Gas prices to remain until the end of the year

October 10, 2015

Dateline Sept 11, NST:

Gas prices shall remain until the next revision at the end of the year. Despite falling fuel prices in the world market, gas supplied in Malaysia is still below world market price of around RM40 per mmbtu (million British thermal units), said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili.

Gas is still being subsidised by the government, the minister said at the sidelines of International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (IGEM) 2015 held here today.

Gas Malaysia Bhd, Malaysia’s supplier of natural gas had, since July 2015, raised tariffs by an average of 10.3 per cent for the fuel supplied to commercial and industrial sectors.

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MNPC To Complete Public Survey Report On Nuclear Energy By Year-end

October 9, 2015

We look forward to backyard nuc reactors. When’s that cold fusion floodgate gonna open? BTW, Wolfram Alpha says we consume 118.5 billion kWh/yr.

Dateline 2015-09-10, Bernama:

Malaysia Nuclear Power Corp (MNPC) will finalise its public opinion survey on nuclear as an energy resource and to complete the report by year-end.

MNPC Director, Nuclear Power Programme Development, Jamal Khaer Ibrahim, said the survey found that over 70 per cent of its 2,400 respondents were uncertain about the viability of the new resource.

“We will embark on the public communication exercise and conduct it continuously,” he told reporters on the sidelines of Second Nuclear Energy and Opportunities in the Nuclear Supply Chain Seminar 2015 here today.

Earlier, he presented a paper on the Economic Transformation Programme and the need for diversification of energy resources.

The government set up the MNPC in 2011 to implement a nuclear energy programme, with the delivery of a two-gigawatt power plant.

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Oil and gas veteran’s take on oil prices

October 8, 2015

I see the Star is milking one interview for more than one article.

Dateline 2015-09-05, The Star:

IF what former Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abbas says is true, then the oil and gas (O&G) industry has to go through a perilous three or even four years of low price environment before it sees the heady days of hitting dizzy heights of US$100 or more per barrel.

The industry veteran expects the price of oil to trade in the range of between US$45 and US$55 per barrel in the next few years based on the current fundamentals and dynamics surrounding the industry.

“Prices may go up to US$60 per barrel this is based on the current fundamentals and dynamics surrounding the industry,” he says.

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Marketing Rounds – Visit with Dato’ Wee PETRONAS

October 7, 2015

As part of MOGEC duties, we were privillaged to meet Dato’ Wee Yiaw Hin at his offices.

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(revised) IEM Shout Out – Talk, Lessons learnt from Past Process Safety Incidents

October 6, 2015

This is a shout out for the IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division (know as CETD to friends) will be having a pre-AGM talk on Saturday, 10rd October, 2015, presented by Mohd Rizal Mohd Tajuddin.

The talk is intended to provide an appreciation of past process safety incidents, identify the common underlying causes amongst the famous past process safety incidents, the lessons that have and can further be learnt, barriers that have hindered opportunities to prevent repeat events and suggested enablers to incorporate lessons into the heart of engineering.

As for the speaker:

Mohd Rizal Mohd Tajuddin is a Technical Safety Engineer with almost fifteen (15+) years of working experience, in both engineering and operations. He has worked on diverse projects in chemical industries, petrochemical industries, water treatment facilities, onshore and offshore facilities locally and internationally. He was trained as a Technical Safety cum Process Safety Engineer with PLC International, Worley Parsons, PETROFAC and PETRONAS. He was the Technical Safety Specialist of Upstream HSE, PETRONAS. He has been working with various projects starting from conceptual stage until handover and follow on to Operation and Maintenance phases with various Oil and Gas Operators BP, ExxonMobil, PETRONAS, SHELL, ConocoPhillips and Woodside. He has been seconded to various project offices including overseas assignment to Jakarta, Indonesia as well as Perth, Australia for ConocoPhillips and Woodside projects. His expertise include engineering safety, risk assessment and management, asset integrity and reliability.

You can register for the talk here. Also register for the AGM, please.

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‘To bring about change, you must not want the job’

October 6, 2015

Dateline 2015-09-05, The Star:

IN January, Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abbas, the-then president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), received a picture of his son in school from his wife. He broke down, realising how much he had missed the child growing up.

“I broke down … where was I all these years?” asks the 63-year-old gangling oil industry veteran, who could easily be passed off for a Texan oil baron had he donned a “cowboy” hat.

The interview at MMC Corp Bhd’s office in the city is not far from his work address at the Petronas Twin Towers, where one has to pass through several layers of security checks before getting into a spacious room for a meeting with the top man who is responsible for the country’s only Fortune 500 company.

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(revised) IEM Shout Out – One-Day Workshop on Rock Blasting and Explosive Engineering

October 6, 2015

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will hosting the above seminar on Wednesday the 15th Oct, 2015 by Mr. Mohamad Razif Kemat, Mr. Yap Hong Hor, and Ir. Look Keman Sahari.

This Workshop will be a series of Courses on the Application of Explosives in mining, quarrying and Construction industries tailored to the engineers and other professionals such as Safety personnel who need to know how explosives are used safely and efficiently in rock blasting operation, mining, quarrying, and construction industries.

The Workshop will introduce the various types of explosives used in the commercial application and suitability of particular explosives for a particular application. The right choice of an initiation system, for example, will determine the degree of disturbance to the public and the potential complaints from them which may cause delays in a blasting project. This may also help the project manager to understand the proposal made by the consulting engineer or blasting engineer for a particular blasting project instead of just depend on blasting contractor’s proposal which purely focus on the cheapest costs.
The Workshop is also a good introduction to those who wish to learn about the productive use of explosives in our life. It includes lectures and demonstration of explosive products (dummy samples) used in our industries.As a result of fast pace development housing, business centres, factories etc are being built near existing structures. Development within city areas for examples requires firm foundation below the surface where underground space are also used as car parks, LRT stations, bus station etc. Excavation of underground space requires the removal of soil and also rocks. In both Selangor and Penang Island the need for building new houses for expanding population requires the cutting and levelling of hilly areas. All these require the use of explosives.

 

You can register here. Flyers may be obtained here.

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Saturday Star 2015-10-03– Job Opportunities

October 5, 2015

Happy Happy Week. Donate to your favourite charity, buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Or get the Young Turks series (all 4 books). Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me.

  • I’m looking for jobs for 4Q2015. Send me your POs.
  • An associate of mine is looking for a technical safety part-time adviser. 2 Associates, actually. Needs to be needle sharp with respect to QRAs, and HSE safety cases. A calm demeanor to handle nonsensical questions from young engineers helps as well. Either that, or a drinking problem.
  • Nothing much in the news. Has The Star dropped out of favour? I see more job adverts on the facebook private groups.

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? How about fasting the on the day of Arafah?

Seen the Episode VII new trailer? If you say “What is episode Vii?”, I disown you.

Join the Star Wars Fever:

Star Wars Trilogy Episodes IV-VI (Blu-ray + DVD), Star Wars Trilogy Episodes I-III (Blu-ray + DVD), Heir to the Jedi: Star Wars

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Malaysia Quiet Leader Of FLNG Vanguard

October 3, 2015

Dateline 2015-09-01, EP:

Malaysian national oil company (NOC) Petronas is nearing the completion of its first pioneering floating LNG (FLNG) unit, the PFLNG 1, facility, which is due onstream by year-end. At the same time the NOC’s second and larger unit—PFLNG 2—being done in partnership with Murphy Oil also is well underway in terms of its construction program.

PFLNG 1 (also known as PFLNG Satu) will be moored over the Kanowit gas field 180 km (112 miles) offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, and has been designed to produce up to 1.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG as part of Phase 1 of the Kumang Cluster Development. Scheduled for commercial startup early in 2016,PFLNG 1 is both on time and on budget—an impressive achievement for a project that represents such a bold step forward in terms of offshore technology development for its owner.

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IEM Shout Out – Talk, Lessons learnt from Past Process Safety Incidents

October 2, 2015

This is a shout out for the IEM. The Chemical Engineering Technical Division (know as CETD to friends) will be having a pre-AGM talk on Saturday, 3rd October, 2015, presented by Mohd Rizal Mohd Tajuddin.

The talk is intended to provide an appreciation of past process safety incidents, identify the common underlying causes amongst the famous past process safety incidents, the lessons that have and can further be learnt, barriers that have hindered opportunities to prevent repeat events and suggested enablers to incorporate lessons into the heart of engineering.

As for the speaker:

Mohd Rizal Mohd Tajuddin is a Technical Safety Engineer with almost fifteen (15+) years of working experience, in both engineering and operations. He has worked on diverse projects in chemical industries, petrochemical industries, water treatment facilities, onshore and offshore facilities locally and internationally. He was trained as a Technical Safety cum Process Safety Engineer with PLC International, Worley Parsons, PETROFAC and PETRONAS. He was the Technical Safety Specialist of Upstream HSE, PETRONAS. He has been working with various projects starting from conceptual stage until handover and follow on to Operation and Maintenance phases with various Oil and Gas Operators BP, ExxonMobil, PETRONAS, SHELL, ConocoPhillips and Woodside. He has been seconded to various project offices including overseas assignment to Jakarta, Indonesia as well as Perth, Australia for ConocoPhillips and Woodside projects. His expertise include engineering safety, risk assessment and management, asset integrity and reliability.

You can register for the talk here. Also register for the AGM, please.

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