Ariff graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST) with a Masters of Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering & Management.
Ariff started his journey in PETRONAS in January 2001 as an Operations Engineer at PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd., Sarawak Operations. He has since been exposed to a wide range of disciplines and experiences which included stints offshore as an Operations Supervisor; as an Audit Executive in Group Internal Audit; as an associate with the Shaping Carigali Core Team doing organizational design and change management; as well as Manager, Strategic Planning at PETRONAS Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn. Bhd.
Thereafter, he moved into JV asset management with Joint Venture International, with the main objective to protect the interests of PETRONAS investments in Chad, Egypt, Algeria and Argentina between 2013 and 2018. This was when Ariff received exposure and excelled in commercial evaluations and negotiations. He was also a member of the pioneering group to set-up operations for PETRONAS E&P Argentina S.A.
Upon his return to Malaysia in January 2018, Ariff joined Malaysia Petroleum Management (the exploration & production regulatory unit of Malaysia) as Head, Production Delivery (Sabah/Sarawak Oil) and subsequently Head, Production Delivery (Peninsular Malaysia Oil) where he was actively supporting Production Arrangement Contractors (PACs) to deliver their production targets.
In July 2020, Ariff was appointed as General Manager, Asset Decommissioning in Malaysia Petroleum Management.
Based at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Sri leads on energy trade development in Southeast Asia for Scottish Development International, the Scottish Government’s international economic agency, focusing on offshore and renewable energy opportunities in Malaysia, distributed generation in Indonesia, hydrogen and decommissioning in Brunei, and offshore wind in Vietnam.
Prior to joining SDI, Sri worked on trade promotion and policy projects for the British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce, working closely with the UK Department for International Trade, and sat on the Chamber’s energy committee. He began his career with BP.
Tim has over 25 years of experience in offshore upstream and onshore midstream oil and gas operations and projects. Having spent near equal amounts of his career working for service companies and operators, Tim appreciates the challenges and opportunities in decommissioning from both perspectives. A passionate advocate of cost reduction in decommissioning that is carried out in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, he believes a transformation in approach is required from “business as usual” to deliver these outcomes, via technology and new commercial models that reward exemplary performance.
Tim has delivered many large projects including floating production unit decommissioning in the North Sea for Talisman Energy in 2007. He also developed a multi-client campaign model to deliver subsea suspended well abandonment in 2008 at a significantly reduced cost, whilst running a good abandonment business in Aberdeen. This model has now become the industry standard and demonstrates the value that can be gained by an alternative technical and commercial model for execution.
Vin has 14 years of experience in the offshore upstream oil and gas operations with a demonstrated track record of managing transportation and installation projects, particularly in the Floater and SURF segments. He has extensive experience working in the Asia Pacific region with both International and national oil companies. He is a strong believer that planning provides a proper structure and flow to abide by and fall back on while accomplishing milestone and deliverables on time, it also gives an avenue of importance to consider operational mitigations and contingencies which potentially leads to cost and schedule reductions safely without compromising the quality.