Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia – an Overview
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Bulletin Bulanan IJM JJUURRUUTTEERRAA THE MONTHLY BULLETIN OF THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, MALAYSIA KDN PP 1050/02/2005 ISSN 0126-9909 BIL.2005 N0.01 JANUARY 2005 Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia – An Overview Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineering Consultants – Moving Forward CONTENTS DIMENSION PUBLISHING SDN. BHD. (449732-T) Unit No. 3A-10, Block F PRESIDENT’S CORNER Phileo Damansara 1, 9 Jalan 16/11 University-Industry Interaction : A Forgone Conclusion? ................. 4 Off Jalan Damansara, 46350 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan COVER STORY Tel : (603) 7955 5335 The Malaysian Oil and Gas Industry : An Overview .......................... 8 Fax : (603) 7955 5773 Email : [email protected] FEATURES Malaysia as a Regional Hub for Oil and Gas Chairman Engineering Services ................................................................................. 14 ROBERT MEBRUER From Sailing The Sea to Surfing The Net .............................................. 18 Publisher Mining and Quarrying in Malaysia : The Industry PATRICK LEUNG and Education ............................................................................................ 24 [email protected] The Blasting Dilemma............................................................................... 28 Editor RIDWIN G. 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Tel: 03-7968 4001/2 E-mail: [email protected] IEM Home Page: http://www.iem.org.my © 2005 The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia & Dimension Publishing Sdn. Bhd. Printed by : HjL PRINT ENTERPRISE (Co. No. 14 56681-X) No. 20, Jalan PBS 14/8 Taman Perindustrian Bukit Serdang 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Cover photograph courtesy of Tel/Fax: 603-8945 6472 Dimension Publishing Sdn. Bhd. 3 JURUTERA, JANUARY 2005 PRESIDENT’S CORNER UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY INTERACTION : A Forgone Conclusion? By : Ir. Prof. Abang Abdullah bin Abang Ali, IEM President s a young Dean of Engineering away. There is also an annual It is as if we are unable to A in the early 80s, university- national level dialogue between excel in both. And yet in more industry interaction was my university leaders and captains of established universities abroad, favourite topic because I strongly industry chaired by the Minister of lecturers are successful researchers believe the university and the Education (now, Higher Learning) and are also able to stand tall industry were inseparable twins in on this issue. Unfortunately much amongst professional engineering the business of education and as we would like to see this close practitioners. They publish in order training of the country’s technical cooperation between universities not to perish in the university but at human resource. Prior to this and and the industry to develop and the same time are respected leaders almost immediately after my after some three decades of in their professional institutions. appointment as a lecturer, I was talking about it, it did not seem to They have journal papers as well myself spending 4 to 5 days a week work fully in Malaysia. Universities as major design achievements in industry as a design engineer in often say that the industry is hardly in practice. my effort to gain the necessary interested and the industry on the Striking a balance between practical or professional experience other hand appear to consider which is a necessary prerequisite to academic and professional excell- university lecturers and students building that important bridge to ence would not be too difficult if too academic to be of any good to the private sector. This was made there is close cooperation between their business. possible after proposing a With the recent renewed universities and the industry. professional training scheme for emphasis on research and Universities must through their engineering lecturers to the active involvement in R&D be able university council. As a dean I was development (R&D) in Malaysian to offer new knowledge and encouraging and indeed prodding universities, given the larger lecturers to work hard towards amount of R&D funds made technology to the industry and the building a good rapport with the available through the Intensification industry must be willing to come industry in order to expose them as of Research in Priority Areas forward to support teaching and well as their students to the realities (IRPA) programme, involvement R&D activities in the universities in the industry has gone further of the workplace. through endowments, chairs and to the back burners. The latest Paper after paper have been grants. Cooperation in innovation presented and deliberated on in craze in the universities is for and commercialisation activities is a major national and international journal papers, R&D achievement conferences and seminars on this medals and patents at the expense sure way forward. But then there issue over the years implying that of the highly elusive university- must be political will to make all this is one issue which will not fade industry interaction. these happen. I We wish all IEM Members and Readers a HAPPY & PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR JURUTERA, JANUARY 2005 4 EDITORIAL JURUTERA Number 1 January 2005 IEM Registered on 1st May 1959 MAJLIS BAGI SESI 2004/2005 (IEM COUNCIL SESSION) YANG DIPERTUA / PRESIDENT: MALAYSIAN Ir. Prof. Abang Abdullah bin Abang Ali ENGINEERS AND THE TIMBALAN YANG DIPERTUA / DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Ir. Prof. Dr Ow Chee Sheng OIL & GAS INDUSTRY NAIB YANG DIPERTUA / VICE PRESIDENTS: Ir. P.E. Chong, Ir. Vincent Chen Kim Kieong, Ir. Chee Meng Sang, Ir. Mohd Aman bin Hj By : Ir. Dr Samad bin Solbai, Idris, Ir. Choo Kok Beng, Ir. Neoh Cheng Aik, Ir. Prof. Ishak bin Abdul Rahman Chairman, Oil, Gas & Mining Technical Division SETIAUSAHA KEHORMAT / HON. SECRETARY: Ir. Oon Chee Kheng hirty years ago the Malaysian Parliament passed the BENDAHARI KEHORMAT / HON. TREASURER: TPetroleum Development Act (1974) and laid down Ir. M.C. Hee the groundwork for the development of the oil & gas WAKIL STRUKTUR / STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATIVE: industry in the country. Since then the industry has Ir. David Ng Shiu Yuen developed to become one of our most important WAKIL AWAM / CIVIL REPRESENTATIVE: Ir. Gunasagaran a/l Krishnan economic sectors. It is also a sector which has taken WAKIL ELEKTRIK / ELECTRICAL REPRESENTATIVE: advantage of the most demanding, challenging and Ir.