BEM – Roadshow 2014 2015

September 30, 2014

Roll up, roll up! The BEM has a new roadshow. Cotton candy and scary clowns not supplied.

The Board of Engineers Malaysia will be organising a 2014-2015 Roadshow commencing September 2014 at the following locations:

DATE LOCATION
29 SEPTEMBER 2014 KUALA LUMPUR
20 OCTOBER 2014 PULAU PINANG
24 NOVEMBER 2014 JOHOR BAHRU
2015 KOTA BHARU
2015 KOTA KINABALU
2015 MELAKA
2015 KUCHING
2015 MIRI
2015 KUANTAN
2015 IPOH
2015 PETALING JAYA

The objective of the Roadshow is to highlight the amendments to the Registration of Engineers Act, educate and update engineers on the role, responsibilities and accountabilities of Professional Engineers in the Construction Industry and to comply strictly with acts, regulations, policies, circulars, codes and specifications governing the profession.Click HERE for further details.

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IEM Shout Out – Pressure Vessel Inspection: API 510 and FMA 1967 Requirements

September 30, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting the talk by Ir. Mursyidi Mohammad on the 14th  October, 2014 at 5.30pm.

The talk will provide an overview of a Pressure Vessel in terms of its design, operation, maintenance and inspection. The major emphasis of the talk will be on the main components of “API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair and Alteration”. The speaker will also share his personal experience on pressure vessel inspection in ensuring the integrity and reliability of the equipment or a Plant to meet the Statutory requirement according to the Factory and Machinery Act 1967.

Ir. Mursyidi Mohammad, a certified API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector, is currently a Principal Consultant and Trainer at Ipetro Services Sdn Bhd. Prior to his current role, he was a Senior Engineer at PETRONAS Penapisan (Melaka) Sdn Bhd.

You may register for the event here, and download the flyer here.

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MOSGEC 2014 – Welcoming Speech Transcript

September 29, 2014

To the young reporter I coshed over the head to get this transcript, my apologies. The dent will disappear, I promise.

Among the linkbait in this transcript:

The oil, gas and energy sector has long been a pillar of our country’s economy, contributing about 30% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and approximately 40 percent of the country’s revenue. It has been identified as one of the key thrusts in Malaysia’s journey to transform Malaysia into a high-income nation, under the Prime Minister’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

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At present, Malaysia (as at 01 January 2013) has approximately 22.2 billion barrels oil equivalent of oil and gas reserves. We are also the third largest gas reserves holder in the Asia Pacific Region (behind China and Indonesia) and ranked 15 among the world’s holder of the natural gas reserves.

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The first application of EOR technology is now being implemented at the Tapis oil field, offshore Terengganu. (Wasn’t this supposed to be Angsi?)

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To make some money, I have published the transcript here or here. Please buy a copy, so that I can afford to polish my Volvo 244 once every quarter.

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Saturday Star 2014-09-27 – Job Opportunities

September 29, 2014

Talbiyah (from 123muslim.com)

Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me. I need RM360 to get The Star ePaper. Or go to Hajj, whichever you prefer.

  • I’m lining up jobs for next quarter, for IGL Services. Whisper to (better yet, carpe jugulum) your boss, and send work my way.
  • Nothing in the papers this week. With all the layoffs I heard, that is no surprise. Can I buy a lead process engineer for RM40/hr?

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!

Food choice of the week? How if you visit Vietnam, how about visiting and updating GoHalalVietnam! for your food needs. For your other needs, talk to your local tour guide/ concierge / man on the street.

Need some new management techniques. How about these books?

The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle’s-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions, Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook, Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel

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

September 28, 2014

MOGEC will be hosting a 1 day course (our first in my memory) on the 28th October, 2014. It is worth 6.5 CPD points, and held at Saloma Bistro. 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.

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

download the form here.

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

September 28, 2014

My technical division will be hosting a 1 day seminar on the 20th November, 2014. It is worth 6.5 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. Since I’m giving it, I expect hoards will have to be turned away at the gates. And it’s a big room, so I need to fill the seats.

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 19 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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Veteran newsman tells Putrajaya to keep away from Petronas

September 28, 2014

We’ve had doctors leading the rakyat, why not the fifth estate?

Dateline 2014-07-14, MSN News:

A veteran newsman has cautioned Putrajaya against interfering with Petronas following the oil major’s success in moving up the ranks of the Fortune 500 list.

Datuk A. Kadir Jasin (pic), the former New Straits Times group editor-in-chief, said he hoped that Petronas, which ranked 69 on the list, would continue to be successful without any interference from the government.

“Our hope is that Petronas will continue to be successful without damaging interference from the government while dividends paid out to Putrajaya (RM27 billion last year) would be put to good use without wastage and leakages,” he wrote in his blog today.

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IEM Shout Out – 3rd IEM Chemical Engineering Design Competition

September 27, 2014

The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) Chemical Engineering Technical Division (CETD) is pleased to announce that registration for the 3rd IEM Chemical Engineering Design Competition is now open!

Closing date for registrations is the 31st October, 2014

The competition is theme is “Technical Design and Economic Analysis of Potential Utilization of Crude Glycerol”.

The Design Competition Brochure and Registration Form is available online.

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Malaysia’s oil hub: Will it be a threat to Singapore?

September 27, 2014

Hahaha, snort. Is itty bitty Singapore scared of big softy Malaysia?

Dateline 2014-07-15, The Straits Times:

TUCKED away in a corner of the south- eastern tip of Johor, a regional oil and gas hub is starting to develop in Pengerang. A world-class oil storage terminal officially opened near the small town last month.

Pengerang is part of an ambitious plan launched in 2009 to build Malaysia’s biggest refining and petrochemical complex. It has been earmarked as one of the country’s key economic transformation projects and is designed to develop South-east Johor into a regional oil storage and trading hub.

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MPRC helps generate RM3.5b investments in oil and gas storage

September 26, 2014

Thank you, MPRC for actively stimulating Malaysia’s O&G industry. Now, if you can stimulate my income to the level of RM2M tax free… who do I need to ‘seek consultancy services’ from?

Dateline 2014-07-11, the Malay Mail:

Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corp (MPRC) has assisted in generating a total of RM3.49 billion investments in oil and gas (O&G) storage as of 2013.

Another RM3.52 billion investments were attracted in the O&G services, said its president/chief executive officer, Datuk Shahrol Halmi, in the corporation’s inaugural corporate report for 2013.

The report offers an overview of the achievements of the government agency, which was set up in 2011 to make Malaysia the regional O&G services and manufacturing hub.

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