IEM Shout Out – Two-Day Course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures by Coating Technology & Cathodic Protection

October 31, 2012

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing a Two-Day Course on Corrosion Control of Steel Structures by Coating Technology & Cathodic Protection on the 8th and 9th November, 2012 (Thursday & Friday) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 8 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the course.

 Corrosion has been a concern in many industries. Corrosion can cause unexpected failures of structures and can result in huge losses in life, production as well as environmental. It has been reported that corrosion can, on average, causing around 3% of GNP in many industrialized countries. Coating and Cathodic protection are two of few most effective corrosion protection methods available in the industry nowadays. It has been successfully used to overcome corrosion and extension of service life of structures.

The course is divided into three main parts. The first part deals with the fundamental of corrosion and its type, the second part will focus on the corrosion control by coating technology while the third part focus on cathodic protection.

The course will introduce you to the following topics:

  • Fundamental of Corrosion
  • Type of Corrosion and Its Recognition
  • Type of Corrosion Control Methods
  • Introduction to Corrosion Control by Coating
  • Paint Components and Types of Binders, Pigments, Fillers and their Functions
  • Requirements for Optimum Protection
  • Failures and Type of Failures of Paints
  • Criteria of Cathodic Protection
  • Electrical Measurement for Cathodic Protection System

Mr. Kang Kim Ang, MSc. Corrosion (UMIST. U.K.), Dip. Materials Engineering (TARC), C.Eng., FIMM, Micorr, a Chartered Engineer registered with Engineering Council, UK and the Corrosion Specialist and Cathodic Protection Specialist accredited by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM).

Mr. Frankie Chua Cheng Huat, B.Sc. Chemistry, FIMM, an Association (ATSC) Protective Coatings Specialist and Senior Corrosion Technologist accredited by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM). He is also a Council Member and past Chairman of Coatings Committee in IMM and an Associate Member of Oil & Colour Chemist.

Engr. Ong Wei Rex, M. Eng. Mechanical (UTM), BSc. Mechanical (Material) Engineering (UTM), Cathodic Protection (CP) Level 3 accredited by National Association of Corrosion Engineer (NACE), USA and CP Technologist Level 2 accredited by Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM). Engr. Ong is a Graduate Member of IEM. He is also an active committee member of the Chemical Engineering Technical Division.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

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Khairy: Oil royalty hike affects tax collection, Petronas profits

October 30, 2012

Dateline 2012-10-01:

Demands for increased royalty to be paid to oil-producing states will cause both a drop in tax collections and profits for government-owned firm Petronas, Umno lawmaker Khairy Jamaluddin said today.

“We understand demands from states such as Kelantan but we have to think of the financial implications when we talk about increasing royalty,” the Rembau MP said in Parliament.

The Barisan Nasional (BN) and Umno Youth chief said it was “not so easy” as the tax collection from such states will be affected.

He also said that increasing the oil royalty will cause a drop in Petronas’s returns.

Dividends from the state oil firm currently account for over 40 per cent of the federal government’s revenue.

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Saturday Star 2012-10-27 – Job Opportunities

October 29, 2012

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

Eid Mubarak, all.

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.
  • If you want to work for a certain hoss (hint, hint), go apply to Emas Production, a Singaporean company. They are looking for production supervisors, lead production operators, maintenance supervisors, technicians and others. You need 5 years exp, so I guess we’re going to continue the job hopping trend. Send 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!

With all the unfortunate accidents happening in Malaysian waters lately, I think a selection of safety books is in order:

  

Functional Safety, Second Edition: A Straightforward Guide to Applying IEC 61508 and Related Standards, Layer of Protection Analysis: Simplified Process Risk Assessment (Camino del Sol), Safety Critical Systems Handbook: A STRAIGHTFOWARD GUIDE TO FUNCTIONAL SAFETY, IEC 61508 (2010 EDITION) AND RELATED STANDARDS, INCLUDING PROCESS IEC 61511 AND MACHINERY IEC 62061 AND ISO 13849

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Kelantan gets leave to question Petronas over oil royalty claim

October 28, 2012

Dateline 2012-10-03:

After years of dispute, the Kelantan government is one step closer to resolving the long-standing oil royalty issue after the Federal Court today finally allowed the PAS-led state to ask state oil firm Petronas crucial questions on points of law related to its demand for payment.

A five-man Bench led by Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Md Raus Shariff awarded leave to Kelantan this morning as neither Petronas nor the federal government objected to the application.

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Oil & gas sector benefits

October 27, 2012

Dateline 2012-09-29:

THE oil and gas (O&G) industry saw several incentives announced by Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in the form of tax exemptions, investment tax allowance and tax incentives.

Najib said in his budget speech that these measures were aimed at enhancing the country’s capability, particularly in providing an ecosystem to support the development of the chain of refining, storage and trading of O&G.

The Government announced that a 100% income tax exemption for a period of 10 years, exemption of withholding tax and exemption of stamp duty would be given to public-private partnership projects in the development of the O&G industry.

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Bid to nullify the oil royalty deal

October 26, 2012

Dateline 2012-09-26:

Six Sabahan businessmen filed a suit at the High Court here, Tuesday, seeking to declare the Petroleum Agreement between the Sabah State Government and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) signed on June 14, 1976 ultra vires as well as null and void.

Lahirul Latigu (first plaintiff), Mohd Julpikar Ab Mijan (second plaintiff), Zainal Ajamain (third plaintiff), Joseph Wilfred (fourth plaintiff), Duli @ Dullie Mari @ Marie (fifth plaintiff) and Michael Peter Govind @ Mike Govind (sixth plaintiff) named Petroliam Nasional Berhad as the first defendant and the Sabah State Government as the second defendant.

The businessmen were also seeking a declaration that the Petroleum Development Act, in so far as it applies to the agreement dated June 14, 1976 between the first defendant and the second defendant is ultra vires null and void.

They are claiming for damages to be assessed, cost plus statutory interest and other relief deemed fit by the High Court.

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Reason for Haitus

October 25, 2012

I took a couple of weeks off contributing to the blog in September. Here’s the reason:

More photos available here.

 

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IEM Shout Out – One-day Course on Plastics for Automotive Applications

October 24, 2012

This is a shout out for IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division will be organizing an ‘One-day Course on Plastics for Automotive Applications‘ on the 21st November, 2012 (Wed.) at Wisma IEM, PJ. The session is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (registration at 8.30 a.m.) and end around 5 p.m. Participant will be granted 6 CPD/ PDP hours at the end of the day.

 This course is specially designed for people interested to gain knowledge on the plastics usage for automotive applications. This course will cover the basic theory of polymer properties and characterization as well as the processing technology. It is followed by exploring the plastic reinforcement technology and their competition in the automotive industry. In addition, environmental and safety requirement based on the customer demand of the automotive industry will be discussed. Finally, the examples of the use of plastics for specific components and systems will be covered.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

  • Analyse laboratory data to determine the performance of the plastic materials.
  • Select plastic materials based on application requirements.
  • Synthesis the reinforcement package for automotive application.
  • Determine the safety specifications to fulfill the international standards.

Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr Tee Tiam Ting is an associate professor in Chemical Engineering Department of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experiences in the field of Plastics in the university. He was the former vice president of IEM and currently the fellow member of IEM. He still plays an active role as a committee member of Chemical Engineering Technical Division (CETD) of IEM. He graduated with PhD from McGill University, Canada and was working on developing an oscillatory rheometer in 1970s to measure the viscoelastic property of polymer melts. He had worked as plant manager in an international Injection Moulding company at Montreal, Canada. He is currently an active consultant for Commercial Polymers Sdn. Bhd. to develop crosslinked polyethylene for cable application. He also had served as technical adviser to Malaysian Plastics Manufacturing Association of Malaysia for many years. He plays an active role in designing the polymer engineering curriculum of UTAR for undergraduate program.

Engr. Dr Lee Tin Sin is an assistant professor in Chemical Engineering Department of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). He graduated from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical-Polymer) and PhD in Polymer Engineering. He completed his PhD in two years’ time with 10 papers publications in international journals and book chapter about the characterization of biopolymer. His PhD research was focus on developing injection mouldable biodegradable cassava starch polymer compound which has won silver medal award in Malaysia Technology Expo 2010. Moreover, he has received IEM Young Engineers Award 2012. Previously, he worked as a R&D Process Engineer in Superlon Worldwide Sdn. Bhd. which is one of the largest nitrile insulation manufacturers in Malaysia. Currently, he plays active roles in designing the polymer engineering curriculum of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman for undergraduate program. Besides, he also serves as a committee member of the Chemical Engineering Technical Division (CETD) of IEM. In March 2012, the Young Engineer Awardwas conferred on him by the IEM Council in recognition of his outstanding works and achievements as an inspired young engineer.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

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IEM Shout Out – Full-Day HAZOP Training For Team Members – A Practical Approach

October 23, 2012

My technical division will be hosting a 1 day seminar on the 20th November, 2012. It is worth 6 CPD points, and held at Kelab Golf Negara Subang. Since I’m giving it, I expect hoards will have to be turned away at the gates.

A Hazard and Operability study is a formal and systematic and detailed examination of the process and engineering intentions of new or existing facilities which assesses the hazard potential and effects on the facility as a whole when operation is outside of the design envelope, or individual items of equipment malfunction.

This course is designed to educate participants in the HAZOP process from the perspective of a HAZOP team member. It is meant to provide both instruction and workshop sessions so that the participants:

  • Are familiar with the concept of ‘risk’
  • Are familiar with the theory behind HAZOP
  • Are familiar with the actual HAZOP workshop process
  • Have expectations as to what the HAZOP will (and won’t provide)
  • Understand what deliverables can be expected from a HAZOP
  • Have the opportunity to participate in HAZOP exercise in a safe environment
  • Opportunity to share HAZOP experiences

At the end of the session, the participants should:

  • Understand the responsibilities of all parties in the HAZOP
  • Have experience in a HAZOP session.
  • Understand the outcomes from a HAZOP session

Wata has 16 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations.

Register here, or download the form here.

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Shout Out – Talk on Corrosion in The Oil and Gas Industry

October 23, 2012

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be  hosting a talk on the 6th November, 2012. It’ll be at 5:30 pm  (makan-makan at 5:00). There’s an elevator at Wisma IEM, so no excuses.

The Oil and Gas Industry has a huge range of activities from exploration, extraction and production, processing and manufacturing of hydrocarbons.

The potential for corrosion to occur exists at all these stages as long as metallic materials are used. Corrosion if left unchecked can lead to disastrous failures that can cause huge impact to loss of production, damage to facilities and environment, and safety of personnel and the public. The key issues relating to HSSE, Cost, Integrity and Quality for an effective and successful prevention of corrosion are discussed in this presentation.

At the end of this presentation, the attendees should be aware of different corrosion processes in the different areas of activities, how design decisions are made to control predicted corrosion, and the keys to corrosion management during operations and production.

Puan Hjh Maimunah Ismail joined Lloyds Register Technical Services on 1st October, 2012.  She is now holding the roles of Asset Integrity Manager and Lead Specialist and based at Tan & Tan building at Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur.

Prior to this she worked with Shell companies for 30+years. Prior to her retirement on 31st August, 2012, she was the General/Regional Manager of Materials, Mechanical and Inspection Engineering of Shell Project and Technology and also the Senior Principal Consultant.

She has been to various Shell operating companies from US, Europe, Africa and Asia, with early training in Shell Houston, US and an assignment in Shell Gabon, West Africa.

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

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