ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

SPE BRUNEI SECTION

17/9/1999, BSM office 7th Floor, 4 pm, Bandar Seri Begawan

Attendance

The Vice Chairman , Hj Zainal chaired the meeting and confirmed sufficient quorum with 22 members present in the meeting. The list of attendance is attached in appendix1. The chairman invited Hj Rani to recite Al-Fatihah to bless the meeting.

Welcome & Introduction

Hj Zainal welcomed members to the meeting . The Chairman mentioned that the main objectives of the meeting were to elect new committee for 1999-2000 and to discuss the 1999/2000 section programme.

Section Report

At the invitation of the Chairman, the outgoing secretary Pg HjYasmin gave a summary on the section activity during1997-1999 as attached in appendix2. 13 SPE evenings were hosted and very good support were given by members. Service companies played important contributions in sponsoring the evening functions. SPE also conducted its first workshop in Brunei , attended by regional members from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Newsletters were issued to members to inform on section activities. The activities are also included in the section WEB Site that has successfully maintained by Ak Iskandar. The section wishes the record their appreciation to Ak Iskandar for the job well done.

The latest count on Section members has gone down 94 compared to 101 in previous year due to member’s transfer from the area. To date 12 members have not settled their 1999 membership fee and the secretary has sent a reminder to the relevant members to settle their dues. The secretary took the opportunity during the meeting to encourage members that has outstanding due to settle it ASAP.

Treasurer Report.

At the invitation of the Chairman, the outgoing Treasurer Hj Mohd Isa reported that the section has healthy fund, mainly collected during the SPE evenings. The current balance is B$7526.90 (seven thousand five hundred and twenty six and cents ninety only).

Election

The Chairman brief members on the requirement to elect officers and committee members for term 1999-2000. For the election additional secretary and treasurer were proposed for back-up and the committee members was increased from the current 5 to 8.

One member viewed that with the increase of executive member numbers would require to increase a quorum present . Difficulty had been experienced in past (and today) meetings to meet the quorum. The chairman replied that declaration a quorum present would be one of the challenges by the new committee.

Another member queried if the increase in officers and committee was in accordance with the bylaw. The secretary clarified that Rule VIII, Sec 2 states that the executive committee shall composed of a chairman, two vice chairmen, a secretary, a treasurer, the immediate past-chairman and up to a maximum ordinary committee members. It was discussed that Rule XIV states that amendment to rules shall be made by a 2/3 vote of members present with at least 2 weeks advance notification. As the newsletters were sent out more than 2 weeks with the new officer posts were indicated, members present anonymously agreed that the proposal to increase the officers was proper. Members endorsed

The chairman asked the secretary if there was additional nomination received besides the proposed nominations. The Secretary replied that only one nomination was received for committee member . The secretary clarified that the proposed nominations consisted of 8 nominations for the officers and 8 for ordinary committee members. The secretary also mentioned that total nomination met the number required for the executive committee. The chairman asked the members present if there were any challenges on the nominations The members present unanimously supported the nominations and the Chairman declared the appointment of the newly elected executive committee as follows;

• Dato Hj Ahmad bin Hj Ibrahim - PU Chairman
• Pg Dato Hj Abu Bakar Hj Abu Bakar- MODev. Past Chairman
• Alias Hj Mohd Yusof - PU Vice Chairman
• Hj Zainal bin Hj Mohd Ali - BSP Vice Chairman
• Hj Mohd Yusof bin Mohd Don - PU Sec 1
• Hj Kamaluddin Bungsu - BSP Sec 2
• Hj Rani - PU Treasurer 1
• Vincent Liew - BSP Treasurer 2
• Pg Yasmin Mohamad -BSM Committee Member
• Martin Graham- BSP Committee Member
• John Perry- Elf Committee Member
• Agus Kasuma- Schlumberger Committee Member
• Jo Lambiase- UBD Committee Member
• Hj Jameel - PU Committee Member
• Yap Sin Fah - BSP Committee Member
• Paul Moore –Fletcher-Challenge Committee Member

The newly elected Chairman, Dato Hj Ahmad requested Hj Zainal, Vice Chairman 2 to continue in chairing the rest of the meeting. Pg Yasmin told that no programme has been confirmed for the remaining of the year and SPE has send proposal on 3 distinguished lecturers as follows;

•  9 Dec 1999. Fluid Data in Field Development Projects by Hans Petter Hjermstad
•  16 March 2000. Production Enhancement Strategies by Jeff Spath
•  18 May 2000. Fractures & Fractures Reservoirs by Mohamad Taha.
•  As Dr Jeff Spath had given one talk late 1997, the member present agreed to replace with different speaker. Action : secteraties.

The followings are proposed; Action : Secretaries

•  4-5 SPE evenings per year.
•  Invite CEOs of operating oil companies in Brunei to give key address
•  Synergy with Miri Section
•  Talk on Y2k before Y2K
•  No SPE workshop in Brunei for 1999.

SPE sponsorship to follow up Schlumberger offer in 1998. Discussion with Ministry of Education is required. Action : Secretaries

The display at the Brunei Museum on the history of oil and gas is outdated and does not do justice to the high technology currently applied to the industry. As the exhibit is a valuable forum to attract students (who regularly visit the museum) to the industry, upgrading it to reflect the lastest status whilst retaing some items of historical interest is deemed prudent. Vincent Liew proposed that the Section to help in updating Museum exhibits . The newly elected Chairman recommended to draft a letter to the museum and to form a working committee. It was agreed that Vincent Liew to look into forming a sub-committee with members from all operating companies(BSP, Elf/Flecher, UBD, PU . Name to be submitted. Action : Vincent Liew

SPE Tickets for UBD: In every future SPE evenings it is proposed that 5-10 free tickets is allocated for UBD undergraduates to encourage participation from the academic community.

• Future Section Meeting . It was agreed that section meeting to be conducted before SPE evening to follow up on the action plan and others matters.
• The newly elected Chairman thanks members for giving the confidence in electing him. He hope that members will support and contribute toward pursuing section objectives and follow up action plan .
• The new treasurers (Hj. Rani & Vincent) to inform HSBC KB & give their sample signatures ASAP. All banking correspondences to be diverted to themselves. A copy of the MOM of this AGM to be presented to the bank.
• After the meeting was adjourned, BSM as a host ,invited members for light tea.

 

Post meeting : It should be noted item with no action is for information only. 9 Dec is a fasting month and next SPE evening to be rescheduled, tentative 23 Nov.