Fire at Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline, no explosion or casualties reported
June 18, 2019Dateline 2018-05-08, The Star:
A fire occurred at the Sabah-Sarawak interstate gas pipeline near the remote Long Segemang village in Lawas district in northernmost Sarawak early Wednesday (May 8).
Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department in its latest updates said the incident happened at 1.37am.
“Bomba in Lawas town was alerted to the fire at 1.37am and deployed firefighters to the site.
“The fire was spotted at a section of the pipeline where there was a leak.”Bomba Lawas team left at 3am after the fire was contained,” said Bomba Sarawak.
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IEM Shout Out – 2019-07 One Day Course on “HAZOP Training for Team Members”
June 17, 2019My technical division will be hosting a 1 day course on the 16th July 2019. It is worth 6.5 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. The course will be presented by myself
A Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) study is a formal, systematic and detailed examination of new or existing facilities. It focusses on the process, rather than risks from ‘outside the pipe’, which are better analysed using other studies such as HIREC/ HAZID/ HER. A HAZOP assesses the hazard potential, causes and consequences on a facility when there are deviations to the operating conditions, or the manner of operations. Existing safeguards need are reviewed to determine whether they can eliminate the cause or minimise the consequence.
This full day course is designed to educate participants in the HAZOP process from the perspective of a HAZOP team member.
Ir. Razmahwata has 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations. He has upstream and downstream experience in process safety, measurement and allocation, process engineering, offshore technical support, and is also a training provider. He has conducted Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) and HSE Case workshops, for example HAZID, HAZOP, Hazards & Effects Register (HER), BowTie, safety critical element (SCE) / performance standard (PS) reviews. Ir. Razmahwata is currently a Director of IGL Services Sdn. Bhd. His current technical roles involve leading technical safety assessments and workshops, measurement and allocation reviews, and providing training on HAZOP, SIL and SIL LOPA methods.
Ocean waves an alternative source of power
June 16, 2019Something to think off offshore? Less weight on topsides.
Dateline 2019-05-05, NST:
Ocean waves can be one of the mechanisms to create renewable energy besides using the solar photovoltaic (PV) panel.
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu school of ocean engineering Associate Professor Dr Mohd Zamri Ibrahim said the initiative by the government to use solar PV panels to create renewable energy and promote energy efficiency was a good move.
However, he said other natural resources could be used to produce alternative energy.
“Other alternatives that can be used to create renewable energy are wind turbines and ocean waves.
“Our country has yet to use natural resources such as ocean waves. It can be one of the mechanisms to create new energy.
“I hope the government will take up this idea so that they can reduce the cost of installing materials too,” he told the New Sunday Times.
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A Fleet of Tankers Is Hoarding Oil for a Gathering Storm
June 14, 2019Dateline 2019-04-30, Bloomberg:
The world’s biggest offshore oil supermarket is stocking up for anti-pollution rules that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts will upend energy markets.
The Strait of Malacca off Singapore and Malaysia is not only a waterway linking supply from the Middle East, Africa and the U.S. to Asia, but has also been used in the past decade to store millions of barrels of oil for future sales. Now, with new ship-emission regulations taking effect in 2020, traders are using the channel to hoard fuels for which demand will boom.
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IEM Shout Out – 2019-07 Technical Visit to Technical Visit to LNG Regasification Terminal Pengerang (RGTP)
June 13, 2019My technical division will be hosting a visit on the 22nd July, 2019.
The Regasification Terminal Pengerang (RGTP) is under the purview of Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB), a public-listed company on Bursa Malaysia. PGB operates and maintains the offshore Regasification Terminal in Sungai Udang, Melaka (RGTSU) and the onshore Regasification Terminal in Pengerang, Johor (RGTP).
RGTP provides primary gas supply to RAPID, Pengerang Co-Generation Plant (PCP) and the Peninsular Gas Utilization (PGU) pipeline grid to augment the availability of gas in the country. RGTP offers Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) unloading and reloading, storage, handling and regasification.
The plant has a capacity of 3.5 mtpa (million-tonnes per annum) and began its commercial operation in 2017. The plant receives LNG vessels carrying LNG imported from around the world, store it in storage tanks and convert the LNG into gas, before injecting it into the PGU pipeline grid for distribution to customers.
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Shout Out – IEM Engineer’s Run 2019-08
June 13, 2019Come, don’t sweat for me, sweat with me.
IEM Engineers Run 2019 is just around the corner, in conjunction with The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia 60th Anniversary Celebration! Do register yourself here (https://jomrun.com/event/iem-engineers-run-2019) and be part of the celebration! Don’t miss the chance, register now and enjoy early bird offer. All participants will be entitled to get a sublimation T-shirt, medal, and race goodie bag. IEM members enjoy RM5 rebate upon race kit collection.
Western Intelligence Sources: Malaysia Is Helping Iran Evade Sanctions
June 13, 2019Dateline 2019-04-25, Haaretz:
Iran and Malaysia have woven an alliance which enables Tehran to evade economic sanctions, Western intelligence sources say. The oil tankers seen sailing in atypical numbers between the two countries is a clear example.
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