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Petroleum Sarawak plans four

gas hubs over next decade

INVESTMENT THE Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island for the planned power station in Miri. And a
of Borneo intends to build four gas hubs across memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed
The first step in the its territory over the next 10 years in accord- last year calls for a revision to the total supply of
plan calls for the ance with its Gas Roadmap. An investment of gas to Sarawak to support the implementation
construction of a 400- MYR65bn ($14.3bn) will be undertaken by state- of Gad Roadmap projects. To this end, Petronas
MW power plant. owned oil and gas company Petroleum Sarawak will develop new gas resources as well as associ-
Berhad (Petros) to build gas hubs in Miri, Sama- ated offshore and onshore infrastructure that will
laju, Bintulu and Kuching. The investments will accommodate the additional supply of gas and
include downstream industries, according to signal the start of the Miri hub project.
local media reports. The gas centres are designed The two companies are also co-operating on
to deliver access to sufficient gas supply through- the establishment of a carbon capture and stor-
out the state. age (CCS) business designed to position Sarawak
The first step in the plan calls for the construc- as a regional sequestration hub.
tion of a 400-MW power plant in Miri that will Petros has three offshore exploration con-
provide energy security for northern Sarawak. tracts and three offshore production contracts. It
Petros will also construct a gas pipeline, and has also agreed with Petronas on the acquisition
jointly with Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) will of 45% of Block SK407, which is located offshore
build a power plant at the Samalaju hub, which is Miri.
also to provide gas and energy to a heavy indus- Meanwhile, one man was killed and two
try zone. injured in mid-November in an explosion along
Last month, Petros and Malaysia’s Petronas the 500-km Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP)
signed two agreements that are expected to near Lawas. The pipeline has previously seen
accelerate the Sarawak Gas Roadmap, which several explosions and leaks. Petronas declared
comprises the four gas hubs that are meant to force majeure at its LNG facility in October when
fully develop the potential of Sarawak’s natural a leak was detected in the pipeline. In June 2014
gas potential over the next 10 years. The plan will there was an explosion between Lawas and Long
enable Sarawak to make progress in using its own Sukang, and a gas leak and explosion in January
gas resources. 2018. A gas leak was reported in May 2019 at
A heads of agreement (HOA) accord between Long Segawan, and another leak and explosion
the two parties sees the supply of 60mn cubic feet between Long Kawa and Ba Selulong in January
(1.7mn cubic metres) per day beginning in 2026 2020. ™

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