Setting up gas distribution network

December 13, 2016

I like the photo accompanying the article. Were the reporters give a heads up to pose?

Dateline 2016-11-02, Borneo Post:

The state government plans to introduce legislation on the distribution and reticulation of gas in Sarawak either at the next State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting this Nov 21 to 30, or the one after that.

Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem said the proposal was made in view of the distribution and reticulation of gas in the state for consumers’ usage not being properly regulated.

“There appears to be a vacuum and there’s no proper law with regard to the distribution and reticulation of gas in the state. This is a state power within Sarawak and we intend to introduce the legislation in the coming DUN sitting, or the one after that,” he said during a press conference held after the signing of contract on ‘E6 Field Development Project (Fabrication of E6DP – A Substructure and Topsides) for Sarawak Shell Bhd’ between the management of Shell Companies in Malaysia (Shell) and Brooke Dockyard and Engineering Works Corporation (Brooke Dockyard) at a hotel here yesterday.

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Saturday Star 2016-12-10– Job Opportunities

December 12, 2016

Happy Ingress L9. Be inspired by Rogue One, come join the rebellion, contact me.

We’re thinking of republishing Young Turks of PETRONAS, but it’s a minimum 500 book printing run. Do I have enough interested persons to purchase?

Donate to your favorite charity (me), buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (3 books until I can get YTP republished). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me, my camera dive case flooded, and I need a new replacement. Heck, if you want to send me a Canon 5D Mk III plus dive case, I will not say no.

  • I have a feeling that The Star isn’t the preferred O&G job recruitment portal now. I see more adverts via social media. What do you think, is it a step change that the papers need to embrace?
  • I’m putting together a porfolio of engineers for a waste water oleo treatment plant. If this is your line of work, send your CVs in. Note that I prefer engineers in between jobs, as there is a serious pay cut involved if the job goes ahead.
  • I’m looking for a mech inspector, for a job in China. If you are in between jobs, contact me. As always, there will be a serious pay cut.
  • I’m looking for jobs for 1Q2017. Send me your POs.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? Whatever employees Rabbit B and Rabbit S are eating, looks healthy.

Seeing that Joe Dever has passed away, you may want to revisit his books:

Flight from the Dark (Lone Wolf, Book 1), Legends of Lone Wolf Omnibus 1, War of the Wizards (The World of Lone Wolf, Book 4)

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Territorial Sea Act null and void?

December 11, 2016

Dateline 2016-10-30, Borneo Post:

ON June 22, 2012, Sarawak and Sabah lost their sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the area of the Continental Shelf, consisting of the seabed and its subsoil beneath the high seas contiguous to the territorial waters of the Borneo states, when Territorial Sea Act 2012 (TSA) came into effect, limiting both their jurisdictions to three nautical miles (5.5 km) from the coastline.

The implication is that with the reduced breadth limits of its territorial waters, the state’s rights to fisheries, marine and mineral resources, tourism sites in marine areas and so forth are now confined to only 3 nautical miles (5.56 km) from its coastline.

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Petronas bags six IChemE Malaysia Awards

December 10, 2016

Dateline 2016-10-27, Daily Express:

Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) was the big winner at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Malaysia Awards 2016, bagging six out of the 16 awards under eight categories presented at Le Meridien Hotel Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

Twelve organisations/institutions and four individuals received IChemE awards at the ceremony, which was graced by the Royal Patron of IChemE Malaysia, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan Tuanku Zara Salim.

Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG)’s Vice President, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Datuk Sazali Hamzah, who is also a member of IChemE Malaysia’s Board of Directors said, “PCG received four out of the six awards presented to PETRONAS. We are honoured by this recognition for our long-standing commitment and efforts in upholding world-class standards in our processes. Being part of the global awards programme is indeed an impetus for us to continuously strive for excellence for the benefit of the chemical engineering fraternity and chemical industry at large.”

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IEM Shout Out – 2017-01 Two-Day Course on Centrifugal Pump Theory And Application-Basic Principles

December 9, 2016

My technical division will be hosting a 2 day seminar on the 23rd and 24th January, 2017. It is worth TBA CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. The course will be presented by Ir. Hassanazhari Ahdi. Process engineers, can you please attend?

CENTRIFUGAL PUMP THEORY AND APPLICATION shall provide the audience with the knowledge and principles of pump design, sizing, selection and performance analysis. The course will be beneficial to engineers dealing with pump and will be presented in a way that is comprehensible to the engineers who are with or without the oil and gas background. The objectives of the course are to provide exposure to the audiences on understanding of fundamental design of centrifugal pump, the critical pump parameters when evaluating pump selection and making the best decision on specification.

 

Ir. Hassanazhari Ahdi has been in the oil and gas industry for 27 years working for companies such as Technip, TPVN, KPOC and SDE. His core expertise is in design works, erection, testing, hook-up and commissioning.  Currently, he is an independent consultant providing consultancy for various design offices. He graduated from University of Malaya with a degree in Mechanical in year 1987 and a Masters in Engineering from UTM in year 2006. He has served many major Oil and Gas Companies locally and abroad such as PETRONAS, SHELL, EXXON-MOBIL, QATAR PETROLEUM, QATAR MEARSK OIL, TOTAL, CONOCO-PHILIPSs and CUU LONG.

Register here, or download the form here.

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Worker dies after inhaling methane gas at Petronas processing plant

December 8, 2016

Dateline 2016-10-27, Malay Mail Online:

A contract worker was killed while his two colleagues suffered severe breathing difficulties after inhaling methane gas when cleaning a tank at a processing plant owned by Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB) in Kertih, yesterday.

In the 3pm incident the victim Mohd Marwan Mustafa Afandi, 35, died at the scene while his friends Mohd Zul Aizat Aziz, 23, and Mohd Yaacob Badrishah, 24 were lucky to survive but experienced shortness of breath.

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IEM Shout Out – 2016-11 Talk On Medical Gas Piping System : Requirement and Management

December 7, 2016

My technical division will be hosting a talk on the 17th December, 2016. It is worth 2 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. The course will be presented by Ir. Al-Khairi Mohd Daud.

Medical Gas Piping System (MGPS) is required to deliver medical gasses supply to patients and surgical tools in hospitals. The medical gasses include oxygen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, Entonox, medical vacuum, anesthetic gas scavenging system, medical and surgical air. Since the gasses are delivered direct to patients the quality and reliability of the system is very important to ensure the live of the patients and the safety of the facilities.

The areas in hospital that are at high risk due to medical gas present are general ward, operating theatres, ICU/ITU/CCU/NICU, recovery, major treatment rooms, etc. The medical gas installation thus influence other installation electrical power system, firefighting system and ACMV system. There have been many reported cases of failures in the medical gas system that has resulted in complication in patients and even death. Thus, there is a need to have an Authorizing Engineer, Authorized Person and Competent Person to manage the MGPS. Soon they competent person need to be registered with Medical Gas Authority.

The speaker shall elaborate on the medical gas piping standard according to Health Technical Memorandum and soon to be published SIRIM standards.

Ir. Al-Khairi Mohd Daud has over 23 years of experienced in Oil and Gas, petrochemical, oleo chemical, manufacturing and facilities management He is the country expert for ASEAN Energy Management Accreditation Scheme and an expert in healthcare facilities management. He has assisted in drafting few Malaysian Standards including the Malaysian Standard for Quality in Healthcare. He has presented papers in national and international conference especially on maintenance and asset management. He is the owner of Faqeh Management who specialized in asset and energy management.

Register here, or download the form here.

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IEM Shout Out – 2016-11 OGMTD 26th AGM

December 7, 2016

The Oil, Gas and Mining Technical Division AGM will be held at Wisma IEM Auditorium Tan Sri Prof. Chin Fung Kee, Third Floor.

It will be held at 11am on Saturday, 17th December 2016.

Register here, and download the flyer here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.

Come, y’all and heckle us. We also need a quorum, and need to vote in a new secretary / treasurer.

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Petronas bags six IChemE Malaysia Awards

December 6, 2016

Dateline 2016-10-27, Daily Express:

Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) was the big winner at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Malaysia Awards 2016, bagging six out of the 16 awards under eight categories presented at Le Meridien Hotel Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

Twelve organisations/institutions and four individuals received IChemE awards at the ceremony, which was graced by the Royal Patron of IChemE Malaysia, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Permaisuri Perak Darul Ridzuan Tuanku Zara Salim.

Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG)’s Vice President, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Datuk Sazali Hamzah, who is also a member of IChemE Malaysia’s Board of Directors said, “PCG received four out of the six awards presented to PETRONAS. We are honoured by this recognition for our long-standing commitment and efforts in upholding world-class standards in our processes. Being part of the global awards programme is indeed an impetus for us to continuously strive for excellence for the benefit of the chemical engineering fraternity and chemical industry at large.”

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Saturday Star 2016-12-03– Job Opportunities

December 5, 2016

Happy Ingress L9. Be inspired by Rogue One, come join the rebellion, contact me.

We’re thinking of republishing Young Turks of PETRONAS, but it’s a minimum 500 book printing run. Do I have enough interested persons to purchase?

Donate to your favorite charity (me), buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (3 books until I can get YTP republished). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me, my camera dive case flooded, and I need a new replacement. Heck, if you want to send me a Canon 5D Mk III plus dive case, I will not say no.

  • I have a feeling that The Star isn’t the preferred O&G job recruitment portal now. I see more adverts via social media. What do you think, is it a step change that the papers need to embrace?
  • I’m putting together a porfolio of engineers for a waste water oleo treatment plant. If this is your line of work, send your CVs in. Note that I prefer engineers in between jobs, as there is a serious pay cut involved if the job goes ahead.
  • I’m looking for a mech inspector, for a job in China. If you are in between jobs, contact me. As always, there will be a serious pay cut.
  • I’m looking for jobs for 1Q2017. Send me your POs.

Support your local bookshop!  Bookalicious at The Summit Subang is a good choice. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and other ologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!

Food choice of the week? Whatever employees Rabbit B and Rabbit S are eating, looks healthy.

Seeing that Joe Dever has passed away, you may want to revisit his books:

Flight from the Dark (Lone Wolf, Book 1), Legends of Lone Wolf Omnibus 1, War of the Wizards (The World of Lone Wolf, Book 4)

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