes online here, by logging in under candidate login and password at the website. Submission by 26th May, 2010, interviews on 29th and 30th May 2010 at the Ritz Carlton.
• Newfield is  looking for a HSE specialist, Environmental specialist (I always forget the ‘n’ in environ…). Email your resume in before 7 June, 2010.
• Smith International Inc. is looking for i-Drill Engineers (you drill what?).  Apply here.

Food recommendations for this week? Try Aliya, on Lorong Dungun.

Food

Tea Masala

Elephant found

Aliya Frontage

As for recommendations, since Ashes to Ashes (spin-of from the Life on Mars Series) concluded on Friday, 21 March, and I am a big fan of the series (not sure about the US version, though), I recommend getting Life On Mars (UK): The Complete Collection, Ashes to Ashes – Series One, and Ashes To Ashes – Series 2. Or if you can wait, I’m sure they’ll publish Ashes to Ashes as one complete selection.

Saturday Star 2010-02-06 – Job Opportunities

Another day, another scan of The Star.

• Institusi Teknologi Petroleum PETRONAS (INSTEP to friends) is looking for technical trainers. Nah, give out more money to independent, boutique companies like Synergy. Anyhow, they are looking for Learning Facilitator/Trainers. Send your application to instep@petronas.com.my
• RasGas “The Power of the Drop” is looking for a Lead Mechanical and Pipeline Eng, Senior Integrity Eng, Senior Mech Eng, Senior Marine Eng. That’s a first, AP Recruitment is not mentioned as the local contact, could there be a falling out of favour? I believe RasGas is a JV, one of the partners being ExxonMobil.
• ExxonMobil is looking for Technicians (I&E, Mech, Production), 2nd advert in as many weeks. Visit the site, or snail mail to Recruitment, Human Resources, Level 17, Menara ExxonMobil, 50088 KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
• Murphy is looking for a Prod Eng Man, Rot Eng, Snr Production Eng, Prod Tech, Maint Eng. Hey, weren’t these positions open in the Star on 2009-10-24? Apparently none of you who applied before were good enough. Throw the dice, and  apply again here.
• SapuraCrest is looking for a mess of engineers in a full page advert. CV’s may be sent here, or here.
• Oh, Lord. Talisman is looking for Buyers (fresh graduate encourage to apply!). Apply here, and visit their site. Jabba, you know that deal we talked about…?

Here are some photos of a typical Synergy supper at Dragon Restaurant, Miri.

Saturday Star 2010-01-30 – Job Opportunities

Nothing much this week, the papers were kinda thin on O&G adverts.

• Synergy is looking for lead safety engineers, safety specialists, junior and lead process engineers and technical writers. We’re on an expansion drive, people! Visit the Synergy website for contact details. For leads, you need 5 years plus experience in the oil & gas industry. For safety specialist applicants, you need to be well versed in HAZOP, HAZID, QRA, FERA and Formal Safety Assessment. Ah, heck. If you have more than 5 years experience in O&G, apply. If you have less than 5, send a donation to the offshore account, and still get abuse. For juniors, go pick up a copy of Cambridge’s ChemEng syallabus, and go study like the Tripods (all of them) are tomorrow. 
• Sabic has an advert. Actually, it has a walk in interview at the JW Marriot Hotel on the 5-7th Feb, 2010, bwtween 9 to 5. The Ibn Zahr site is looking for a PP Operator, MTBE & Utility Operator, PP Process Sec Head, Control Sys Eng, Rot Eqt Eng, Insp & Corrosion Eng, Env Eng, Process Eng, Safety Eng. You can apply via email here or here. Or key in your resumes online here.
• ExxonMobil is looking for Technicians (I&E, Mech, Production). Visit the site, or snail mail to Recruitment, Human Resources, Level 17 (isn’t this the canteen?), Menara ExxonMobil, 50088 KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
• Talisman is looking for HSSE/OI Performance Management Specialist, Head of Well Engineering Operations . Apply here, and visit their site.

If you are looking for an alternate career, MJ’s been seen at Amcorp Mall, PJ.

MJ Amcorp Mall

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Shout Out – ExEPMI get together, 24th April.

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.

Colours of Diversity – EMEPMI Open Day

I 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.

Saturday Star 2008-11-15 – Job Opportunities

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.
• 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?

Token of Appreciation

Safety Culture Reminder