Dateline 2013-03-19, The Star:
RHB Research Institute believes 2013 “will be a good year” for the local oil and gas (O&G) industry on the back of improving jobs visibility.
Sectoral analysts Danny Chan and Mohd Faisal said in the industry upgrade report that the next focus for Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas)is its push on domestic production growth which would likely benefit local service providers.
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Yeah, baby. Someone else said it, not me. Dateline 2013-03-19, from RT (what the heck is RT?)
Malaysia, boasting the third-largest oil reserves in the Asia-Pacific region, finds itself on the verge of a military fight over its richest region.
Malaysia has been in the midst of an ongoing security crisis since early February, when a group of 235 rag-tag militiamen from the neighboring southern Philippines slipped into the eastern state of Sabah and began occupying several villages. While engaging police in multiple firefights, the insurgents beheaded and mutilated several captured Malaysian security personnel, prompting Malaysian forces to deploy fighter jets in an unprecedented air assault over the area in an operation to flush out the intruders. The gunmen call themselves the “Royal Army of the Sulu Sultanate,” representing the heirs of a long-defunct kingdom which once controlled the territory up until the late nineteenth century. The so-called Sultan of Sulu, Jamalul Kiram III, who is believed to be directing the militant incursion from Manila, insists that Sabah is rightfully part of his kingdom and has vowed not budge on his claims even if his personnel are killed in the standoff.
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Ah, MPRC. Dateline 2013-03-19 from the Star:
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The Gumusut-Kakap field, which recorded its first oil production in Nov 2012, is expected to reach a maximum of 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) after ramping up two wells.
Located in offshore Sabah as Malaysia’s second deepwater development, the field’s full development comprises 19 subsea wells, a permanent semi-submersible floating production system with a potential to produce a maximum of 120,000 bpd.
As one of the entry point projects under the Oil & Gas National Key Economic Area, the production is an achievement after a 14-month planning and execution process.
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From Bernama (they still trying to prevent copying of their new articles, sigh), dateline 2013-03-18:
RHB Research expects Petronas’ capital expenditure (capex) focus for financial year 2013 until 2016 will be more centred to developing Malaysian oilfields as it remains committed to increasing domestic production.
Last year, Petronas discovered 24 new oilfields, of which 22 were domestic.
Notable finds include two major gas reserves in offshore Sarawak — Kuang North and Tukau Timur fields.
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As if zombies eating our brains wasn’t scary enough…
Dateline Bangkok Post Ides of March:
Malaysian oil and gas workers are being lured away from home by foreign companies, leading to a shortage of skilled labour, according to the deputy director-general of the country’s Manpower department.
A Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (PETRONAS) gas station stands in front of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 5.
Malaysia is facing a “brain” drain in the oil and gas industry as local workers are lured away by higher salaries abroad, according to the deputy director-general of its Manpower department. (Bloomberg photo)
Multinational oil and gas firms based in Singapore and the Middle East are attracting Malaysian workers with higher salaries, Syed Mohamad Noor Syed Mat Ali told The Star.
He added that foreign countries were reaping the benefits of Malaysia’s efforts to train locals, who subsequently left to work abroad.
“There is nothing much that Malaysia can do to stop highly skilled locals in the O&G sector from working in other countries,” said Mr Mohamad Noor.
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Dateline 2013-03-11, Oil & Gas Financial Journal:
Lundin Petroleum has discovered oil in the Ara-1 well that was drilled in Block PM308A, offshore Peninsular Malaysia.
Ara-1 was drilled to a total depth of 13,221 feet by the jackup West Courageous (350′ ILC) in 246 feet water depth. The objective of the well was to target the extension of the Paleogene intra-rift oil sands that had been encountered in the Janglau-1 well drilled by Lundin in 2011.
Ara-1 encountered 9 thin oil-bearing sands in a high-pressured intra-rift section extending over a vertical interval of 2,624 feet.
The well confirmed the extension of the new intra-rift oil play across a very large structural complex in the northeast of PM308A below a major regional seal. The well also found effective sand reservoirs at depths below 11,482 feet. The oil pay zones intersected by Ara-1 were however individually thinner than pre drill expectation.
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I received this notice from multiple parties. My initial reactions were ‘where is Telok,’ and ‘who was the design contractor? Was it sole sourced to a favourite blue-eyed entity?’ I know Technip didn’t get the contract.
Dateline 2013-03-11, for the Malaysian Insider:
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp, has started natural gas production from the Telok field to meet increasing demand for natural gas in Peninsular Malaysia.
The field is located 200 kilometres offshore the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia in the South China Sea.
ExxonMobil in a statement today said the Telok A platform marked the first phase of the Telok gas development project under a gas production sharing contract between ExxonMobil as the operator and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB).
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Finally, I glimpse a typed out statement of this incident, which means the info is in the public domain. I believe this was related to an asset associated with the letters BUG, offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Curious this never hit the local news, must be slack reporting by our local newhounds, or was there something more sinister in the works?
To quote:
On 13th Sept 2012 an Operations Technician working at a normally unmanned satellite platform in Malaysia drowned when he fell overboard. The victim was the PIC at the site where drinking water bunkering to the platform from a supporting boat was in progress.
The hose from the platform to the boat had been slug over a saddle attached to the platform main handrail. The vessel lost station when its bow thruster tripped.
The Injured Personnel fell 23m into the water when the handrail he was holding failed due to tension applied to it through the loading hose.
The IP was conscious in the water for 10-15 minutes during which efforts to rescue him were unsuccessful. Attempts to throw life rings to the IP from the platform were also unsuccessful.
Emergency response procedures were quickly implemented including dispatching an additional nearby vessel. The IP was recovered but showed no signs of life. The IP was transferred to shore and confirmed to be a fatality due to drowning.
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The Young Engineers will be hosting a 1 day seminar on the 26th March, 2013. It is worth 6 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. 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 17 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations.
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