Dateline 2012-05-10:
Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd (SMTSB) has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Oman’s National Gas Co SAOG (NGC) to divest its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business in Peninsular Malaysia to the latter at an undisclosed amount.
SMTSB managing director Azman Ismail said the divestment was part of its strategy to concentrate on other businesses and streamlined its downstream business.
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My technical division will be hosting a 1/2 day seminar on the 23rd June, 2012. It is worth 3.5 CPD points, and held at Wisma IEM. Since I’m giving it, I expect hoards will have to be turned away at the gates.
A Hazard and Operability study is a formal and systematic and detailed examination of the process and engineering intentions of new or existing facilities which assesses the hazard potential and effects on the facility as a whole when operation is outside of the design envelope, or individual items of equipment malfunction.
This half-day course is designed to educate participants in the HAZOP process from the perspective of a HAZOP team member. It is meant to provide both instruction and workshop sessions so that the participants:
- Are familiar with the concept of ‘risk’
- Are familiar with the theory behind HAZOP
- Are familiar with the actual HAZOP workshop process
- Have expectations as to what the HAZOP will (and won’t provide)
- Understand what deliverables can be expected from a HAZOP
- Have the opportunity to participate in HAZOP exercise in a safe environment
- Opportunity to share HAZOP experiences
At the end of the session, the participants should:
- Understand the responsibilities of all parties in the HAZOP
- Have experience in a HAZOP session.
- Understand the outcomes from a HAZOP session
Wata has 16 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations.
Register here, or download the form here.
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This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be hosting a visit on the 23rd June, 2012. It’ll start at 9ampm and is worth 4 CPD hours.
Q-Cells SE is among the leading companies in the photovoltaics industry worldwide. Its extensive product portfolio ranges from solar cells and modules to complete photovoltaic systems. Q-Cells develops and manufactures its products at its headquarters in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany and markets them through a global distribution network. The company has a second production facility in Malaysia. More than 200 scientists and engineers at Q-Cells are pursuing the rapid development of technologies in order to achieve the company’s objective: quickly and permanently reducing the cost of photovoltaics, making the technology more competitive. Close networking between research, development and production allows Q-Cells to mass produce innovations quickly, thereby assuming the role of a technology leader in the photovoltaics sector.
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See the fun you missed.
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Support me by purchasing my recommendations, or buying through my Amazon store. I need the money to pay for running this site. C’mone, where are those corporate sponsors?
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.
May I suggest that readers install the Waze app on their phones? And use it as much as possible? It says its a “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!” It’s definitely getting better for the Klang Valley area, though we need more users from East Malaysia.
Support your local bookshop! Visit Bookalicious at The Summit Subang, good selection of imported books. I think they focus on trilogies, quadrilogies, and otherologies. Tell them I sent you, and enjoy the look of perplexity on their faces. Those of you who have dropped my name, thanks!
BTW, did I tell you that I am the Secretary of MOGEC?
For those of you who have a healthy skepticism to my industry, these books are for you:
Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider, The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, Barbarians of Oil: How the World’s Oil Addiction Threatens Global Prosperity and Four Investments to Protect Your Wealth (Agora Series)
This week’s food promotion is … masak asam pedas. If you find nice places around PJ, let me know. I’ve tried the one across from the PJ State Police Station, and the shop next to Dewan MPSJ in PJ State.
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Dateline 2012-05-10:
Kencana HL Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kencana Petroleum Bhd (Kencana) has won a RM460 million to RM474 million engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract from Murphy Sarawak Oil Co Ltd (Murphy Sarawak) for the fabrication of offshore topsides.
According to OSK Research Sdn Bhd (OSK Research) the EPCC contract was for Serendah Production topsides facilities of the SK309/311 SPSA development project, which was part of Murphy Sarawak’s SK309/SK311 oil fields development located offshore Bintulu, Sarawak.
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How do I get in touch with Berlian McDermott? How big is their cubicle in Regis?
Dateline 2012-05-09:
McDermott International Inc. (NYSE: MDR) subsidiary Berlian McDermott Sdn Bhd has won a contract for subsea engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, installation, and commissioning in deepwater offshore Malaysia.
The subsea infrastructure work is on Murphy Sabah Oil Co. Ltd’s Siakap North – Petai development and covers rigid flowlines, flexible risers, an umbilical, and subsea hardware and controls. Siakap is northwest of Labuan Island in waters 3,900 – 4,900 ft (1,189 – 1,494 m) deep.
Field architecture consists of two rigid, insulated, pipe-in-pipe production flowlines, one rigid water injection flowline, and one main umbilical connecting eight new manifolds and subsea distribution units to existing riser slots on the Kikeh FPSO. The development calls for five water injection and eight production wells, drilled from the manifolds at each of the four drill centers.
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Yes, this is outdated.
Dateline 2012-05-10:
The US$20 billion refinery and petrochemical integrated development (RAPID) project to be undertaken by Petronas in southern Johor will be timely in meeting burgeoning demand for energy and petrochemical products especially in Asia in the next 20 years.To be launched by His Royal Highness the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on Sunday, the project would also enhance both Malaysia’s and the region’s petrochemical industry, attracting investments from world class oil, gas and petrochemical firms.
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Sorry, ‘start growing’?
Dateline 2012-05-08:
Malaysia’s gas supply-demand gap will start growing next year at the time whereby contracted production declines, says International Gas Union (IGU) President, Datuk Dr Abdul Rahim Hashim.
He said Malaysia faced supply challenges with declining indigenous gas production in Peninsula Malaysia, increased extraction rates, commercially challenging reserves, which are smaller in size and in scattered locations and an overall increase in exploration and production costs.
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Yes, it does.
Dateline 2012-05-04:
Subsidised gas and the inflated demand it encouraged are some of the factors that led to the severe gas shortage faced by Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), said International Gas Union (IGU) president Datuk Abdul Rahim Hashim.
“We started the subsidies after the Asian financial crisis, and we should not have continued doing that. We should have weaned ourselves off it and gone back to market prices after the economy picked up again.
“We have a system whereby one end is fixed (electricity tariffs), and generators are looking for the cheapest source of fuel. Gas is the cheapest of the lot, and since generators tend to use the cheapest resource available, that has pushed the system to the limit,” he told StarBiz in an interview.
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