IEM Shout Out – Technical Visit To Gas Malaysia Berhad

June 10, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be visiting Gas Malaysia Berhad, No.5 Jalan Serendah 26/17, Shah Alam, Selangor on Tuesday 25th June, 2013.

Gas Malaysia is a natural gas distribution company in Malaysia. The company headquarters is located in Shah Alam. It has three regional offices, located in Prai, Gebeng and Pasir Gudang, and seven branch offices located throughout Peninsular Malaysia.

The company was incorporated on 16 May 1992 to construct and operate the natural gas distribution system within Peninsular Malaysia. In December 2000, Gas Malaysia expanded its business to include the reticulated liquefied petroleum gas.
As of July 2005, the company had 452 industrial customers, more than 600 commercial customers and over 3,000 residential customers.As of February 2011, Gas Malaysia had 33,707 residential and commercial customers as well as 691 industrial customers. In 2010, total gas sold by Gas Malaysia was 117.8 million British thermal unit throughout Peninsular Malaysia. As of February 2011, its network of gas pipelines covered a total of 1,726.6 kilometers (1,072.9 mi)

Register for this event here. Download the brochure here.

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Anniversary – Flixborough

June 1, 2013

Process Safety engineers never forget.

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IEM Shout Out (OGMTD) – Talk on Reliability Engineering

April 23, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on 4th May 2013. It’ll be at 9:00 am (makan-makan at 8:30) at Wisma IEM. We do have a lift, so no excuse. I have bad knees, and still manage to crawl up 2 flights.

This session introduces the audience to the history of reliability engineering, its application during the early days, and how it is applied today. It also covers some of the tools used by reliability engineers to study the life characteristics of equipment or systems. These include RAM(reliability availability maintainability) modeling, life data analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and Markov chain analysis.

Examples of applications in the oil and gas industry is also discussed.

The above will be presented by A. Rizal Mohamed. He  is the reliability adviser to a Fortune 500 energy company, based in Kuala Lumpur. His responsibilities include providing advice to client organizations to improve equipment, system, and plant reliability and availability; developing reliability training modules and delivering the contents; coaching and assessing the capabilities of reliability engineers; performing root‐cause analysis to understand why systems and equipment fail; and assessing the conditions of physical assets in process plants owned by the clients.

You can register for the event here, and retrieve the flier here.

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IEM Shout Out – Overview Of Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks In Oil And Gas Facilities

April 9, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on 13th April. It’ll be at 9:00 am (makan-makan at 8:30) at Wisma IEM. We do have a lift, so no excuse. I have bad knees, and still manage to crawl up 2 flights.

Storage tanks are common equipment found in oil and gas facilities. They are used for temporary storage of products prior to being transferred to the next process activity. Atmospheric Storage Tanks operate under no or very little pressure, distinguishing them from pressure vessels.

The talk will provide an overview on the types of Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks commonly used in the Oil and Gas industry. Some of the common types will be Fixed-Roof type and Floating-Roof type. The talk will also explain in more details the accessories associated with the tanks such as the Breather Valve, Floating Roof Drain, Floating Roof Seal, Rolling Ladders, Liquid Level Indicator, Anti Rotation Device and Roof Legs.

Some common failures in Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks such as Pontoon leaks, Roof Drain puncture, Bottom Plate leak, Shell thinning and others will be shared, followed by typical types of Non Destructive Tests (NDTs) and Inspection carried out during erection and scheduled maintenance of these tanks.

The above will be presented by Ir. Alzakri B. Ekhwan. He is a Principal Engineer for Static-Unfired Equipment. He was graduated in 1993 from the University of Bath, UK in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently based in PETRONAS Penapisan Melaka Sdn. Bhd. (PP(M)SB) and has more than 19 years of experience in maintenance, design, fabrication, inspection and construction of Static Equipment in the Oil and Gas industry.

You can register for the event here, and retrieve the flier here.

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IEM Shout Out – Overview Of Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks In Oil And Gas Facilities

April 2, 2013

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a talk on 13th April. It’ll be at 9:00 am (makan-makan at 8:30) at Wisma IEM. We do have a lift, so no excuse. I have bad knees, and still manage to crawl up 2 flights.

Storage tanks are common equipment found in oil and gas facilities. They are used for temporary storage of products prior to being transferred to the next process activity. Atmospheric Storage Tanks operate under no or very little pressure, distinguishing them from pressure vessels.

The talk will provide an overview on the types of Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks commonly used in the Oil and Gas industry. Some of the common types will be Fixed-Roof type and Floating-Roof type. The talk will also explain in more details the accessories associated with the tanks such as the Breather Valve, Floating Roof Drain, Floating Roof Seal, Rolling Ladders, Liquid Level Indicator, Anti Rotation Device and Roof Legs.

Some common failures in Aboveground Atmospheric Storage Tanks such as Pontoon leaks, Roof Drain puncture, Bottom Plate leak, Shell thinning and others will be shared, followed by typical types of Non Destructive Tests (NDTs) and Inspection carried out during erection and scheduled maintenance of these tanks.

The above will be presented by Ir. Alzakri B. Ekhwan. He is a Principal Engineer for Static-Unfired Equipment. He was graduated in 1993 from the University of Bath, UK in Mechanical Engineering. He is currently based in PETRONAS Penapisan Melaka Sdn. Bhd. (PP(M)SB) and has more than 19 years of experience in maintenance, design, fabrication, inspection and construction of Static Equipment in the Oil and Gas industry.

You can register for the event here, and retrieve the flier here.

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From the Engineering Floor – Chemist Joke

March 12, 2013

Q: Why did the chemist drop a tooth into a glass of water?

A: She wanted to make a one molar solution.

Heard on the nakedscientists podcast. More jokes to cause you to groan here.

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Glove makers object to Gas Malaysia’s gas supply proposal

January 6, 2013

I guess we’ll have problems with rubber gloves of all sizes and shapes.

Dateline 2012-12-21:

Malaysian rubber glove makers have objected to the proposed gas supply agreement presented by Gas Malaysia Bhd, saying it is “grossly unfair, not practical and very one-sided”.

In a statement today, the Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (MARGMA) is calling for its members not to sign any new agreement, but to seek for deferment and to consult their lawyers.

“The clauses such as “take or pay”, daily minimum or maximum surcharges on excess gas, over run and variance are not only unfair but highly impossible to practise,” its president Lim Kwee Shyan said.

“Such clauses are deemed to be detrimental to all Malaysian industries that depend on natural gas supply, glove industry included. The question to ask is how to monitor the daily and hourly limit operationally to avoid those surcharges.”

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IEM – CETD Design Competition Safety Seminar

December 12, 2012

Congratulations on those who kept awake during my seminar, which was held at UM on the 20th October, 2012.

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Anniversary – Bhopal Disaster

December 3, 2012

Chemical Engineers never forget.

Photos.

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IEM Shout Out – 2-Day Course on Overview of Asset Management Standard and Assessments

December 2, 2012

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be having a course on Tues 4th to 5th December, 2012. It’ll be at 9:00 am at the distinguished Kelab Golf Negara Subang.

The main aims of this course are to:

  • Introduce participants to the concepts, practices and application of asset management and their implications for the optimized management of physical assets;
  • Provide an overview of PAS 55 requirements for physical asset management and how these apply to the organisation;
  • Review options and good industry practice for asset management planning and for implementation of optimized plans over asset life cycles;
  • Show how these can be integrated with a business management system to align with other requirements including management system standards, relevant specifications and regulatory requirements;
  • Learn how to do good asset auditing and assessment programme.

Ir. Al-Khairi has 20 years of experience in research, cement, oil and gas, petrochemical, oleo chemicals industries and health care facilities. He has gained various experiences in design, construction, testing and commissioning, operate and maintain facilities and plants from various multinational companies both abroad and locally. He has served in various roles as engineers and manager to the plant and facilities.

With such a diverse industrial background, Ir. Al-Khairi has formed Faqeh Management, an asset and reliability company to improve the equipment reliability and maintenance standard in the industry. The main function of the company is to provide training and consultancy work for the industry. Among the industry that he has provided services are hospital and health care, airports, facilities management organization, printing and palm oil mills.

Further information on the course may be obtained here. The form may be obtained here.

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