April 21, 2012
This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be hosting a talk on the 19th May, 2012. It’ll start at 10.00am and is worth 2 CPD hours.
The Chemical Engineering Technical Division (CETD) is planning to organize a talk on Bio-Cosmetics Product Development – From R and D to Market. The talk shall include topics such as extraction, bioactivity studies, safety and toxicology evaluations, product development and efficacy study. The speaker will be sharing her experiences in developing cosmetics products utilizing natural active ingredients sourced from local ginger species from bench scale to commercialization.
Dr Zanariah bt Ujang is currently the Head of Marketing & Sales for The Research & Technology Development Division of SIRIM Berhad. She is responsible for marketing and new business development in the areas of industrial biotechnology, renewable energy, environmental technology and advanced materials. She graduated with a B Sc in Chemical Engineering from The University of Toledo, Ohio in 1984 and later obtained her M Sc in Process Engineering in 1994 and PhD in Chemical & Process Engineering in 1998 from The University of Strathclyde UK. After graduating from her PhD study, Dr Zanariah was appointed as a Principal Researcher at the Chemical and Industrial Biotechnology Center of SIRIM Berhad. She was responsible for setting up the cosmeceutical R & D program in SIRIM Berhad and has more than 15 years research experience in the field of industrial biotechnology and natural product development. Among her research interests and areas of expertise are in:
- Biocatalysis – developing enzymatic processes for the production of fine and specialty chemicals
- Biopolymers – developing natural polymers for wound management application
- Bioactives – developing natural based active ingredients for cosmetic and topical therapeutic application
- Nano lipid delivery systems for bioactive compounds
Register here or download the form here.
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April 20, 2012
This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting a course on the 5th and 6th June, 2012. It will be held at TUS room, Wisma IEM, Petaling Jaya. The course is worth 13 CPD or PDP points.
This course provides basic knowledge and understanding of welding design requirements for fabricated structures. Participants will be given basic understanding of
welding symbols in accordance to AWS A2.4 and BS EN 22553 (ISO 2553)
- behaviour of welded structures under different types of loading
- factors affecting fatigue and types of fractures
- design principles for fabricated structures
Please register here.
A map to Wisma IEM is presented here. It’s the building labelled ‘Putri Nursing College.’
I appeal to readers, come on and send yourselves and staff to these courses. I need the support.
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April 20, 2012
Dateline 2012-04-08:
Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Malaysia’s state oil company, plans to lower its annual dividend paid to the government to RM28 billion (US$9.2 billion) this year as it holds onto cash to help reverse a production slump.
“We need to grow,” Shamsul Azhar Abbas, the group’s chief executive officer, said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur on March 30. “Energy reserve is not finite, it will deplete. You can’t be sucking us dry.”
Petroliam Nasional, which manages all the Southeast Asian nation’s energy reserves, is the biggest single contributor to government revenue, having paid RM30 billion in dividends for each of the past three financial years. Shamsul, who took over as CEO in 2010, wants to retain more of the company’s profits to invest in exploration after seeing Malaysia’s oil and gas production fall for three straight years
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April 19, 2012
Does this sound like a broken record?
Dateline 2012-03-30:
Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Malaysia’s state oil company, expects oil prices to decline as crude above US$100 a barrel restrains demand, according to Chief Executive Officer Shamsul Azhar Abbas.
The company estimates a fair price of oil between US$85 and US$90 a barrel for benchmark Brent crude, compared with current futures markets at about US$123 a barrel.
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April 18, 2012
Does this mean I should plan my offshore work now? Do I get discounts, charter one vessel, get a DSV free?
Dateline 2012-03-29:
That national oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and other oil majors are planning significant spending was seen as a great boon for local oil and gas (O&G) support services providers.
But this may not translate into an immediate windfall for domestic offshore support vessel (OSV) operators given the intensifying competition, particularly from foreign players, said the newly formed Malaysia OSV Owners Association (OSV Malaysia).
OSV Malaysia president Tasripin Masotee said local OSV players are unable to offer competitive rates because they do not enjoy the tax benefits granted to Malaysian merchant shippers. These include tax exemptions for spare parts, lower corporate tax and no personal taxes for crew members.
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April 17, 2012
Dateline 2012-03-28:
Malaysia’s Petronas and Total of France have signed a heads of agreement to jointly study the development and production of a high carbon dioxide gas field offshore Sarawak in eastern Malaysia, the state-owned oil and gas company said Wednesday.
The K5 gas field, discovered in 1970, is a sour gas field with an up to 70% carbon dioxide content. To develop and produce such a field requires extensive study and research, and if it results in the production of gas, K5 would be the first gas field with more than 50% carbon dioxide to be developed in Malaysia, Petronas said.
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April 16, 2012
We are pleased to announce that The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia will be holding its Annual Dinner on Saturday, 21st April 2012 at Sime Darby Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur. We are greatly honoured to have Y.B. Dato’ Sri Douglas Uggah Embas, the Honourable Minister of Natural Resources and Environment as Guest of Honour.
We would like to appeal to you to support IEM by purchasing/sponsoring tables. Funds generated from the sale of tables will go towards to the IEM Building Fund. Your generous support is very much appreciated.
Register for the event here, and download the form here.
I am personally appealing to readers, please purchase tables and turn up to this event.
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April 15, 2012
Dateline 2012-03-27:
The government’s subsidy burden for RON95 petrol rose by 10 sen per litre this month due to increasing global oil prices said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today to the Star.
He said that the total subsidy per litre is now RM1.03. RON95’s pump price presently is RM1.90 per litre.
Ismail Sabri said the government does not want people to bear the burden.
Last December RON95 pump price was raised 5 sen.
Late last month, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak assured Malaysians that RON95’s — which is used by most motorists — present price would be sustained regardless of global oil prices.
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April 14, 2012
Dateline 2012-03-27:
Pemandu CEO Datuk Seri Idris Jala has acknowledged the government’s “heavy” dependency on oil and gas (O&G) revenues and said that it needs to diversify its income streams.
This comes as the World Bank warned last November that Malaysia is too dependent on fossil fuel revenues, with its non-oil primary deficit having doubled in the last five years to almost 20 per cent of GDP.
The windfall from petroleum has also bolstered government coffers to the point that the World Bank noted in 2009 that non-oil revenues are insufficient to finance government operational expenditure.
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April 13, 2012
As if we have enough gas.
Dateline 2012-03-26:
Thailand’s state-controlled PTT Exploration & Production pcl and Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd will increase gas to Thailand while Myanmar halts supply from April 8 to April 17 for maintenance.
PTTEP and Petronas will supply Thailand with an additional 50 million standard cubic feet per day from the Malaysia- Thailand Joint Development Area, according to Norkun Sitthiphong, permanent secretary of the energy ministry. PTTEP will also supply the same amount from its South Bongkot project during the same timeframe, he said.
During the maintenance period, Thailand’s power reserves will fall to 5 per cent from 20 per cent at the moment, Norkun said.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 