Fire at Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline, no explosion or casualties reported

June 18, 2019

Dateline 2018-05-08, The Star:

A fire occurred at the Sabah-Sarawak interstate gas pipeline near the remote Long Segemang village in Lawas district in northernmost Sarawak early Wednesday (May 8).

Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department in its latest updates said the incident happened at 1.37am.

“Bomba in Lawas town was alerted to the fire at 1.37am and deployed firefighters to the site.

“The fire was spotted at a section of the pipeline where there was a leak.”Bomba Lawas team left at 3am after the fire was contained,” said Bomba Sarawak.

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IEM Shout Out – 2019-07 One Day Course on “HAZOP Training for Team Members”

June 17, 2019

My technical division will be hosting a 1 day course on the 16th July 2019. It is worth 6.5 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. The course will be presented by myself

A Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) study is a formal, systematic and detailed examination of new or existing facilities. It focusses on the process, rather than risks from ‘outside the pipe’, which are better analysed using other studies such as HIREC/ HAZID/ HER. A HAZOP assesses the hazard potential, causes and consequences on a facility when there are deviations to the operating conditions, or the manner of operations. Existing safeguards need are reviewed to determine whether they can eliminate the cause or minimise the consequence.

This full day course is designed to educate participants in the HAZOP process from the perspective of a HAZOP team member.

Ir. Razmahwata has 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations. He has upstream and downstream experience in process safety, measurement and allocation, process engineering, offshore technical support, and is also a training provider. He has conducted Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) and HSE Case workshops, for example HAZID, HAZOP, Hazards & Effects Register (HER), BowTie, safety critical element (SCE) /   performance standard (PS) reviews. Ir. Razmahwata is currently a Director of IGL Services Sdn. Bhd. His current technical roles involve leading technical safety assessments and workshops, measurement and allocation reviews, and providing training on HAZOP, SIL and SIL LOPA methods.

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A Fleet of Tankers Is Hoarding Oil for a Gathering Storm

June 14, 2019

Dateline 2019-04-30, Bloomberg:

The world’s biggest offshore oil supermarket is stocking up for anti-pollution rules that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicts will upend energy markets.

The Strait of Malacca off Singapore and Malaysia is not only a waterway linking supply from the Middle East, Africa and the U.S. to Asia, but has also been used in the past decade to store millions of barrels of oil for future sales. Now, with new ship-emission regulations taking effect in 2020, traders are using the channel to hoard fuels for which demand will boom.

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IEM Shout Out – 2019-07 Technical Visit to Technical Visit to LNG Regasification Terminal Pengerang (RGTP)

June 13, 2019

My technical division will be hosting a visit on the 22nd July, 2019.

The Regasification Terminal Pengerang (RGTP) is under the purview of Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB), a public-listed company on Bursa Malaysia. PGB operates and maintains the offshore Regasification Terminal in Sungai Udang, Melaka (RGTSU) and the onshore Regasification Terminal in Pengerang, Johor (RGTP).

RGTP provides primary gas supply to RAPID, Pengerang Co-Generation Plant (PCP) and the Peninsular Gas Utilization (PGU) pipeline grid to augment the availability of gas in the country. RGTP offers Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) unloading and reloading, storage, handling and regasification.

The plant has a capacity of 3.5 mtpa (million-tonnes per annum) and began its commercial operation in 2017. The plant receives LNG vessels carrying LNG imported from around the world, store it in storage tanks and convert the LNG into gas, before injecting it into the PGU pipeline grid for distribution to customers.

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Shout Out – IEM Engineer’s Run 2019-08

June 13, 2019

Come, don’t sweat for me, sweat with me.

IEM Engineers Run 2019 is just around the corner, in conjunction with The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia 60th Anniversary Celebration! Do register yourself here (https://jomrun.com/event/iem-engineers-run-2019) and be part of the celebration! Don’t miss the chance, register now and enjoy early bird offer. All participants will be entitled to get a sublimation T-shirt, medal, and race goodie bag. IEM members enjoy RM5 rebate upon race kit collection.

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Western Intelligence Sources: Malaysia Is Helping Iran Evade Sanctions

June 13, 2019

Dateline 2019-04-25, Haaretz:

Iran and Malaysia have woven an alliance which enables Tehran to evade economic sanctions, Western intelligence sources say. The oil tankers seen sailing in atypical numbers between the two countries is a clear example.

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Asian countries cooperate to assess potential of shale oil and gas resources

June 11, 2019

Dateline 2019-04-23, Vietnam+:

An international workshop on the assessment of shale energy in Asia, under the second phase of the unconventional oil and gas resources project, took place in Hanoi on April 23.

The event was jointly held by the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East & Southeast Asia (CCOP), the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), and the Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI).

Dr. Byeong-Kook Son, head of KIGAM’s oil and gas research group, introduced the results of the assessment in 13 sedimentary basins and 21 shale formations in Asia.

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Malaysia could be removing its price cap for RON95 petrol soon

June 10, 2019

Dateline 2019-04-23, Business Insider:

A price cap on RON95 petrol in Malaysia could soon be removed, the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has reportedly said.

The decision on the price cap will be made when a new petrol subsidy comes into effect, The Star reported on Tuesday (April 23),

This new subsidy is expected to be limited to recipients of the Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH) 2019, which is a cash aid given to around 4.1 million households in the Bottom 40 (B40) household income group.

 

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Exco: RM180m Perak gas pipeline ready by end of year

June 9, 2019

Dateline 2019-04-22, Malay Mail:

The 140km gas pipeline project from Ayer Tawar to Lembah Kinta in Perak will be completed by the end of this year, the state assembly heard today.

State Investment and Corridor Development Committee chairman Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said development and installation of the gas pipeline project were beyond the two-thirds mark.

“The project has seven packages, which involves three districts namely Manjung, Perak Tengah and Kinta.

“And as of February 28, about 67.7 per cent has been completed,” he said.

The Sungai Rapat assemblyman said that the RM180 million gas pipeline project would benefit 44 manufacturing companies.

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Malaysia’s economy to pick in 2H on higher oil prices

June 8, 2019

Haha ha haha.

Dateline 2019-04-15, New Straits Times:

Malaysia’s economic growth is expected to bounce back in the second half of the year after most likely hitting its lowest level in nearly three years during thr first quarter, economists said.

They said the economy may have posted the slowest quarterly expansion since the second quarter of 2016 but with the recovery in oil price, a significant pick up is expected from July till December this year.

The oil price had gained around 30 per cent in the first quarter of this year, with Brent posting its best quarterly performance in a decade since the second quarter of 2009.

Economists too have upgraded their forecast to a median of US$68.25 a barrel from US$67 in just about less than a month, according to Bloomberg’s survey.

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