Petronas lets explosives-certified robot dog off the leash
February 28, 2021Great. Screamers, anyone? Though, putting these (and the ED-209) on normally unmanned platform, re-categorizes civilian facilities to military ones, and puts the fear of God into those pesky fish.
Dateline 2021-02-17, Upstream:
Malaysia’s national oil company Petronas has carried out a test on its offshore facilities of a canine robot that is designed to work in potentially explosive environments.
The four-legged dog-like robot from Swiss technology player ANYbotics — called an ANYmal — is designed to perform autonomous inspections in locations including oil and gas platforms.
Petronas and ANYbotics recently conducted a successful multi-week installation with the version ANYmal C on the operator’s Dulang B platform offshore Malaysia.
Intended to enter commercial use in 2022, the companies have jointly developed the Ex-certified version of ANYmal, meaning it is certified to work in potentially explosive environments.
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ConocoPhillips boosts Malaysian portfolio with new shallow-water block award
February 27, 2021Dateline 2021-02-19, Upstream:
US independent giant ConocoPhillips has been awarded a new shallow-water exploration block offshore Sabah, East Malaysia.
Block SB 405 covers 5857 square kilometres in the North East Sabah basin, off the coast of Sandakan.
Water depths at the acreage are up to 100 metres.
“The entry of ConocoPhillips with its world-class proprietary seismic technology into Block SB 405 is expected to enhance the hydrocarbon resource potential off the coast of Sabah,” said senior vice president of Malaysia Petroleum Management, Mohamed Firouz Asnan.
“This is an area that has a proven working petroleum system with previous discoveries such as Kuda Terbang and Nymphe fields.”
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MOGEC X IEM WEBINAR: TECHNICAL TALK ON MARITIME MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
February 26, 2021Invitation from IEM Terengganu Branch for your reference.
MOGEC / IEM member – RM35.00 per person
Non member – RM40.00 per person
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PTTEP move strengthens investment in Malaysia
February 26, 2021Dateline 2021-02-17, Bangkok Post:
PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) has started its natural gas production at Rotan and Buluh deepwater fields of Block H off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia, marking its move to strengthen investment in Malaysia.
The production will increase the company’s petroleum supply and sales volume in the neighbouring country.
The first gas production in Block H came after its wholly-owned subsidiary PTTEP HK Offshore Co successfully completed the Lang Lebah-2 appraisal well in the Sarawak SK 410B Project. The drilling result registered a new record for PTTEP’s largest gas discovery.
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Petronas’ Floating LNG Facility PFLNG Dua Produces First LNG
February 25, 2021Dateline 2021-02-15, OE:
Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas said Monday that its PFLNG Dua floating LNG facility has recently produced its first LNG. This is the company’s second FLNG Unit, and its first deepwater FLNG facility.
The PFLNG Dua is located at the Rotan gas field, 140km off Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
“In collaboration with its upstream Production Sharing Contract partner, PTT Exploration and Production, it has successfully completed the subsea commissioning phase and achieved its first has on 6 February 2021,” Petronas said.
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Thailand’s PTTEP announces largest-ever gas discovery in Malaysia
February 24, 2021Dateline 2021-02-10, Reuters:
Thailand’s largest oil and gas firm, PTT Exploration and Production Pcl on Wednesday said it made its biggest gas find yet in a project offshore of Malaysia.
“We are delighted to confirm the largest-ever gas discovery by PTTEP,” chief executive Phongsthorn Thavisin said, adding that the discovery strengthened the company’s investment base in Malaysia.
The discovery is based on the appraisal of Lang Lebah-2 in the Sarawak SK 410B project, about 90 km (55.92 miles) offshore of the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
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COVID-19 screening for ship crew, oil and gas workers entering Labuan still a must
February 23, 2021Dateline 2021-02-07, Sun Daily:
COVID-19 screening for all ship crews and workers in the oil and gas-related sectors passing through this duty-free-island’s gazetted entry points, namely the two ferry terminals and Labuan Airport, is still mandatory, said Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari.
He said the screening was mandatory as there was concern that possible infections from outsiders could potentially lead to a mass outbreak on the island.
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MOGEC Webinar: Introduction to HAZOP by Ir Razmahwata B Mohd Razalli
February 19, 2021
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Malaysia’s Petronas hopes to lure investors to marginal fields with new scheme
February 19, 2021Dateline 2021-02-05, Energy Voice:
Petronas MPM has officially introduced Malaysia’s Small Fields Asset (SFA) production-sharing contract framework as part of an effort to revive its domestic upstream sector and lure new money.
“I think all the smaller players here – Hibiscus – and many of the service linked companies such as T7, Dialog, Uzma, etc will be bidding. This does not seem like anything foreign firms will want neither does Petronas want them. They are trying hard to keep a domestic oil sector alive and it is on life support so this will be a lifeline to them,” a Malaysia-based industry source told Energy Voice.
SFA aims to attract investors to monetise small or marginal discovered fields with resource size less than 15 million barrels of oil or less than 300 billion cubic feet of gas. It is a straightforward and simplified PSC model which gives the contractor full control over the costs, procurement and operations.
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