MNLG managing director and chief executive officer Zakaria Kasah said the construction of the 512km pipeline has been progressing smoothly and is now in the final stage of implementation.
“By January it will start transporting gas and its capacity will be increased gradually,” he said at a question and answer session with journalists from Sarawak and Sabah after briefing on MNLG Group’s current and future directions at the Petronas LNG Complex in Bintulu today.
Asked whether Petronas plans to build a LNG plant in Sabah, Zakaria said: “To build new facilites at a new location needs about US$4 billion, and looking at that cost, the SSGP provides a better option for Petronas in terms of economic viability.”
Zakaria said the 276ha Petronas LNG complex in Bintulu will increase its production capacity from the current 25.7 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 29.8 MTPA by 2016.
He said as of today MNLG has delivered a total of 8,126 consignments with 62 percent of LNG exported to Japan, 17 percent to South Korea, 12 percent to Taiwan and nine percent to China.
He said Petronas will have the world’s first floating LNG facility scheduled for deployment in 2015.
Based on the Petronas website, the facility is expected to produce 1.2 MTPA and operate at Kanowit gas field, 180km offshore Bintulu.
Statistics from the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation show from January to December 2012 LNG earned the country a revenue of RM59.4 billion, contributing 7.9 percent of the country’s total exports and 53.8 percent of Sarawak’s gross exports.
- Bernama
Sabah's gas will be siphoned to Bintulu by January 2014 AND THEN TO MALAYA....
ReplyDeletekaya la Sabah terus menerus
DeleteMore profits coming in for Malayan to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteharus dimanfaatkan kepada rakyat Sabah
DeleteWhat's left for Sabah? An empty bag? This article is stupefyingly mind corroding.
ReplyDeletekeperluan Sabah harus dipenuhi. Perbanyakan job di Sabah untuk rakyat
DeleteSabah would have to start to import coal and gas and this will make UMNO crony-linked company very happy to make extra profits.
ReplyDeleteMenghasut rakyat saja pembangkang
Deleteit will be great for all of us
ReplyDeletegovernment should provide more job for local Sabahans
DeleteIni satu peluang cerah
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DeleteThat's a positive thing to wait for
ReplyDeletekita harus positif kepada benda yang baik dan memberi manfaat
DeleteGas pipeline, a great way for income too
ReplyDeletependapatan sabah pasti meningkat lepas ni
DeleteSemoga apa yang dihajati menjadi kenyataan
ReplyDeleteThe Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities aims to increase the cocoa plantation hectarage to 40,000 by 2020 to meet the demand of the domestic grinding sector.
ReplyDeletethe planted area under cocoa in Malaysia was currently at 21,710 hectares, and contributed towards the production of 3,645 tonnes of cocoa beans.
ReplyDeletecandidates could turn to cyberspace to campaign without having to go down the the ground to meet voting delegates.
ReplyDeletethe code was introduced to curb unhealthy political culture like corruption, slander, spreading hatred and others, all which would be detrimental to the party.
ReplyDeleteThree 'Op Daulat' top brass are among six people to be conferred Sabah's highest state award in conjunction with Head of State Tun Juhar Mahiruddin's 60th official birthday Saturday.
ReplyDeleteIt is an effort that fits the concept of national integration and regional unity that we we have always wanted to promote
ReplyDeleteThe project will meet these objectives
ReplyDeleteit would widen socio-economic opportunities
ReplyDeletelong pipeline will bring the communities it passes through closer together
ReplyDeletethere were mixed reactions among the local folk
ReplyDeletelocal residents were already experiencing the spillover effects of this project.
ReplyDeletethey could benefit from the project and preferred to adopt the “wait and see” attitude, others foresaw the coming of rapid development and opportunities for business
ReplyDeletebenefits for the locals was recruiting the local folk for a variety of jobs
ReplyDeletelocals now earned between RM30 to RM50 per day as drivers of heavy vehicles and transport for staff of the company.
ReplyDeleteAn oil refinery is needed in Sabah for the State to truly benefit from the operation of the soon-to-be developed Sabah oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) in Kimanis..
ReplyDeleteSabah through the Federal Government, should request Petronas to build such a facility in the State, to allow the huge potentials created by the industry to be fully tapped by local companies and the people.
Deletethe State should be equipped with an oil refinery based on the fact that it is a major oil producer of the country.. Why can’t Sabah have its own oil refinery when Sarawak has its own? Since Sabah is a fixed deposit state for the BN government and a major oil producer of oil and gas, then surely we possess the merit to ask for the facility to be built here..
ReplyDeleteSabahans find it hard to swallow the reasons given by the central government that gas from the State is be siphoned to the terminal in Bintulu, Sarawak to save cost. the decision not to allow Sabah to have its own oil refinery could be viewed as an attempt to sideline Sabahans from participating in the mega oil and gas industry, by piping the State’s natural resources out to another state.
ReplyDeleteThe lack of opportunities in the State for the people to directly and actively participate in the development of the oil and gas industry has been the source of discontent among local leaders in Sabah, both from within BN and the opposition alike.
ReplyDeleteApart from PBS, United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) was also unhappy with the Federal Government’s decision to give Petronas the go-ahead to build the gas pipeline to send gas to Bintulu. The party’s president, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, had said that Sabahans have been dispirited by the current situation where the SOGT project was seen as not beneficial to Sabahans except for the landowners involved.
ReplyDeletealthough Sabah is an oil and gas producing state, there is no related activity whatsoever to suggest that. There is no refinery, no university and no petro-chemical or other related industries in the State. Dissatisfaction has brewed up from among State Umno leaders too, with Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman taking Petronas to task on the poor participation from among local companies in the State’s oil and gas industry.
ReplyDeletequalified locals were also hired as office executives or held supervisory and office jobs while others were happy to take up employment as labourers
ReplyDeletegovernment had spent RM50 million to upgrade the road connection
ReplyDeleteregion, we have seen better infrastructure, better roads, a thriving timber industry and growing oil palm estates.
ReplyDeletestart transporting gas from Kimanis
ReplyDeleteinvest on a new plant at a new location
ReplyDeletepelabur pun tidak ragu-ragu melabur
DeletePetronas will have the world’s first floating LNG facility scheduled for deployment
ReplyDeletepenyelesaian terbaik mengenai sumber asli seperti minyak dan gas di Sabah akan dimajukan untuk pertimbangan kerajaan pusat.
ReplyDeleteperlu bersifat mampan dan sesuai dilaksanakan sekarang dan untuk tempoh yang panjang.
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ReplyDeletepenelitian terhadap hal itu penting terutama ketika pembangkang membangkitkan isu berkaitan minyak dan gas di Sabah sehingga membuat pelbagai janji manis yang belum tentu mampu dikotakan.
ReplyDeleteefektif dalam bidang ekonomi.
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ReplyDeletesudah tiba masanya usaha ke arah itu diperhebatkan
ReplyDeleteremember that we are still one and united we do not need to let this bring about a division between us
ReplyDeletethis development will be good for everyone and we will all benefit from it
ReplyDeletethe government knows whats they are doing
ReplyDeletewe all know that no matter how it goes, there is always a reserve for everyone
ReplyDeletecome on, we all need to wake up from this mentality of ours
ReplyDeleteThats a good thing
ReplyDeleteBagus la mcm tu
ReplyDeleteSabah's oil should be preserved
ReplyDeleteJangan gadaikan minyak sabah itu paling penting
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing
ReplyDeletePengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno Kelantan, Datuk Seri Mustapha Mohamed menyatakan isu tuntutan royalti minyak Kelantan tidak perlu lagi dipolitikkan kerana perbincangan mengenai isu itu sudah mula diadakan.
ReplyDeleteperbincangan antara kerajaan persekutuan dan kerajaan negeri Kelantan, sudahpun masuk pusingan kedua.
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ReplyDeleteMustapha Mohamed berkata, “Di Kelantan ianya diwakili oleh YTM Tengku Mahkota jadi jawatankuasa ini saya difahamkan telah bermesyuarat dua kali, yang penting rakyat Kelantan mengetahui bahawa kerajaan Kelantan telah merestui penubuhan jawatankuasa ini dan yang kedua sudah ada wakil dan ada yang cukup yakin jawatankuasa ini akan beri pertimbangan sebaik mungkin untuk menjaga kepentingan rakyat Kelantan.”
ReplyDeleteMenurut Mustapa lagi, sehingga kini hasil petroleum yang dimaklumkan oleh Petronas berjumlah RM 142.6 juta di mana sebahagiannya telah disalurkan kepada Jabatan Pembangunan Persekutuan (JPP).
ReplyDeleteSektor industri minyak dan gas dijangka memainkan peranan utama bagi masa depan pembangunan Sabah.
ReplyDeletesektor itu bukan sahaja akan menarik pelaburan yang signifikan, menyediakan kerjaya cemerlang bagi rakyat Sabah, malah kekayaan yang besar bagi negeri itu.
ReplyDeleteSektor ini akan memainkan peranan yang besar membangunkan ekonomi negeri bagi tempoh beberapa tahun akan datang dan seterusnya.
ReplyDeleteIa dijangka berkembang pantas berikutan pelaburan RM16 bilion di dalam beberapa projek utama, yang termasuk Projek Talian Paip Minyak dan Gas Sabah Sara- wak (SSGP) dan Terminal Minyak Gas Sabah (SOGT), Loji Ammonia dan Urea, Projek SAMUR dan Loji Kuasa Mnggunakan Gas Kimanis.
ReplyDeleteBerikutan penemuan sumber minyak dan gas di luar pesisir Sabah, Petronas akan meneruskan pelaksanaan projek huluan dan hiliran minyak dan gas yang melibatkan pelburan modal yang disatukan RM45 bilion.
ReplyDeleteMenurut Petronas, SOGT, yang sedang dibangunkan pada harga RM3.8 bilion direka bentuk untuk menerima sejumlah 260,000 tong sehari minyak mentah dan sejumlah 1,250 juta kaki padu standard sehari gas dari luar pesisir.
ReplyDeletePetronas berkata minyak mentah dari terminal itu akan dieksport manakala gas akan dibekalkan kepada pengguna domestik di Sabah dan me- lalui SSGP, untuk disalurkan ke Kompleks Gas Asli Cecair (LNG) Petronas di Bintulu, Sarawak.
ReplyDeleteSatu lagi projek Petronas di mana bahan mentahnya akan dibekalkan oleh SOGT ialah Loji Kuasa Kimanis menggunakan gas 300MW bernilai RM1.5 bilion, yang dibangunkan secara bersama di Kimanis oleh Petronas Gas Berhad dengan Yayasan Sabah melalui NRG Consortium (Sabah) Sdn Bhd.
ReplyDeletePetrosab Logistik, di mana Johan merupakan Pengerusi Eksekutifnya, mewakili kepentingan Yayasan Sabah di dalam NRG Consortium.Petrosab telah memulakan perniagaan minyak dan gas pada 2005 dengan menyediakan perkhidmatan kepada Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd sebagai pusat logistiknya di Usukan, Kota Belud.
ReplyDeleteBagi meningkatkan lagi keselamatan bekalan elektrik Sabah, Petronas juga merancang membina terminal pengisian semula gas LNG di Lahad Datu, bagi membe- kalkan gas asli kepada cadangan Loji Kuasa Lahad Datu 300MW yang baharu.
ReplyDeleteMenurut Petronas, pelaburan keseluruhannya di Sabah sejak 1975 ialah RM61 bilion manakala jumlah keseluruhan royalti yang dibayar kepada Sabah (sehingga 2010) ialah RM6.8 bilion.
ReplyDeleteindustri minyak dan gas di Sabah secara relatifnya masih muda berbanding dengan Sarawak, sekaligus ia perlu dibangunkan mengikut pendekatan terancang, dengan bersandarkan pengalaman Kertih, di Terengganu dan Bintulu.
ReplyDeleteCabaran utama menguruskan pembangunan industri minyak dan gas di Sabah ialah kekurangan so- kongan infrastruktur bagi pembangunan teratur sektor itu.Kita perlu melabur lagi mewujudkan sokongan infrastruktur yang betul bagi menarik lebih banyak pelabur minyak dan gas ke Sabah.
ReplyDeletePetronas telah memperuntukkan gas bagi pembangunan perindustrian Sabah dan kini terpulanglah kepada kita untuk memastikan gas digunakan bagi industri yang akan menyediakan manfaat ekonomi jangka panjang dan pekerjaan kepada Sabah
ReplyDeletePetronas juga merancang membina pusat latihan petroleum yang kekal di Kimanis, yang dijangka siap menjelang 2013, pada harga RM50 juta.Kampus baharu itu akan menggantikan Pusat Latihan Kimanis (KTC), yang beroperasi dari premis sementara di Membakut, di mana 25 pelatih sedang menjalani latihan.
ReplyDeleteoleh kerana perniagaan minyak dan gas bukan satu kerja biasa, terutama sekali di dalam projek luar pesisir, para kontraktor tempatan perlu menjalin tenaga dengan pemain yang unggul yang mempunyai teknologi dan pengalaman yang betul.
ReplyDeleteBagi membolehkan industri itu dibangunkan, kita perlu mewujudkan hubungan rapat dengan Petronas dan syarikat minyak utama.Petronas perlu memupuk kontraktor minyak dan gas dan penyedia perkhidmatan tempatan dengan pengalaman dan pengetahuan teknologi yang betul,