Joe Meanen’s account of the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster underscores the need for greater accountability and prioritisation of health and safety in offshore operations.
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TAS INSTITUTE of Oil & Gas hailed the day in 2011 when dozens of its pioneer Advanced BTEC (Business Technology Education Council) Diploma grads were snapped up by Shell in one fell swoop, thanks to a concerted investment to raise skills capacity of local.
Willie Ng, Executive Director and an ex-La Sallian who founded TAS in 2008 primarily and originally to address what he called “serious shortage” of Sabahans employed in oil & gas, recalled that first amazing big hit:
“It’s one achievement I feel very happy about, that our very first batch of 45 operation technicians produced by TAS were all snapped up by Shell in 2011 to work in the biggest crude oil production platform in the whole of Malaysia – the Gumusut-Kakap platform which lies in 1,200m (3,937ft) deep water with a daily production of 165,000 barrels a day, is the largest offshore operating facility anywhere in Asia, operated by Shell and located at about 100km west of S
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