Introduction:
A Hazard and Operability study is a formal and systematic and detailed examination of the process and engineering intensions of new or existing facilities which assesses the hazard potential and effects on the facility as a whole when operation is outside of the design envelope, or individual items of equipment malfunction.

This half-day course is designed to educate participants in the HAZOP process from the perspective of a HAZOP team member. It is meant to provide both instruction and workshop sessions so that the participants:
•    Are familiar with the concept of ‘risk’
•    Are familiar with the theory behind HAZOP
•    Are familiar with the actual HAZOP workshop process
•    Have expectations as to what the HAZOP will (and won’t provide)
•    Understand what deliverables can be expected from a HAZOP
•    Have the opportunity to participate in HAZOP exercise in a safe environment
•    Opportunity to share HAZOP experiences

At the end of the session, the participants should:
•    Understand the responsibilities of all parties in the HAZOP
•    Have experience in a HAZOP session.
•    Understand the outcomes from a HAZOP session


Biography:

Wata has 16 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations.

Wata joined ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. shortly after graduation in 1995. In 1998, he was reassigned to EMEPMI’s operations department. His responsibility was to provide technical support to an offshore production facility. His tasks were varied, included 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 was enhanced. He was involved in a number of management level committees.

Whilst in Poyry, Wata has been 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 managed the preparation of an operating manual set for Shell Sarawak and lead COPI in compiling a site training program. He has also led Exxonmobil’s effort in the upgrading the custody transfer management processes. He has HAZOP leadership experience on offshore facilities. He has recently worked on a secondment providing 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 Director of Synergy Oil & Gas Engineering Sdn. Bhd.