A Case Study of Asset Integrity and Process Safety Management of Major Oil and Gas Companies in Malaysia

Asset integrity is closely intertwined with process safety where the latter often perceived to be equivalent or a subset of former. In Malaysia, requirements for offshore are set by Petronas assuming exclusive rights petroleum in nation. It imposes and enforces these on oil gas companies entering into its production sharing contracts via common law. Process management Malaysia strongly influenced US OSHA 3132 elements comprising information, hazard analysis, operating procedures, employee participation, training, contractors, pre-startup review, mechanical integrity, hot work permit, change, incident investigation, emergency planning response as well compliance audits. These largely included Mandatory Control Framework trio design, technical adopted other companies. practices align reiterative plan-do-check-act model. performance also gauged indicators suggested international institutions such American Petroleum Institute. On top Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1996 onshore processes, this study deems that establishing statutory law installations will beneficial propel greater height.