Attend IEM talk on "Oil and Gas Fabrication and Construction"

On 27 April 2015, I received an email from IEM Southern Branch.

The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) Southern Branch is organizing the talk on "Oil and Gas Fabrication and Construction" at IEM Southern Branch Secretariat Office.

The speaker was introduce participants to the Oil and Gas Engineering, Fabrication and Construction Practices for piping, flange management and hydrotest activities.

The speaker was Ir. Azman Bin Yusoff, he was graduated in Mechanical Engineering from UTM in 1999. He is currently working as a Mechanical and Piping Engineer for Sarawak Shell Berhad. He started his career as a Construction Mechanical Engineer, involves in erection works for mechanical equipment. Throughout his career, he has been dealing with various aspects of the Oil and Gas Industry Construction Cycles, from engineering, procurement, planning, quality, testing & commissioning, and safety. Ir. Azman is currently working on the Malikai TLP Deepwater Project based in Pasir Gudang, Johor.

The participant fees for IEM Graduate Member (Below 30 years old) is RM 30.

The talk will include the following areas:-

Oil and Gas Piping, Fabrication & Installation

1. Dimensions and Tolerances
2. WPS (Welding Procedure Specifications)
3. NDE / PWHT Requirements
4. Blasting and Painting
5. Exotic Piping

Flange Management

1. Flange Identification & Assembly Procedure
2. Flange Tightening and Works Sequence

Piping Hydrotest

1. Hydrotest Package
2. Components exclusion prior to HydroTest
3. Sequence of Hydrotest Activities, Handling Over and Pre-Commissioning

8:30am - 9am,
I went up to 2nd floor of IEM Southern Branch Secretariat Office for registration.
In accordance with the flyer attach with email, the talk is strictly limited to 30 participants only.
However, what I saw there is that the talk was attended by full house, I was very sure that there were more than 40 people attending this technical talk.

9:15am - 10:15am,
Introduction by Ir. Azman Yusoff
Session 1 - Oil and Gas Piping Fabrication and Installation

10:15am - 10:30am, Refreshment Break.
The organizer providing participants: fried mee hoon, 2 types of kuih and sweet hot tea.

10:30am - 12:30pm,
Session 2 - Flange Management
Session 3 - Piping Hydrotest
Question & Answer Session

12:30pm, Closing & End of talk.


Remark:

Attachment that the speaker present during talk:

Flange management (in power point file)

• WPS (in pdf file)
• ASME B16.5 (in pdf file)
• ASME B 16.47 (in pdf file)
• Appendix B Flange Face Allignment (in pdf file)
• Appendix K Joint Record (in pdf file)
• Appendix A Isometric Drawing (in pdf file)

Hydrotest (in power point file)

• Piping_Hydrotest_Package_System_29_HT_PL_29.05_003 (in pdf file)