SYNOPSIS

When the word “research” is mentioned, it is often a misconception that research happens inside universities and researchers will work in the campus, isolated from the industrial world. It is not the case since research also happens in the industry, and most often than not, shaping the demand of technology advancement.

Oil, Gas, Mining Technical Division (OGMTD) has lined-up a series of research-focused topics to explore the current trend in Oil & Gas research, to bring awareness of research work in the industry, which could shape the current and future engineering applications or solutions.

In this series, two topics would be discussed and shared:

a) Energy Transition Era: Harvesting Renewable Energy From Wind Replacing The Use of Fossil Fuel

A fossil fuel is undergoing transitional era towards clean energy transition; reducing carbon footprint is one of top priorities and this is a must factor for license to operate and continue production from fossil fuel. Open burning combustion of i.e., gas turbine generator (GTG) is no longer an option moving forward, rather to reduce the CO2 emission to meet net zero carbon emission (NZCE) by year 2050. One of ways to mitigate this gtg problem is by replacing fossil fuel, methane as a feed stock to clean energy derive from wind power. The harvesting of wind energy is not an easy task as Malaysia offshore region is known as low wind speed environment and hence, commonly used wind turbine is not suited best for this mission. Low wind speed in this region is fall under class S, below 7 meter per second (m/s). Therefore, a new scheme; technology is developed to cater such requirement. The technology is called low speed wind turbine can generate and store power up-to 4 MV. With this invention, capable to solve existing brownfield operational paint point: a case study of offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.

b) Biomass to Value-Added Products

Biomass is a promising renewable resource for producing value-added products. The conversion of biomass into value-added products can be achieved through various processes such as biochemical, thermo chemical,and hybrid processes. These processes can produce a wide range of value-added products such as biofuels,chemicals, and materials. The use of biomass for value-added products has the potential to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. However, challenges such as feed stock availability, technological and economic feasibility, and sustainability need to be addressed to enable the widespread adoption of biomass-based value-added products. This presentation highlights the potential of biomass to produce value-added products and the challenges that need to be overcome for the sustainable production of these products.


BIODATA OF SPEAKERS

1) Dr. Mohd Faizal Sedaralit

Dr. Mohd Faizal Sedaralit, is a Chief Scientist (Reservoir Engineering), Group Technology and Commercial (GT&C), Technology Digital Solution (TDS) PETRONAS. He has 23 years working experiences in oil and gas industry, as practitioner of Petroleum Engineering with specialization in reservoir studies, field development program (FDP) and system integrated trade-off study (SITOS). He obtained BSc. Hons (2000) and MSc. Hons. (2013) in Petroleum Engineering (PE) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Completed Doctor of Philosophy, PhD (2019) in Petroleum Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), specialization in modelling and enhanced oil recovery (EOR).

Though out his carrier, the followings are key achievements: more than 50 technical sharing through technical paper and journal publications, holding eight Intellectual Property (IP): 2-patterns, 1-trade secrets and 5-copy rights technology and involve in multiple-technical and steering committees as core member to shape the industry, deliver EOR class-room training and member of society of petroleum (SPE) and technical committee for conference.


2) Mr. Navin Sharma

Navin Sharma obtained his master’s degree in polymer science at Universiti Sains Malaysia, in 2002 and is currently pursuing his PhD in chemistry at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. After completing his master’s degree, he was working as a Technical, Services and Development Manager at Scientex Packaging Film Sdn. Bhd. He joined PETRONAS Research Sdn. Bhd. as a researcher in 2010 and is currently a Principal Scientist at the department of Technology Research. His research is currently focused on surfactants and biomass conversion into specialty chemicals.