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Cowboy Caleb Chats With Some Kuching Geologists

I’ve been wanting to write about my trip to Kuching, the capital of Sarawak but I keep delaying it because all the photos are back home and I’m currently in China.

But there is one curious incident I would like to to share with you.

One night after a ridiculously large seafood dinner (lobsters, prawns etc for only Rm150!!!), all the women went for a massage at some spa while I went off with the boys to a local pub. Now Kuching is very close to the off-shore petroleum rigs. It was at the pub that I was introduced to 2 geologists who worked for SHELL. They had just finished a 1 month stint on the rig and had just arrived back on the mainland.

Some questions I asked these 2 geologists, and their shocking answers:

Will Malaysia running out of oil soon?
Not likely. In fact, we just found another 3 wells last week. And we weren’t even trying very hard. The oil here is going to last a very long time.
Note: they get a couple of thousand dollars as a bonus each time they strike oil.

So why are Malaysians paying so much for oil?
Malaysian oil is of pretty high quality. The F87king government would rather sell it and pocket the proceeds and leave the common people to suffer.

So how liddat?
Don’t know about you, but once we make our money here, we’re migrating.

So now you know why Malaysian PM Badawi can reduce the price of petrol at will, and his deputy PM Najib can threaten us to cancel future reductions.

Malaysia BOLEH!!!

Hello, are you talking about? Have you actually been to Kuching? Since when when does Kuching has oil rigs or oil platform, get your fact straight before you post anything.

News like this doesn’t surprise me anymore.

dude, subsidies distort the market which create inefficient uses of resources.

the subsidies of oil in malaysia has caused it much loss for the past few years.

but hey, wat do i know…probably its good for singapore that malaysia subsidies more :P

Oilfield guy, Kuching is closer to the Miri and Bintulu oil/gas rigs compared to say Singapore or KL that’s for sure.

I think he was in Kuching. And the SHELL guys actually work in oil rigs OFF Miri but met the cowboy in Kuching.

Oil rigs are hundred of miles away from Kuching.

“….local pub. Now Kuching is very close to the off-shore petroleum rigs. It was…”

Kenny Sia, actually the closest rig or platform to Kuching will be at Belingian offshore. Look at the context “very close”, now define very close?

what the fuss about where and how far??? The true fact is CC met two shell guys in Kuching. Maybe they were taking their breaks/holiday there. So this two shell guys told him this. Why so piss??? I can smell some pro UMNO ppl pissing here….

Summary
1. cb in kuching
2. oilrigs near kuching
3. oilymen meets cb and talks cock
4. cb concludes msia has oil, but not for its own people
5. off topic, hey lets talk about distance between pedra branca to msia & singapore.

i think ppl are confused between running out of oil & becoming net importer of oil….the answer is yes, in 20-30 years & yes, in 5-10 years depending on new discoveries & consumption rates.

btw, operations geologist won’t know much about the size of reserves, they only know if there’s oil here or there in where they are drilling but not how much. Even if there’s a new discovery, optimal development/production drilling to ensure optimum production is not exactly easy to do. Convincing the top guys up there who are not up to date with the latest LWD tools with DTB technology aren’t exactly that easy.

also, if you have higher quality of oil, where ppl are willing to buy it at a premium, and you can buy cheaper oil from saudi & refine it for less, why would you use your own oil?

some reading here if you’re interested: http://www.eoearth.org/article/Energy_profile_of_Malaysia

Exactly, finding oil is not a simple as “drill & strike oil”…

Bah, I go to Shell station to find oil. Sure strike one.

“also, if you have higher quality of oil, where ppl are willing to buy it at a premium, and you can buy cheaper oil from saudi & refine it for less, why would you use your own oil?”

OK, UMNO Cybertrooper. Now tell us where the fuck the profits from selling these higher quality oil goes to?

And curious how 3 oil “specialists” suddenly pop into this blog, and become very defensive. CB, are their IPs the same?

nope, all IP’s are different.

This is not defending anybody, this is just general information for everyone.

I work in part of this field so I know how thing work around. What they do with the profit I really dunno & have no idea. I’m not one of the politcian who got a piece of the cake, if I am…I wont be wasting time chating on this here…

Just for example aw, if you’re boss produce rolex & u sell rolex for him. Do you wear one yourself when people wants to buy your rolex with high price? Or you keep the rolex & sell it cheap to your friends & family? And do you know what does the CEO of Rolex do with the profit?

Just common sense…

Besides, that is how the system work…just so you know…

this chain look damn funny.

achelly i can give u another reason on y d f* those 2 jokers can give u that, but must be off record and spoken elsewhere. nanti kena seditious laws pulak.

kejap … please cheer for me cos i have two months more to go before something major happens.

“IN 1980, Bank Bumiputera Malaysia Bhd (BBMB) was receiving RM50 million a month from Petronas as part of an agreement to increase the coffers of the bank which was set up specifically for the benefit of bumiputras.“

Source: http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/news_features/lorrain_breaks_his_silence.html

dude….

in high school ald geography tells us msian oil is super good quality. got less sulphur and whatnots.

who doesnt want to sell it at premium to arabs and sell “lousier” petrol to the public at same price ler.