Malaysia’s Petronas delays startup of Melaka LNG import terminal to Q2 2013

December 14, 2012

Let’s call this reality converging with optimism.

Dateline 2012-11-26:

Commercial startup of the Melaka LNG terminal — Malaysia’s first LNG import facility — has been pushed back for the second time to the April-June quarter of 2013, according to a statement from Petronas Gas, a subsidiary of state-run Petronas.

There will be no material effect on Petronas Gas’ earnings and net assets for the financial year ending December 31, 2012, arising from the later commencement of operations at the LNG regasification terminal, Petronas Gas said Friday in a statement to Bursa Malaysia.

Petronas Gas did not give a reason for the delay and Petronas officials were not available for comment Tuesday.

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Shell Malaysia signs new exploration contract with Petronas

December 13, 2012

Dateline 2012-11-27:

Shell Malaysia has signed a new production sharing contract (PSC) with Petronas to explore for oil and gas offshore Sarawak.

In a statement on Tuesday, Shell said under the SK319 PSC, it would undertake an initial three-year exploration programme covering 2,727 sq km within block SK319 in Central Luconia, offshore Sarawak.

Sarawak Shell Bhd is the operator while the partner is Petronas Carigali with a 50:50 participating equity split, it said.

The new PSC forms part of Shell’s low-cost exploration and development focus would enable it to carry out a multi-well exploration campaign to further explore and de-risk the mature carbonate pinnacle play in Central Luconia.

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IEM – CETD Design Competition Safety Seminar

December 12, 2012

Congratulations on those who kept awake during my seminar, which was held at UM on the 20th October, 2012.

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Malaysia’s Petronas makes gas discoveries offshore Sarawak

December 11, 2012

Dateline 2012-11-26:

Malaysia’s national oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) said on Monday it has made two major gas discoveries off the coast of Sarawak state.

Petronas said its preliminary assessment of the first discovery, at the Kuang North field, indicates total volume of natural gas around 2.3 trillion standard cubic feet.

The second discovery, at the TukauTimur field, indicates total volume of around 2.1 trillion standard cubic feet, Petronas said. (Reporting By Siva Sithraputhran; Editing by Niluksi Koswanage)

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Saturday Star 2012-12-08 – Job Opportunities

December 10, 2012

C’mon. Buy my recommendations, or through my Amazon store. Where are those corporate sponsors? Or throw donations at me.

If you need my help to submit your CVs, donate to the blog, and I’ll review your CV to see if it is worthy of my (and my associates’) expectations. If you can’t figure out how to donate, no need to ask.

  • I’m looking for a senior process engineer, 7+ years experience. Send your cv here. Also looking for process safety persons, lead piping designer, lead instrument engineer, and other seniors you think will catch my eye.
  • Talisman is looking for a Process Safety Engineer. Get us to provide process safety support. Apply here, and visit their site.

May I suggest that readers try Bluestacks? Run your Android apps on your Windows tablet, so you can buy that Win8 tablet (and buy me one) without worrying you won’t have anything to play on it!

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!

With all the unfortunate accidents happening in Malaysian waters lately, I think a selection of safety books is in order:

  

Functional Safety, Second Edition: A Straightforward Guide to Applying IEC 61508 and Related Standards, Layer of Protection Analysis: Simplified Process Risk Assessment (Camino del Sol), Safety Critical Systems Handbook: A STRAIGHTFOWARD GUIDE TO FUNCTIONAL SAFETY, IEC 61508 (2010 EDITION) AND RELATED STANDARDS, INCLUDING PROCESS IEC 61511 AND MACHINERY IEC 62061 AND ISO 13849

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Linde awarded major contract for LNG plant by PETRONAS in Malaysia

December 9, 2012

Dateline 2012-11-26:

The technology company The Linde Group has received an order for a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant from Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd., a production subsidi­ary of Malaysia’s national oil and gas company PETRONAS. The new boil-off gas re-liquefaction facility has a maximum design capacity of 1,840 tons of LNG per day and will be located in the Bintulu LNG complex in Sarawak, East Malaysia.

Professor Dr Aldo Belloni, member of the Executive Board of Linde AG, said: “This is the latest in a series of mid-scale LNG projects for Linde with particularly demanding technical features. We came off as winners in a highly competitive bidding process, reaffirming our design and engineering expertise and cost competitiveness in the growing natural gas liquefaction market.”

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“Won, Saved and Sold” – Siapa Pecah Amanah

December 8, 2012

Kickdefella

Saya terpanggil untuk memberi pandangan terhadap kenyataan YB Dato’ Haji Husam Musa seperti yang disiarkan di dalam laman webnya di sini.

Antara lainnya, Exco Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan dan Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tuntutan Royalti Minyak Kelantan itu telah menuduh bahawa PETRONAS, Kerajaan Persekutuan dan YB Senator Dato’ Dr Awang Adek telah melakukan jenayah pecah amanah di dalam isu royalti minyak Kelantan. Kenyataan itu dibuat sebagai respons kepada kenyataan Pengerusi PETRONAS beberapa hari yang lalu.

Pada pendapat saya Husam telah sekali lagi cuba berbohong. Berbohong yang saya maksudkan ialah memutar belit fakta bagi menyelamatkan keadaan. Kenyataan Husam itu pada pandangan peribadi saya tidak lain sekadar sekali lagi cuba mengaburi dan mengelirukan masyarakat dengan menimbulkan sentimen kebencian mengatasi kebenaran.

Ini kerana kebenaran tidak ditimbulkan di dalam kenyataan Husam. Kebenaran yang saya maksudkan ialah perbezaan di antara perjanjian PETRONAS dengan Kerajaan Persekutuan dan Kerajaan Kelantan.

Perjanjian antara PETRONAS dengan Kerajaan Persekutuan jelas menyebut bahawa…

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ProEight gives seal of quality

December 8, 2012

Kudos to a local company.

Dateline 2012-11-24:

THE global oil and gas industry is dominated by a number of well-established companies who supply the technology and equipment for all downstream and upstream activities. To break into this well-established group of international vendors and suppliers, you must be pretty exceptional.

One Malaysian company is up to the challenge.

ProEight Offshore Engineering Sdn Bhd is South-East Asia’s only maker of mechanical seals for the oil and gas industry. These seals are fitted to pumps and compressors to prevent leakages.

Globally, the demand for mechanical seals is met by a small number of well-established brands. But ProEight, a relatively young Malaysian company which started designing its mechanical seals in 2006, has set its sights on joining this elite group of manufacturers. It claims its seals are better and cheaper.

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Halliburton Can Profit From Malaysia’s Mature Fields

December 7, 2012

Dateline 2012-11-20:

Oil field service major Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) is making progress into Malaysia’s oil and gas industry. Earlier this month, the firm’s subsidiary Halliburton Bayan Petroleum (HBP) signed a deal with Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, the exploration and production arm of state-controlled oil giant Petronas, to provide services to boost production from mature wells in the Bayan Field off the coast of Malaysia. The deal is estimated to be worth $1.2 billion and will span over 24 years. Dialog, a Malaysian oil and gas engineering services firm, has picked up 50% equity stake in HBP and will partner with Halliburton to provide services in these fields.

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Petronas uses ICES to access deepwater oil

December 6, 2012

Dateline 2012-11-21:

PETRONAS announced that the Gumusut-Kakap field, Malaysia’s second deepwater development, achieved oil production on 18th November.

This first production was achieved via an interim crude evacuation system (ICES) where two production wells from the Gumusut-Kakap field are tied back to the existing Kikeh field’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.

The production is expected to reach a maximum of 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) upon ramping up of the two wells.

The Gumusut-Kakap field is the second deepwater field development in Malaysia after the Kikeh field.

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