My colleague Hui Hin has provided a summary of the half-day course. An overview of the course is provided here.
Did I say that there were no oil and gas job in last week’s Saturday Star?
IEM Drilling Seminar – the Writeup
August 2, 2008
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Wind Turbines on Perhentian Island
August 1, 2008I haven’t been to Perhentian Island (or Islands) for a long time. One thing there that will excite the techie in me (apart from the gadgets that make up my dive gear) is that renewable energy is powering the island, in the form of wind turbines.
Perhentian Island - Wind Turbines
Here’s an overview of the other systems installed, including solar cells and batteries (and diesel engines as backup).
Go, green movement!
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IChemE 2nd regional safety seminar – Part IV
July 28, 2008Continuing on the same topic above, a presentation was delivered by Ir Abdul Malik bin Alias, engineering manager, DPS Bristol (M) Sdn Bhd entitled ‘DPS – Process Safety for FPSO design.’
- Agenda
- Safety Strategies
- Inherent Safety Concept
- FPSO Inherent Safety Concept
- Safety strategies (in order of decreasing reliability and robustness)
- Inherent
- Passive
- Active
- Procedural
- Inherent Safety
- Eliminate hazard
- built-in safety
- Eliminate hazard
- Passive safety
- Control hazard
- Active safety
- Control hazard
- Procedural safety
- Control with operational actions.
- Inherent safety (methods of implementation)
- Eliminate of minimise
- Substitute
- Moderate
- Simplify
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IChemE 2nd regional safety seminar – Part III
July 26, 2008Continuing on the same topic above, a presentation was delivered by Ir Harminder Singh, ex director-general, DOSH entitled ‘CICM-Responsible care initiative – its development and challenges.’
- Developments in responsible care
- Implementation
- CEOs commitment to 10 guiding principles & code of management practice
- Responsible care codes at a glance.
- Milestones
- Responsible care names and logos.
- Responsible care awards.
- Mentor mentee program.
- Responsible care for SMEs.
- Working group for safe transport of chemicals.
- Code of management practice for security.
- New responsible care management systems.
- Implement “Policy-Plan-Do-Check-Act” process.
- International developments in the chemicals industry.
- Elements of responsible care global charter.
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Faraday cage for your laptop?
July 25, 2008We’ve all heard about how people can detect laptops left in cars, even if you keep them out of sight in your car boot. I guess the only way they perform this detection is if they are picking up a unique resonance frequency from a radio circuit on the device. The most widely installed device with such a circuit is your wireless chip (does this mean that old, pre-wifi era laptops are more secure?). I suppose that if you had a tv tuner card or bluetooth, that could provide a resonance frequency as well.
Wifi operates at 2.4 GHz (125mm), so you could probably build one out of standard metal mesh to place your laptop in, making it invisible to RF scanners.
Alternatively, buy a ready-made bag here.
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IChemE 2nd regional safety seminar – Part II
July 23, 2008Continuing on the same topic above, a presentation was delivered by Damain Peake, Sr Technical Safety Engineer, Shell E&P Asia Pacific entitled ‘Shell – Asia Pacific (EPA) operationalises HSE cases: major hazards communication and technical integrity’
- Shell E&P AP portfolio.
- Asset Integrity – Definitions
- Technical Integrity – Definitions
- Introduction to Safety Cases
- Show all that hazards with the potential to cause a major accident have been identified, their risks have been evaluated and measures have been taken to control them.
- Issues
- Focus: SC used to capture all hazards, not just causes of major accidents.
- Usability: SC unwieldy due to too much info.
- Upkeep of SC, Management of Change (MOC)
- Consistency of SC structure.
- Framework to address Issues
- Operationalise Shell E&P AP SCs.
- Operating envelope and SC agreement
- Institute maintenance schedule
- MAH identified
- Compliance to ALARP principles
- Accountability
- Remedial action plan and progress tracking
- SC HSE section structure
- Overview
- Major Accident Hazards (MAH)
- Equipment
- Systems
- Additional information
- Best Practices
- MAH and assessments
- Best Practice Bow Tie – templates, electronically distributed and linked.
- Hazard / Safety Critical Element (SCE) communication
- Hazard control sheets.
- Major accident pictures.
- KPIs.
- SCE and technical integrity
- Change from facility description to SCE description
- Describe how to keep the SCE operating.
- Clear guidelines on how to manage SCEs when not fully functional.
- MAH and assessments
- Take home messages
- Process safety – asset integrity (AI) intrinsically linked.
- In operations, MAH management can only be ensured if technical integrity is ensured.
- Operations HSE case have 3 main functions: communication, linkages, …
- HSE lose focus.
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IEM Shoutout – Drilling Seminar
July 22, 2008My tiny sphere of influence in the IEM, the Oil, Gas and Mining Technical Division (OGMTD), is running a drilling seminar this Saturday morning (26th July, 2008). The seminar will be held at the Crystal Crown hotel, on Jalan Utara in PJ, from 9 to 1 pm. Costs are IEM members: RM200.00, non-members: 300.00
The registration form is available here. This is a draft outline of the course.
For further details, please contact Jamaliah ( 03-7968 4012 ) or Norimah ( 03-7968 4010 ) at the Institute for seats, or contact the Secretriat at sec@iem.org.my.
Come one, come all, so I can get some brownie points!
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Saturday Star 08-07-19 – Job Opportunities
July 21, 2008Another week, another scan of the Saturday Star newspaper. Here’s a list of job ads in the paper:
- Trident Consultants (a competitor of mine) is looking for a project engineering manager, process engineer, principal consultants, lead consultants, project consultants and fresh meat. Email and web presence available.
Happy hunting. Let me have some feedback if you find this list useful. Even better, spread the news. PayPal donations welcome.
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Token of Appreciation
July 20, 2008
Safety Culture Reminder
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IChemE 2nd regional safety seminar – Part I
July 19, 2008I attended the above seminar on Monday, 14th July 2007. Interesting crowd, for once I felt that I was among my brethren of ChemEng.
I took some notes on the first presentation ‘PETRONAS – Enhancing chemical process safety in PETRONAS towards superior performance’ delivered by Kumar Karunakaran of Group Technical Services.
- Introduction to PETRONAS
- Introduction to Process Safety
- Process Safety Enhancements in PETRONAS
- Implementation approach
- Implementation of new Roles and Responsibilities
- Champions
- Focal Person
- Process Safety Aspect Custodian
- The role of Situational Assessments (SA).
- Problem areas discovered during SAs.
- Control of Safety Interlocks & Protective System Bypasses.
- Inconsistent Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) application when used on non-electrical equipment.
- Insufficient Pressure Relief Devices (PRD) performance evaluation.
- Ensuring sustainability through monitoring and measurement
- Establish Process Safety Community of Practice (CoP)
- Key success factors.
- Way forward.
Blue Spotted Stingray
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