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3rd Steering Committee Meeting of GASEX 2010, 25-26 May at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong 16 Jun 2010 GASEX (a.k.a. Gas Information Exchange for the Western Pacific) held the 3rd Steering Committee Meeting for GASEX 2010 on 25-26 May in Hong Kong.
MGA's 24th Annual General Meeting, Impiana Hotel KLCC, 12 May 2010 14 May 2010 THE 24th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF THE MALAYSIAN GAS ASSOCIATION HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010 AT THE IMPIANA HOTEL KLCC, KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Gas Association (MGA) held its 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 12th May 2010 at the Impiana Hotel KLCC. In conjunction with the AGM, the association hosted a knowledge sharing tea talk for members and affiliates and also a mock cheque presentation event to two charitable bodies prior to the convening of the AGM.
MGA PRESTIGE 2010, 27-28 MARCH, HOTEL EQUATORIAL, MELAKA 30 Mar 2010 - Nurturing a safety culture among Engineering Undergraduates Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) awareness and practice may sometimes be taken for granted in the workplace. Complacency and careless work ethics and practices, can lead to incidents that can disrupt operations and productivity, causing not only monetary loss, environmental pollution but in some cases injury and death. As such it is critical to train young graduates who will soon be entering the job market on the importance of having a HSE mindset.
MGA Tea-Talk : 'Iraqi Petroleum Potential & Opportunities', 25 Feb 2010, MPC 25 Mar 2010 MGA hosted a talk on “Iraqi Petroleum Potential and Opportunities” on 25th February, 2010 at the Malaysian Petroleum Club (MPC), Level 42, Tower 2, PETRONAS Twin Towers. More than 80 members and guests attended this event where Mr Sabah Al Shammery, Chairman of the SAPCO Group and Board Member of the Iraqi Businessmen Union (IBMU) and Mr Amir Kamel, Executive Director, Mrooj Oil Services Company, shared on the business opportunities in Iraqi.

The Malaysian Gas Association hosted the GASEX 2010 Second Steering Committee at the Majestic Malacca, 7-8 December 2009.

07 Dec 2009

The Gas Information Exchange for the Western Pacific (GASEX) held its 2nd Steering Committee meeting for the organizing of GASEX 2010 on 7-8 December 2009 in Malacca, Malaysia. Hosted by the Malaysian Gas Association (MGA), the meeting was attended by 34 personnel comprising of 31 participants and 3 accompanying persons. We have committee members and representatives from 8 out of the 15 member countries of GASEX, namely Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, ROC Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. Members who could not be present were from Australia, Brunei, China, Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Philippines.
Datuk (Dr) Abdul Rahim Hashim, President of the International Gas Union (IGU) and also the President of MGA in his welcome address, highlighted the opportunities for GASEX to enhance its standing and to acquire wider exposure through participation and involvement in activities of the International Gas Union where Malaysia is helming the presidency of the 2009-2012 triennium. Natural gas will continue its position as the fuel of choice to meet the world’s growing energy needs. The drive to lessen carbon emission and the issues on climate change have created a big impact on the energy industry to give prominence to natural gas with its clean, efficient and environmental friendly attributes.
The Chairman of the IGU 2009-2012 Coordination Committee, Mr Ho Sook Wah shared on matters pertaining to the Triennial Work Program under the Malaysia’s IGU Presidency and provided insights on scope, operations and areas where member countries of GASEX can participate in i.e. in technical contribution, interactions and networking in the international community, rendering support in the special projects and regional round tables programs.
The CEO of WGC 2012, Mdm Liza Zahariah Rahman, updated on the preparation and progress for hosting the world gas conference and exhibition in 2012 in Malaysia.
The GASEX secretariat reported on the progress report on GASEX 2010 to be held in Taipei from 23-27 November. Mr Cho Chun, ROC Taiwan, presented the proposed GASEX official website covering the structure, concepts and functions for share options and ideas, exchange of information and events calendar to include inputs from all GASEX members. Another item on the agenda is the proposed GASEX Members Economies Benchmarking Scheme which was addressed by Mr Sham representing the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. PTT represented by Mr Paradis Siri Panthong presented the proposed program for the 3rd steering committee to be held in Thailand from 24-26 May 2010.
The Steering Committee also deliberated on ad hoc motions raised during the sitting. This includes the issue of having a member of GASEX to be nominated as IGU Regional Coordinator for the Asia Pacific region. This would serve to propel GASEX in the international arena to gain global recognition and publicity as the official platform to champion the development and promotion of the gas industry in the west pacific region. The sitting agreed for GASEX to propose to IGU for the Regional Coordinator (RC) for Asia and Asia Pacific region to be represented by GASEX who will nominate one of its member to be the RC. Mr James Kwan from Hong Kong proposed for a ‘GAS DAY’ to be propagated as a means to give due prominence and attestation to the promotion of gas as choice fuel.
On the matter pertaining to the GASEX Charter, Mr Ting Lee, ROC Taiwan, will circulate the final official copy to members for endorsement. The committee proposed for a signing ceremony to be held at the next steering committee meeting in Thailand. There were calls to include upstream sectors in the topics to be covered in GASEX 2010, to have a special dedicated session for young engineers’ program, to hold a workshop for reviewing of papers submitted and a proposal by Indonesia to provide a speaker for keynote address on CBM project. Members present were informed that a booth will be allocated to each GASEX member for GASEX 2010.
Besides the meeting, members also participated in a technical visit to the PETRONAS Refinery in Malacca, a golf friendly tee-off, special ‘nyonya’ cooking program and a city tour.
The GASEX 2010 second steering committee meeting was successfully conducted and favorable feedbacks have been received by participants for the hosting and organizing of this event by the team from WGC 2012 and MGA secretariat. Top