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post Mar 3 2015, 03:51 PM

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Any electrical engineers here? I got a job offer I want to offload as I got a better offer to stay here in Australistan.

1 Year contract, good money, inspecting PAU work, based in Peninsula Malaysia.

PM if you'd like more info. Don't PM me if you don't know what a PAU is.
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post Mar 7 2015, 05:51 AM

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QUOTE(BaRT @ Mar 6 2015, 05:53 PM)
Bro...apa cieta? Semput ke? Environment x bagus utk kesihatan ke or sbb stress?
kat kompeni aku ni ada 1 ekor, yg keje & attitude mcm sial, tp position dah permanent. Keje cam sial rileks je tp mcm ada immuniti sket kat sini (kalau ko paham maksud aku la kan,,)
Ikut hati aku mmg nak kick out dia psl ramai kat luar sana nak keje O&G lg bagus. Just matter of time jer... vmad.gif
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Haha, that's what we call "Furniture" over here. OnG especially client side, furniture bnyk.
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post Mar 8 2015, 04:29 AM

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QUOTE(viole @ Mar 7 2015, 04:17 PM)
Abang abang senior semua and expert electrical empire23,
berbaloi ke to spend time to do Ir untuk orang yang bukan buat design?
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In oil and gas situations when the below non-design stuff crops up you'll need an RPEQ/CPEng/IR to sign off when;

1) Package deviation
2) Design change (even if minor)
3) TQ (Technical Query) answering
4) Issue of DCN (Design Change Notice)
5) Any issues between standards and company TS (Technical Spec)

Most of my seniors are IR and I'm working towards it as well. It is quite useful.
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post Mar 13 2015, 04:33 AM

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QUOTE(mohdyakup @ Mar 11 2015, 06:09 PM)
Christopher Harris 
**Urgent requirement** Instrumentation Commissioning Engineer - Malaysia. 3 months contract, expat package - salary, accommodation, site allowance and flights. Ideal candidate need a to have 12-15 years of LNG, Foxboro and Instrumentation experience. For further details please contact me directly +65 69220625 or send your CV
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I like the idea of commissioning Foxboro Invensys/IOM products, I'm quite used to their stuff inclusive of PCMM and MV. But 12 to 15 years of exp is a bit hard to swallow haha tongue.gif

Anyways, anyone here got through the first round of selection for Maersk Drilling's MITAS and Accelerated Rig Manager program? I'm just up to the IQ tests for now.
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post Mar 13 2015, 09:15 AM

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QUOTE(mhyug @ Mar 13 2015, 07:51 AM)
fuhhh thats big bro. good luck! rclxms.gif good rig those maersk ones. good food good facility.
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I'll need that luck.

Either way I've got other offers. Snowy Mountain Hydroelectric wants an EnE, so I might take that to ride out this "low point" in oil and gas till market naik again.

QUOTE(mohdyakup @ Mar 13 2015, 07:54 AM)
Kalau kau dah naik jadi Rig Manager jangan lupa kenen2 aku for post SCA okay ehehehehehe
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Kalau jadi lah laugh.gif


QUOTE(meonkutu11 @ Mar 13 2015, 08:54 AM)
You are not going for MITAS, right bro? That program designs for fresh graduates. For experience people, the program towards to Driller Trainee Program, Rig Manager Development Program or SWAT Program (Subsea Engineer).
Anyway, again Goodluck in your interview.

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I applied for both MITAS and the Rig Program late last year. Doesn't matter, I know next to nothing about drilling, so might as well start again to complement by MEng I'm doing with UNSW.

I'm not an OnG electrical freshie, but drilling wise, I am. That's why I don't mind the pay cut if there is any.

SWAT, kenot lah, I don't have enough mech or hydraulics knowledge to be competitive in that position tongue.gif
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post Mar 14 2015, 04:40 AM

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QUOTE(mohdyakup @ Mar 13 2015, 11:15 PM)
Why is it a must for you asking for a company stability? O&G market is dynamic and very volatile, do you think there will be such thing as stability over the long run?

Sedangkan major E&P operator dah buang orang, inikan lagi vendor ikan bilis yang kecil. Kau nak career stability in O&G? Aku pergi gelak dulu bai... Sorry aku tiada niat nak menyindir... But this is reality... O&G cyclical sangat kejam bai...
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This.

We have no stability in our jobs, the way our contracts are written, they can easily throw me out with 2 weeks pay and fly me off on the next heli today if they wanted to.

Australian OnG is even more brutal than Malaysian OnG, we don't have VSS or FSS most of the time, because labour laws do not protect people classed as "high income earners" under the Fair Work Act.

We mostly hop from job to job, but we command good dollars in return. If you want stability go work in a kedai runcit.

QUOTE(animichi @ Mar 14 2015, 03:55 AM)
Hi..want to ask to senior in o&g field..

I am fresh grad in dip.electri n elctronic..so if any of u can recommend me a cmpny that i can apply a job as first job..
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Apply to all of them. Yes. All of them.
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post Mar 14 2015, 07:48 AM

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QUOTE(meonkutu11 @ Mar 14 2015, 07:36 AM)
Thats why our semisub rig storekeeper (australian) getting around usd17k. f***ing high..i guess the labour law and their union REALLY protect them well. but,  i dont know if they  are like brazilian crews (also have same kind of union), as most of them are demanding and.....lemau & manja sgt!
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We get paid very high day rates here in Australia, but we usually don't have any protections under law, if costs need to be cut they just get rid of us. Also union strength depends on which state, but up here in Queensland, Unions aren't as popular.

On more crucial projects, most engineers are on 1.2k dollars a day. But the minute you become useless......
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post Mar 26 2015, 04:55 AM

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Fingers crossed I don't bomb this opportunity lads!

I still have Inpex pending and might have secured an offer at Snowy Hydro though. Not good, too many choices.
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post Mar 26 2015, 06:41 AM

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QUOTE(mohdyakup @ Mar 26 2015, 06:19 AM)
Give me your Inpex offer I wanna go to Itchys LNG project lulz
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If you're electrical, no issues. If I don't take the job I usually pass it on to others I know who are qualified. No point being kedekut in this business.
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post Mar 26 2015, 10:53 AM

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QUOTE(mohdyakup @ Mar 26 2015, 06:49 AM)
Just kidding bro hehehehe gurau jer. Cheers.
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Well if you know anyone that wants and is good in EEHA, no issues laugh.gif

That's how we build networks, recommend the right person for the job, you scratch his back, later on he'll scratch your back.

That's how it works over here at least, that's why newbies find it hard to get an OnG job here.

QUOTE(professor_snape @ Mar 26 2015, 07:57 AM)
santos, Japanese-led Team Make New Oil Find Off Malaysia
by  Reuters|Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Santos, Japanese-led Team Make New Oil Find Off Malaysia
Santos and its Japanese and Malaysian partners hit oil in an exploration well in deepwater off Sabah in east Malaysia, and are planning to drill further to evaluate the find.
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MELBOURNE, March 25 (Reuters) - Santos Ltd and its Japanese and Malaysian partners hit oil in an exploration well in deep water off Sabah in east Malaysia, and are planning to drill further to evaluate the find, the Australian company said on Wednesday.

"A significant oil discovery has recently been made at the Bestari-1 exploration well," Santos said in a filing to the Australian Stock Exchange.

Santos said the well hit 67 metres of high quality oil in depths ranging from 1,860 metres to 2,702 metres below the sea.

"While there is still a lot of work to be done in determining recoverable volumes, this is a large structural closure potentially capable of supporting significant column heights," Santos vice president John Anderson said in emailed comments.

The well was one of six Santos has scheduled in a $250 million exploration campaign this year, after cutting planned capital spending for 2015 by a fourth in December to help cope with a slump in oil prices.


Partners in the block are operator JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corp, Japan's Inpex Corp, Malaysian state oil firm Petronas and Santos, which bought its stake from the two Japanese partners in January.

Deepwater Block R, where the Bestari-1 well was drilled, is close to other oil discoveries, including the Kikeh oil field, which started producing in 2007, five years after it was discovered.

- See more at: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?hp...h.liwjtCNC.dpuf
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Santos just laid off a shitload of their engineering staff here. Sad sad.gif
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post Mar 27 2015, 08:12 AM

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QUOTE(mhyug @ Mar 26 2015, 06:58 PM)
congrats bro, ni yg program rig manager kan? i see untuk AD says mid 2015...download the pdf and says check back on the site on whne and how to apply but x dak pon "apply button". maybe x bukak lg kot. smile.gif
so does the above mean application open 2015 and intake is nov for successful candidates hmm.gif
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That and MITAS. Those are the 2 applied for at least.

Their website mmg buggy and doesn't line up, that's why I used to check their online system every week just in case.
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post Mar 27 2015, 11:41 AM

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QUOTE(fatman_xing @ Mar 27 2015, 11:03 AM)
I need to look for new job too. Contract ending in 3 months.
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My contract ends in Sept, but might as pull the ejection seat early if got better offer tongue.gif

Denmark sounds nice, interview on Monday booked in. Praying I get it couz laugh.gif
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post Mar 27 2015, 04:28 PM

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QUOTE(thpace @ Mar 27 2015, 01:33 PM)
Becoming a DE? thumbup.gif
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Yeap Drill. I mean why not? Still young, take a pay cut to learn a new skill.
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post Mar 29 2015, 07:38 AM

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QUOTE(mrlolo @ Mar 29 2015, 07:33 AM)
Bro, kau apply online kan MITAS ni? Aku baru tau, tapi maybe application dis dah close, dah takde dah aku tengok T.T

Bulan berapa kau apply hari tu? Later on, mind share the tips of the interview eh biggrin.gif
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I applied for 2 positions and 2 programs last year in December.

So far:

- They'll give you an IQ screening test, if you can most correct and finish 8 out of 10 pages within the time limit, you're looking good. They're quite hard but not impossible.
- There is a personality screening test, make sure your answers fit the general psychological profile that employers look for (depends on position)

I'll be doing the interview tomorrow afternoon, hopefully all goes well.

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post Mar 29 2015, 01:34 PM

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QUOTE(BaRT @ Mar 29 2015, 10:09 AM)
But surprisingly, when we offer new job to candidate with 35% increment comparing with his last salary. He refuse to accept & asking 85% increment.

And yet he just 3 years experience and just being lay off from his company.

I LOL hard on this guy...
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You gip me 35 percent increment I fly back Malaysia esok haha laugh.gif
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post Mar 30 2015, 07:07 AM

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QUOTE(hlsp7a @ Mar 29 2015, 10:58 PM)
Any IT related Job Opportunities in the O&G Field????
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IT is a very niche field in OnG. For the 800 people we have on site, we have no IT people. We have 2 IT people working across 3 sites and they're shared, so the ratio between normal workers to IT people in the field is easily 2000:1. APLNG being a 30 billion dollar project only has 20 full time IT people and most of them are seconded under contract from Hewlett Packard. QGC, Santos, Woodside and so on are pretty much the same.

OnG Field and Network Engineering (PAS/CSI) are the fields that are most related to IT, but require very specialist knowledge in networking and non-traditional protocols and PHY layers, so usually they take their ranks from IT people who have years of experience in the service provider level networking and instrumentation sector.
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post Mar 31 2015, 05:03 AM

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QUOTE(masquerade @ Mar 31 2015, 02:29 AM)
hi and salam to otai2 O&G
i have recently graduated with second class lower degree from University of Sydney in Mechanical engineering.
Really keen in getting in O&G particularly drilling and pipe design.As a fresh grad,saya mohon abang2 oldtimer guide adik freshie ini. smile.gif
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Drilling usually doesn't take mechies. Drilling support and design will take in mech engies.

Suggest starting with an SMP position and then moving up to more specialized areas (vessels, pipelines, turbomachinery). Also having existing certifications in Welding and weld inspection helps a lot.

If you're from USYD and have a PR, try Laing O'Rourke, Downer EDI, Monodelphous, CBI Kentz or Thiess grad programs, they're all very well structured.
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post Apr 2 2015, 08:23 AM

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An off-shore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has exploded in a massive fireball that killed four workers and injured dozens more.

Eight fireboats are battling the blaze that broke out on the Abkatun Permanente platform, Mexico's state-run petroleum corporation Pemex has confirmed in statement.

More than 300 workers were evacuated from the platform but the number of injured remains unclear.

Local emergency services from nearby Ciudad del Carmen have reported around 45 people were injured but Pemex stated only 16 were injured, two of them critically.

The Abkatun-Pol-Chuc offshore oilfields where the platform is located produced less than 300,000 barrels per day in 2013, a decrease of more than half from a peak in the mid-1990s of 700,000 barrels, according to the US Energy Information Administration.


Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/04/02/0...lWxCqHIzYlyd.99





http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/04/02/0...n-gul-of-mexico
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post Apr 9 2015, 12:44 PM

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QUOTE(kaisk8freak @ Apr 9 2015, 11:40 AM)
All this while I thought Project Engineer get the most chance to learn about everything..
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lol no. My job is more management than any hard engineering. My title is Project E&I Engineer.

Discipline engineer especially during the FEED phase will give you the best technical experience possible.

In the words of my SMP counterpart : "Mate, we don't do any actually engineering. Even a 17 year old who barely passed English and can count to 100 can do our jobs given 6 months. We're like overpaid admin girls!"

He isn't wrong laugh.gif

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post Apr 11 2015, 06:24 AM

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QUOTE(Stamp @ Apr 9 2015, 02:19 PM)
In PSC companies, sometimes a Project Engineer will assume the role of Engineering Lead also, to coordinate work flow amongst all other discipline engineers. For an offshore platform development, a Project Engineer will need to have some knowledge on facilities engineering. Most PEs I've worked with are either from process engineering or mechanical engineering background.
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I come from both an engineering and electrician trade background, and I guess that's what they hired me for. It's my opinion that if you're still new, best not to go for project eng position client side and spend 3 or 4 years vendor side to get a hang of the basics.

Most of these days my jobs are generally;

- Discipline Acceptance and C2 phase sign off
- Managing sub-con TQs and checking in with HQ Eng dept
- CCMS management of FICs, Tasks, Punchlists and MOCs
- Coordination of sub-cons and work teams, ensuring dayworks cost fixtures
- Critical path and scheduling input + costing with Commercial

Mostly admin.

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