If you sign up for online access to IEM (you should), you have access to useful books via the e-library. As an example, I present some books for the process safety enthusiast.
IEM E-Library : A Selection of Process Safety Books
January 8, 2020
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20pc oil royalty demand still part of talks with federal govt, says Sarawak CM
January 7, 2020He says, she says.
Dateline 2019-10-31, Malay Mail:
The Sarawak Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) today made it clear that the state government has not dropped its 20 per cent demand on oil royalties from the federal government as reported by local news portals.
“This office wishes to clarify that the state government has not dropped the demand and that current negotiations with the federal government are based on that demand,” the CMO said in a statement.
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Malaysia’s Sarawak to drop demand for Petronas royalty hike
January 5, 2020Dateline 2019-10-30, Reuters:
Malaysia’s energy-rich state of Sarawak will drop a demand for quadrupling royalties paid by energy giant Petronas but is pushing for production-sharing and other agreements, a key negotiator told Reuters on Wednesday.
Sarawak and neighbouring Sabah possess Malaysia’s most prolific oil and gas reserves in their waters in the South China Sea.
Their longstanding royalty demand would cost government-owned Petronas up to $7 billion a year, according to a rough calculation by a person aware of the matter.
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ExxonMobil exiting Malaysia to focus on Permian Basin
January 4, 2020Dateline 2019-10-22, The Edge:
EXXONMOBIL Corp has confirmed that it is testing market interest in its upstream offshore assets in Malaysia as part of an ongoing evaluation and its plan to divest US$15 billion of its non-strategic properties by 2021.
However, Sukiman Mohamed, spokesperson for its Malaysian subsidiary, says no agreements have been reached and no buyer has been identified so far for the assets.
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Domestic Trade Minister assures security of petrol subsidy data
January 3, 2020Ah, where black hats and o&g meet.
Dateline 2019-10-20, Malay Mail:
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail gives his assurance that the Petrol Subsidy Programme (PSP) banking leakage problem has been solved and his ministry has tightened the security of its system for data protection.
He also said that the corrective measures had been taken on its official portal for fuel subsidy recipients within hours after the news reports of a leak was reported on Thursday.
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Keep nuclear energy options open
January 2, 2020Dateline 2019-10-21, The Sun:
AFTER the oil crisis since the 1970s; with the first oil shock triggered by the embargo by Opec in 1973-1974, increasing oil prices four-fold from US$3 to US$12 and the second oil shock prompted by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the 2007/2008 unprecedented oil price hike up to nearly US$145 a barrel in July 2008 many countries, including France and South Korea among others, had turned away from high reliance on oil and invested in alternative sources of energy including nuclear power.
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Asfia on Sarawak’s oil and mining rights, imposition of state sales tax
December 31, 2019Dateline 2019-10-18, Borneo Post:
This press statement written by Speaker of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Datuk Amar Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar today has been published in its entirety. Read the full statement below.
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Petrol dealers warn of negative impact from floating RON95 price
December 28, 2019Dateline 2019-10-14, Malaysian Reserve:
PETROL dealers worry that the government’s decision to float the retail price of RON95 starting next year under the weekly pricing mechanism will force operators to incur losses.
Fuel pumps operators said their losses would widen especially when global oil prices rise.
Bumiputera Petrol Dealers Association of Malaysia (Bumipeda) president Datuk Abu Samah Bachik said a weekly float system would have adverse effects on the dealers because they would not be able to plan in advance the amount of fuel stock needed.
He urged the government to not rush into the implementation of the system because many sectors will be affected.
“We (the traders) will buy one week stock of fuel. But if the float system is implemented weekly, we might have to sell fuel for a much lower price compared to when it was purchased because of the drop in prices,” he told The Malaysian Reserve.
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Poor payment practices, weak enforcement reason behind RM1.71b leakage for cooking gas subsidy
December 27, 2019“Leakages” sounds like the subsidy program is incontinent. Just say ‘theft’, ‘treason’. But will probably happen about the time ‘haze’ is called ‘blasted large-scale smoke’.
Dateline 2019-10-14, Malay Mail:
The National Audit Department has revealed some RM1.71 billion in leakages have occurred from the management of the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidy by three ministries and agencies since the end of 2017.
In the Auditor-General’s (A-G) Report 2018 Series 1 on the activities of federal ministries, agencies, and statutory bodies, it stated the leakages were due to the use of government-subsidised LPG cylinders by consumers who are not from the target social categories.
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Fuel subsidy card for middle income earners ready by next March, says finance minister
December 26, 2019Yeah?
Dateline 2019-10-15, Malay Mail:
Lim Guan Eng today said the fuel subsidy card for Malaysian middle-income earners, grouped as M40, will be rolled out from March 2020.
The finance minister said the fuel subsidy will be pumped through the special card Kad95.
“For the M40, it will be ready in March and we will use the card. We are studying it right now and once the mechanism is ready and completed, we will make an announcement,” he told reporters at the sidelines of the International Directors Summit 2019 here.…
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 