Success of SGS's LNG Awareness Seminar in Karachi, Pakistan

On February 6, 2015, SGS successfully conducted a seminar on LNG Awareness in Karachi, Pakistan.

With themes ranging from achieving excellence and reducing complexity to getting answers from field to fuel, SGS’s inaugural liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry (http://www.sgs.com/en/Oil-Gas/Downstream/Logistics/LNG-and-Gases.aspx) awareness session, hosted at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Karachi, Pakistan, on February 6, 2015, proved to be a huge success.

The awareness session, ‘LNG – Achieving Excellence from Design through Operations’, jointly hosted by SGS Pakistan’s Industrial Services (http://www.sgs.com/en/Industrial-Manufacturing.aspx) and Oil, Gas & Chemicals Services, was attended by more than 100 local stakeholders and clients with the aim to explore the inspection requirements for both LNG storage terminals and distribution networks.

The seminar incorporated the themes of ‘Getting Answers from Field to Fuel’ and ‘Reducing Complexity to Manage Your Processes’ and was presented by Muhammed Aqeel, Manager Operations, SGS Pakistan and SGS’s Global LNG Manager, Sven Lataire. The objective of the seminar was to enhance stakeholder’s knowledge of the LNG industry at stages ranging from design to procurement, from construction to commissioning and product receipt to delivery operations.

SGS’s Global LNG Manager, Sven Lataire had a special focus on LNG sales and purchase agreements, measurement criteria, quality testing and certifications, selecting gauging devices, determination composition LNG (+ Vapor), calculation section and measurement procedures followed by a visual tour. Farrukh Mazhar, Managing Director SGS Pakistan gave the opening remarks, followed by Abdur Razzak Lakhani, Director Operations Industrial Services and Shahnawaz Ullah Khan Director Operations Oil, Gas & Chemicals Services, who discussed the topic and gave the session’s brief respectively.

“Every LNG project has its own specific characteristics and all our clients have different needs,” said Mr Aqeel, Manager Operations, SGS Pakistan. “To meet our clients’ needs we continually refine our services to meet their individual technical and contractual requirements. This event helps demonstrate how we help clients to manage the industry’s challenging combination of verification, inspection, testing and surveillance, while at the same time assuring safe working conditions.”

SGS LNG Services

SGS provides LNG services including:

•           Product Measurement and Inspections Services

•           Tailored Solutions for Procurement, Storage and Distributions Networks

For further information, please contact:

Mrs. S. Maheen Ishaq Khaqan
Senior Executive Officer
SGS Pakistan
H-3/3, Sector 5, Korangi Industrial Area,
Karachi-74900, Pakistan
t: +92 21 3512 1388 95 ext. 423
E-mail: [email protected]
www.sgs.com/industrial

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