1st ISA Malaysia Automation Conference & Exhibition Track Chariman: Turbomachinery Controls Prakash Kumar Karunakaran Custodian Engineer for Advanced Process Control PETRONAS Prakash Kumar Karunakaran is the Custodian Engineer for Advanced Process Control (or APC) in PETRONAS. He has been in the Oil and Gas industry for 25 years. He started his career as an Instrumentation Engineer before transitioning to Process Engineering (Advanced Process Control) in the third largest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in the world (PETRONAS LNG Complex, Bintulu). While in this facility, his role included development and maintenance of complex regulatory controls for the largest aerodynamic compressors and fired equipment in Malaysia. As the first local Head of Advanced Process Control (APC), he was also responsible for initiating the development of Advanced Control applications in the LNG Complex. After 13 years in LNG, he moved to Malaysia’s largest Crude Oil refinery (PETRONAS Penapisan (Melaka) Sdn. Bhd.) as Head, Advanced Process Control and Optimisation. He was responsible for revamping all the Advanced Solutions in this facility and for revamping the plant data acquisition system to better facilitate enhanced data analytics. In 2000, he made another transition to Group Technical Solutions (GTS), Kuala Lumpur, a central engineering consultancy for PETRONAS Operating Units and Capital Projects. In this role, he provides consultancy for Advanced Control Solutions, Plant Data Acquisition and Advanced Analytics. He is the PETRONAS Group Technical Authority (GTA) for all Advanced Control Solutions and for Plant Data Acquisition systems. He is also the Discipline Head for the APC discipline in PETRONAS (Skill Group 16.4). His greatest passion is in capability building and has trained more than 700 engineers to leverage on improved Process Behavior ManagementŠ using the field of (Advanced) Process Control and data analytics.
Track Chariman: Digitalization - Instruments Ir. Chua Kien Kek Custodian Engineer, Measurement, Instrument Department PETRONAS Ir. Chua Kien Kek graduated with a B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from U.K. He is a registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia. Currently holding the position as Custodian Engineer for Measurement, Instrument department in Project Delivery & Technology (PD&T), PETRONAS, providing consultancy and technical advisory services to the PETRONAS Group. He has worked in PETRONAS in the analyzer field for more than 30 years.
Automation
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