SYNOPSIS

A Hazard Identification (HAZID) study in the oil and gas industry is a formal, systematic and detailed examination of the assets and facilities to identify hazards. The HAZID helps determine the magnitude of the causes and consequences of a hazard, and its associated guidewords. The HAZID is typically performed using guidewords. The HAZID will be used as the basis of the asset’s Risk Register. The talk will address
•    The concept of ‘risk’
•    The theory behind a HAZID in Malaysia’s oil, gas and petrochemical industry
•    Risks captured in a HAZID
•    HAZID guidewords
•    Differences between a HAZID and a HAZOP


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Razmahwata has 19 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations. He joined ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. (EMEPNI) shortly after graduation in 1995. In 1998, he was re-assigned to EMEPMI’s operations department. His responsibility was to provide technical support to an offshore production facility. His tasks were varied from troubleshooting day to day challenges, managing retrofit projects and leading safety cases. He was made the Company’s custody metering engineer in 2001, charged with leading the exercise to ensure the Company compliance with industry and company specifications were enhanced.

He later joined Poyry as a Senior Process Engineer for SembCorp’s Betara project. He was on secondment to Talisman Malaysia, supporting preliminary work on their Bunga Raya CO2 removal system and authored a mercury management plan. He was seconded as a Senior Process Engineer at Ranhill-Worley, and subsequently provided project management support to ConocoPhillips Indonesia’s (COPI) Singapore Onshore Facilities.

He has HAZOP leadership experience on offshore facilities. He has recently worked on a secondment to provide detailed design services to a tanker-to-FPSO conversion project in Singapore. He supported ExxonMobil in developing measurement manuals, and leading an exercise to validate 59,000 line items. He is currently the Lead Engineer of IGL Services Sdn Bhd.