Wata – Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer

Dateline 2011-10-07:

Malaysia’s crude oil production is seen rising 3.3 percent in 2012, reversing a decline this year, and liquefied natural gas production may increase, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

Crude output is forecast to increase to 620,000 barrels a day after an estimated 6 percent drop in 2011.

The amount of crude pumped out of the ground in Southeast Asia’s second-biggest oil and gas producer may shrink to 600,000 barrels a day in 2011, extending a 3.1 percent decline in 2010, the ministry said in its 2011/2012 Economic Report.

Malaysia has been developing deep-water fields, rejuvenating old areas and introducing incentives to develop less-profitable fields in a bid to increase output as global energy use climbed.

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Dateline 2011-10-01:

Integrated oil and gas (O&G) service provider, Petra Energy Bhd (Petra Energy) is keen on setting its eyes on the O&G onshore field following the completion of the Kumang Cluster onshore tie-in at Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd SC-2 and Bintulu Integrated Facilities (Kumang Project).

Commenting on this new foray was executive director and chief operating officer of Petra Energy, Ahmadi Yusoff, during the handing over ceremony of the Kumang Project.

According to Ahmadi, the group’s achievement in this particular venture was highly significant as it faced challenges such as procurement delays, personnel turnover and contract obligations when it first inherited the project from its previous management.

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Ah, the IEM for once has responded quickly to a ongoing topic of interest. And the papers got ‘Institution’ right for once.

Dateline 2011-09-30:

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Meanwhile, the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) has proposed that all buildings with gas installations be subjected to an annual safety inspection.

“IEM is willing to assist the authorities in this (Empire Shopping Gallery) blast investigation,” IEM said in a statement yesterday

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Dateline 2011-09-30:

Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has appointed the former CEO of Malaysian oil giant Petronas, Mohd Hassan Marican, as an independent director on its board.

Hassan, an accountant who put Malaysia’s national oil firm on the world map, currently serves as a director of Sarawak Energy Berhad, Sembcorp Industries, Singapore Power and Lambert Energy Advisory Ltd.

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I see Maurice Stewart has some new books:

Gas Dehydration Field Manual, Gas Sweetening and Processing Field Manual, Gas-Liquid And Liquid-Liquid Separators

This week’s food recommendation is Seri Menanti Resort in … Seri Menanti? Makan Negori berlado

Puncak Niaga is moving into the O&G business. How much you wanna bet it will diverse it ‘to concentrate on core competencies’ in about, ohh, 3 years or after the next election, whichever is the closer?

Dateline 2011-09-29:

Malaysian water treatment company Puncak Niaga will fully acquire construction and subsea services company Global Offshore Malaysia (GOM) and pipelay barge owner KGL for $59 million, the company has announced.

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Hey, now choppers are taking off from Kertih, KB and KT.

Dateline 2011-09-29:

Offshore helicopter services provider, Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd (Weststar Aviation), will start operating from the Sultan Mahmud Airport here from Saturday.

Terengganu Malaysia Airports Berhad manager Ahmad Ramli Mahmood said the company would fly oil company staff working in oil rigs off the Terengganu coast and bring them back.

“It will not provide services to the public,” he told reporters Thursday.

Meanwhile, Weststar Aviation will buy another three helicopters in the first quarter of next year.

Weststar Aviation was previously based at the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport in Kota Baharu. The management decided to shift their operations to the Sultan Mahmud Airport as it was more time-saving given the distance between the airport and the oil rigs.

Dateline 2011-09-26:

The massive Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) will create many positive economic spin-offs for the people of both states, including the rural communities, says a Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) academician who conducted a social impact study on the communities living within the vicinity of the pipeline.

Dr Shahren Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Dean of the Cognitive Sciences and Human Development Faculty at UNIMAS, said the SSGP development would also create new economic activities in the rural areas.

Being built by Petronas at a cost of RM4.6 billion, the 512-km pipeline will transport gas from Kimanis in Sabah to the liquefied natural gas complex in Bintulu by end-2013.

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This is one incident that can be milked for a long time by the occupational and process safety practitioner companies. Synergy’s doors are open to consult regarding the dangers of a confined vapour explosion. If LPG was involved, the incident could have been worst. Can anyone say BLEVE?

Google search results on the topic here.

Some photos taken of a lecture I gave to Sudanese students visiting UPM.