International Standards Workshop
for the Global Oil & Gas Industry
in Malaysia

23-24 February 2009

The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) in association with Petronas Carigali, Department of Standards Malaysia and SIRIM Berhard organised this workshop for professionals working in the Malaysian oil & gas industry that make use of standards in their work.

The programme may be downloaded here.

Objectives

This workshop was designed to provide professionals of oil & gas companies, national standards bodies, service providers, the supply industry and rule-making authorities with the opportunity to broaden their understanding of international standardisation activities for this globally important industry sector.
The workshop reviewed and discussed the international and national standardisation work, the role of the authorities and standardisation bodies in ongoing standardisation activities and the experiences within other relevant countries and regions of adopting such standards for the oil and gas sector, including the challenges facing harmonisation of company and local standards with International Standards.

Key Benefits

• Provide an overview of the international standardisation process with particular focus on the efforts, work and products arising out of ISO Technical Committee No 67 that focus on standards for “Materials, equipment and offshore structures for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries”, used both upstream and downstream.
• Provide an up-to-date overview on the importance and benefits of standardisation in oil & gas industry and explore the activities and experiences of international, regional, national and company standardisation in this field and how Malaysia can participate and influence these standards.
• Develop a clear picture of the benefits of adoption of International Standards, identify the difficulties facing international standardisation and suggest effective solutions in this regard.
• Identify and define the Malaysian oil & gas sector standardisation needs in view of its growing oil & gas industry and ongoing globalisation efforts.
• Provide an opportunity for a detailed Roundtable and Q&A session with national professionals of oil & gas companies, national standards bodies, service providers, the supply industry and international representatives.

Presentations

1. Opening Address - Datuk Abdullah Karim, Vice-President, PETRONAS
2. Workshop introduction - Neil Reeve, Shell
3. Development & use of International Standards - Alf Reidar Johansen, OGP
4. Work of ISO & IEC Technical Committees - Gilles Trican, Total
5. 'Think Standards, Think Global' - Neil Reeve, Shell
6. National & International Standardisation activities in Malaysia - Siti Mariam Mohd Din, Department of Standards Malaysia
7. Malaysian Standards in the oil & gas industries - Pramod Kumar Karunakaran, Industry Standards Committee on Petroleum & Gas
8. Integrating risk-based inspection into the oil & gas industry: authority's perception & roles - Tn Hj Mohamad Jamil, Department of Occupational Safety & Health
9. International Standards workshop for oil & gas industry: focusing on Malaysia - Ross Smith, BP
10. Introduction to the ISO working procedures - Neil Reeve, Shell
11. Adoption of international standards around the globe - Gilles Trican, Total
12. Utilization of PETRONAS Technical Standard (PTS) - Pau Kiew Huai, PETRONAS
13. Introduction to OGP - Alf Reidar Johansen, OGP
14. Managing HSE standards for the upstream oil & gas industry - Saiee Julaihi, PETRONAS
15. Sharing of common issues in international codes & standards for offshore linepipes - Hasbullah Abu Hassan, PETRONAS
16. ISO Harmonisation of NDT practices in Malaysia - Wan Abdullah Wan Hamat, PETRONAS
17. Industrial wireless standard for process automation - Ali Azizan Maamor, PETRONAS
18. Malaysia's experience in developing MS1086:2007 - PE Piping System for Gaseous Fuel Supply - Zamri b M Said, PETRONAS