Oil refinery ablaze in Port Dickson

August 2, 2016

Dateline 2016-06-25, NST:

A fire broke out at a Petron oil refinery at Batu 1 here tonight, temporarily disrupting its operations. The fire, which began at 9.30pm, saw 10-metre-high flames shoot up, believed to be due to leaking on the refinery stacks. More than 30 firemen and seven fire engines from the Port Dickson, Teluk Kemang, Seremban and Seremban 2 fire stations were dispatched to the scene. The firemen took about an hour to put out the blaze. A witness, M. Suresh, 60, said he heard two loud booming sounds before the fire broke out. “We were shocked and worried as our houses are only 300 metres away from the location,” he said. No injuries have been reported at press time.

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Helicopter tragedies worrying, says deputy minister

July 29, 2016

Dateline 2016-06-21, FMT:

Helicopter operations need to be scrutinized in order to avoid any disaster or tragedy in the future, said Deputy Transport Minister Aziz Kaprawi.

He said the number of helicopter tragedies in the country was a bit worrying.

“Probably (the helicopter operations) need to be more refined and include the pilots. Definitely (relevant parties) need to identify the weaknesses in helicopter operations,” he told reporters after breaking fast with media personnel here last night.

Asked on the latest development on the helicopter crash in Sebuyau, Sarawak, on May 5, Aziz said the main frame of the helicopter was still missing.

The search would continue, he added.

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Oil and gas giant awards scholarships to Malaysian UQ health and safety students

November 12, 2015

Congratulations, Potential HSSE fresh meat.

Dateline 2015-10-09, Safety Culture:

PETRONAS, the Malaysian oil and gas giant has recently awarded scholarships to four Malaysian students studying occupational health and safety science at the University of Queensland.

The students, Nurul Jasmine Shaifful Anuar, Crystal Lwi, Ying Huei Ho and Huey Fang Woo have been awarded the prestigious academic scholarships.

The University of Queensland is recognised as one of the world’s top 100 ranked universities. The university’s Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety Science (Honours) is unique in Australia.

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Marketing Rounds – IChemE RPSS

September 23, 2015

The IChemE in Malaysia just had its Regional Process Safety Seminar (RPSS) in KL, from August 18th to 19th, at the DoubleTree by Hilton. I turned up for one of their sessions.

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Tales from the Engineering Floor – Cheesecake Diagram

April 29, 2015

In the safety scam, there are things such as a layers of protection diagram:

The idea is that a cause or hazard leads to a consequence only if all the layers fail. This is visually shown in a Swiss cheese diagram:

This is the Cheesecake diagram:

Though, some items are the same:

  1. There are layers
  2. If one layer is defective, it may not affect the overall facility
  3. If all layers are defective, go get your money back.
  4. Don’t do technical safety while hungry.

Which do you prefer?

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Anniversary – Deepwater Horizon

April 20, 2015

Drilling Engineers never forget.

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UTP Lecture – Safety and HAZOP

January 8, 2015

I was honoured with the opportunity to present to UTP undergraduates. I hoped they weren’t too scarred from the experience. And thank you for allowing me to create the ‘cold, lonely transmitter’ scenario on the spot.

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How to Treat HAZID Facilitators

October 15, 2014

Sigh, once in a while, we get the royal treatment…

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HIPPS – Black Magic or Science?

October 8, 2014

This has got to be one of the best titles from Linkedin’s HAZOP group. Blatant advertising, or stimulating discussion, join and participate in the other topics that zip through this learning channel.

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Gas leak explosion kills Petronas worker, injures three others

August 21, 2014

Dateline 2014-06-20, Petro Global News:

A worker at a gas processing facility in Malaysia operated by an affiliate of Petronas was killed on Thursday after an explosion.

Petronas Gas (PGB) confirmed that the employee “succumbed to his injury while doing repair work” at near Gas Processing Plant 4.

The processing facility is located in Kertih, Terengganu, Malaysia.

“PGB is extending all necessary assistance to the family members of the victim,” the company said.

According to local media, the deceased worker was a welder.

Three others were injured in the explosion.

The four workers were performing maintenance to repair a gas leak.

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