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Ir. Leong Kah Loon MIChemE

Ir. Leong Kah Loon MIChemE

Energy & Material Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Professional (Liquefaction)

  • Education

    • Universiti Malaysia Sabah

      2004 - 2008
      Bachelor of Degree Chemical Engineering Second Upper

  • Experience

    • PETRONAS LNG Sdn. Bhd.

      Aug 2008 - Apr 2011
      Energy & Material Engineer

      • Led Fuel Gas Network Automation that supported by PETRONAS Group Technical Solution (PGTS) and save fuel gas cost by $USD4mil/year without CapEx investment.• Drive Value Improvement Project in Malaysia LNG TIGA by optimizing Liquefaction Unit with actual value creation of $USD25mil/year without CapEx investment.• Drive Flaring Recovery and Reduction (FRR) Project to reduce flaring in all plants by $USD6mil/year without CapEx investment.• Drive Strategic Energy Review with PGTS and KBC Company to save energy in all plants by $USD5mil/year without Capital Expenses investment. Show less

    • Malaysia LNG TIGA Sdn. Bhd.

      Apr 2011 - Sept 2012
      LNG Process Technologist

      • Led Liquefaction Air Cooler Improvement (LACI) Project with the support from Japan JGC Company to create actual benefit gain by $USD20mil/year with half year payback period• Troubleshoot issues in Acid Gas Removal Unit: Foaming in Absorber Column, Acid Gas breakthrough in product, optimize energy efficiency in Regeneration Column etc.• Implemented variable Regene timer for Drier Beds to extend the life cycle of molecular sieve.

    • Malaysia LNG Dua Sdn. Bhd.

      Sept 2012 - Oct 2017
      Lead Process Engineer

      • Led operation team to overcome obstacles during execution of MLNG DUA Rejuvenation (MDR) Project that cost $USD360mil.• Led Value Enhancement Initiative (VEI) to optimize Liquefaction Unit with actual value creation of $USD15mil/year without Capital Expenses (CapEx) investment• Led technical team to optimize liquefaction process and energy efficiency when Main Cryogenic Heat Exchanger (MCHE) operated under tube leak condition.• Led the operation team to shut down and start up module 4 safely for MCHE tube leak rectification within 10 days duration.• Solve daily operation issue in MLNG DUA and optimize LNG production Show less

    • PETRONAS LNG Sdn. Bhd.

      Jun 2015 - Jan 2016
      Advance Programmer in Production Planning

      Upgraded LNG Production & Cargo Scheduling Tool (LPROCAST) Program by using Macro Visual Basic to generate Annual Delivery Plan (ADP) for feed gas suppliers and oversea customers.

    • Malaysia LNG Satu Sdn. Bhd.

      Oct 2017 - Jun 2021
      Operation Manager

      • Continue improve Plant Availability for 11.8MTPA of LNG production• Stretch the limit of Industrial Effluent Treatment System (IETS) to save ~$USD 1mil/year of schedule waste cost

    • PETRONAS Technical Services Sdn Bhd

      Jun 2021 - now
      Technical Professional (Liquefaction)

      - Led conceptual design and brownfield modification study for Carbon Captured, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) Project. Coordinated with >15 technology providers to design Carbon Captured Plant, CO2 Liquefaction Plant and Dehydration Unit. - Led conceptual design and feasibility study for MLNG De-Sulphurization (De-SOx) Project. Coordinated with >10 technology providers to design different options for Sulphur Removal Unit.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Professional Engineer (Chemical)

      Board of Engineers Malaysia
      Apr 2018

    • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Engr. Grd. 1

      Ministry of Human Resources
      Jul 2019

    • Chartered Chemical Engineer

      Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
      Apr 2018

    • Green Belt Certification (GB) Lean Six Sigma

      PETRONAS
      Oct 2017

    • HRD Corp Trainer

      HRD Corp - Human Resource Development Corporation
      Jun 2023

    • Tripod Beta Silver Practitioner

      Energy Institute
      Apr 2019

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ir. Leong Kah Loon MIChemE
      Compliment after IMPRESS Sucessfully Upgrade Senior Manager Production Planning Feb 2016 Mr Leong, our Process Engineer has under our guidance successfully helping us to expand our IMPRESS and incorporate New Process Models for the big projects such as DGDM, MARLIN, PL9SB facilities and also PL9SB Shipping and New Buyers Terminals. We have tested this new LNG Production and Cargoes Scheduling Tool (LPROCAST) in parallel with the current IMPRESS for more than a month and we have full confident that it works successfully. Such a big modifications was required to be done by our SGSI… Show more Mr Leong, our Process Engineer has under our guidance successfully helping us to expand our IMPRESS and incorporate New Process Models for the big projects such as DGDM, MARLIN, PL9SB facilities and also PL9SB Shipping and New Buyers Terminals. We have tested this new LNG Production and Cargoes Scheduling Tool (LPROCAST) in parallel with the current IMPRESS for more than a month and we have full confident that it works successfully. Such a big modifications was required to be done by our SGSI team previously, but after we discovered that we have Visual Basic Expert, Mr Leong, in house, we managed to tap his Visual Basic / Microsoft Excel programing talent / capability by assigning him to a big challenge for IMPRESS upgrading project and he did it successfully in 3 months..! Thank You to Leong for the Great Job done for the Company...! With the LPROCAST in place, we can now officially announce to decommission the IMPRESS and our Annual Delivery Programs for FY2015/16 and FY2016/17 are now running on LPROCAST...! Show less
    • Awarded to Ir. Leong Kah Loon MIChemE
      Compliment before IMPRESS upgrading Start Senior Manager Production Planning May 2015 "​...this is the kind of expertise we need. This guy has mastered the very powerful Visual Basic/Excel programing skills and we need this kind of people at Petronas Group Technical Solution (PGTS) who knows the Process and the programing skill. With this skills, we can do a lot of process simulations programing ourselves. I am confident he can do the IMPRESS upgrading for us if we give him time to do it. We can even make use of his skills to make a new IMPRESS so that we can be independent from… Show more "​...this is the kind of expertise we need. This guy has mastered the very powerful Visual Basic/Excel programing skills and we need this kind of people at Petronas Group Technical Solution (PGTS) who knows the Process and the programing skill. With this skills, we can do a lot of process simulations programing ourselves. I am confident he can do the IMPRESS upgrading for us if we give him time to do it. We can even make use of his skills to make a new IMPRESS so that we can be independent from our competitor..." Show less
    • Awarded to Ir. Leong Kah Loon MIChemE
      Shell Exellence Awards Malaysia Shell Company Aug 2008