IEM Shout Out – Visit to Centre of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and CO2 Mnagement Centre of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

October 13, 2014

This is a shout out for the IEM. My technical division will be hosting a trip to Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak Darul Ridzuan on the 23rd October, 2014. You will be anointed with 4 CPD / PDP hours.

BACKGROUND

The depleting natural resources and increasing challenges in exploring new oil field has saw the importance of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) in oil production industry. EOR has been recognized by the Malaysian Government as one of the focus area in Oil & Gas NKEA in year 2011.

The Centre of Research in EOR was established in Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in year 2006 to promote excellence in EOR research that mostly addresses the needs of industry and to manage laboratory services. Research in the area has continuously expanded at UTP since 2006. Most EOR research projects are conducted by the petroleum engineering staff and the topics are mostly conventional topics such as subsurface fluid flow, rock fluid interactions etc. In addition, there is an increasing interest from non-petroleum engineering researching EOR chemicals, application of waves, advanced materials among others.

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Tentative schedule:

  • 7.00 am Bus departs from IEM, PJ
  • 10.45 am Arrival at UTP and welcoming remarks by DVC RI
  • 11.00 am Introduction to Enhanced Oil Recovery
  • 12.00 pm Introduction to CO2 Management
  • 1.00 pm Token of Appreciation and group photo
  • 1.15 pm Lunch
  • 2.00 pm Technical Visit to EOR Research Centre
  • 3.00 pm Technical Visit to CO2 Research Centre
  • 4.00 pm Adjourn 0945 Arrival at site

Register here and get the form here.

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Petronas claims RM2.8 billion spent on student scholarships since 1975

August 1, 2014

Dateline 2014-06-08, The Malaysian Insider:

Petronas has spent RM2.8 billion on 21,000 students under its Petronas Education Sponsorship Programme (PESP) since 1975.

Its human resource management senior vice-president, Raiha Azni Abdul Rahman said since Petronas was established in 1974, the programe had been Petronas’s main effort in contributing to the development of sustainable human resource in the country.

Speaking at the PESP scholarship-presentation ceremony at Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Seri Iskandar today, Raiha Azni said Petronas planned to make Malaysia the regional hub for education and learning in oil and gas.

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Shout Out – Malaysian Chem-E-Car Competition (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS)

March 2, 2011

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division will be hosting this Competition. It will be held on the 16th and 17th March 2011, 8am to 5pm at the Universiti Technologi PETRONAS.

 Chem-E Car Competition is an annual event organized by the Chemical Engineering Technical Division (CETD) of the Institution of Engineers of Malaysia (IEM) and a selected host institution of higher learning. The event, which started in 2005, will mark the 6th consecutive competition in Malaysia. The previous Chem-E Car Competitions have attracted considerable participation from institutions of higher learning locally and abroad.

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You can register for the event here, and download the registration brochure here.

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