South Korean, Malaysian players tie-up on green hydrogen venture in Sarawak

March 18, 2022

Dateline 2022-01-26, Upstream Online:

South Korea’s Samsung Engineering, Posco and Lotte Chemical plus SEDC Energy – a Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) subsidiary– have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a green hydrogen and ammonia project.

The Sarawak H2biscus green hydrogen/ammonia project (H2biscus Project) will be located in Bintulu, East Malaysia which is already home to the Petronas LNG Complex and Shell’s gas-to-liquids facility.

The H2biscus Project is looking to convert hydropower and natural gas to green hydrogen/methanol and blue hydrogen, and for the conversion of hydrogen to ammonia, aiming to supply hydrogen and ammonia to Korea and Sarawak.

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Malaysia charges second Aker Solutions official with using false documents

March 17, 2022

Dateline 2022-01-26, Reuters:

Malaysia on Wednesday charged an official at Norway’s largest oil services provider Aker Solutions , accusing him of using false documents to secure a license renewal, according to the company and a court charge sheet.

Mohd Yusof Ab Rahman, 54, a manager at the Malaysian office of Aker Solutions, plead not guilty at a Kuala Lumpur court, a prosecutor told Reuters. He faces two years in jail, a fine, or both, if convicted.

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Anniversary – Pengerang

March 16, 2022

Malaysian engineers never forget.

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What the Kelantan oil royalty issue is all about

March 15, 2022

Let’s resalt this old would.

Dateline 2022-01-17, FMT:

The row over oil royalty for Kelantan has been revived by those who claim the state has been unfairly deprived of what it deserves, and that it has affected the state’s development.

The Kelantan government and like-minded activists have been demanding the oil royalty for decades, only for it to be dismissed repeatedly by Putrajaya, on the ground that oil is extracted outside Kelantan’s territorial waters.

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UTM – Survey Help

March 14, 2022

UTM needs some last hour help. Go figure.

I am now in the midst of conducting a rigorous study to improve our undergraduate Process Safety teaching in Malaysian universities. I need input, insights and opinions from the industries.

Could you help me with this study? The questions are very direct and simple but it means alot to our students and future engineers.

Here is the link to the questions:

https://forms.office.com/r/eMKGFGL2cA
https://forms.office.com/r/eMKGFGL2cA

But I am sorry that I need it fast (perhaps in 1 or 2 days time (from 2022-3-14) because I need to already present it to the UK side very soon. Hope you can help me answering these questions and also sharing it to your colleagues who are relevant to this this study.

Thank you so much ya

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Malaysia’s RE outlook: The rise of household solar, carbon neutral goals, govt’s policies

March 14, 2022

Dateline 2022-01-17, Malaysian Reserve:

GLOBALLY, we are witnessing an ongoing worldwide energy shortage, environmental crisis and rising raw renewable energy (RE) material costs. Along with this, we see rising concern for climate change and sustainability, and increased environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.

At the recent 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, the world targets to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C, with over 100 countries making net-zero 2050 commitments, including Malaysia, alongside the US, Australia and Europe.

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Parts V and VI of the Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984 disapplied to gas supplied to ‘consumers’

March 13, 2022

No idea what this is about

Dateline 2022-01-24, Lexology:

The Petroleum (Safety Measures) (Amendment) Act 1993 (‘Amendment Act’) will come into operation on 2 February 2022 pursuant to Legislative Supplement B (P.U.(B)) 41/2022.

When the Amendment Act comes into operation, the Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984 (‘Principal Act’) will be amended as follows:

Part V of the Principal Act (which provides for the transportation of petroleum by pipelines) will cease to apply to the supply of gas to consumers through pipelines under the Gas Supply Act 1993 (‘Gas Supply Act’); and
Part VI of the Principal Act (which provides for the storage and handling of petroleum) will cease to apply to a licensee under the Gas Supply Act for the supply of gas to consumers through pipelines from the storage tank or cylinder specifically used for reticulation of gas to any apparatus in any premises.

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Six-year extension for ‘largest deepwater FPSO in Malaysia’

March 12, 2022

Dateline 2022-01-24, Offshore Energy:

Malaysian energy and maritime solutions provider MISC Berhad announced that the Malaysian Deepwater Floating Terminal (Kikeh) Limited (MDFT) had recently entered into an agreement with PTTEP to extend a charter contract for the FPSO Kikeh, which is operating off Sabah, Malaysia.

MDFT is a joint venture company between MISC and SBM Holdings (SBM) with 51 per cent and 49 per cent of the equity, respectively.

As reported by MISC on Monday, the charter extension for the vessel is for six years, beginning January 2022 until January 2028.

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Malaysia’s Petronas makes 3rd gas find off Sarawak’s Balingian province

March 11, 2022

Dateline 2022-01-07, Channel News Asia:

Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas has made a new gas discovery at the Hadrah-1 wildcat exploration well off the coast of Sarawak state, the firm said on Friday.

The discovery by subsidiary Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd was made at Block SK411k located in the shallow waters of Balingian Province.

Petronas said Hadrah-1 is the company’s third gas discovery in this province, after Sirung-1 and Kulintang-1 in March and May respectively.

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Petronas sees positive outlook for next three years on oil price recovery, pandemic SOP relaxation

March 10, 2022

Ah, what about the effect of Malaysia’s shrinking population to pandemic kills? And this is just the NOC? How about paying industry living wages? Seen the pay of your (and mine) cleaning staff lately?

Dateline 2021-12-28, The Edge:

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) said on Tuesday (Dec 28) it expects a positive outlook for 2022 to 2024 for the national oil company on a recovery in crude oil prices, as well as relaxation of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) and directives besides an increase in plug and abandonment projects for planned retirement of oil and gas wells.

Petronas said the information in its latest activity outlook report, which covers 2022 to 2024, is accounted for when a specific activity begins and not by contract award.

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