Trans Sabah Gas Pipeline
The tsgp comprises a 662km gas pipeline from kimanis to sandakan and tawau.
Trans sabah gas pipeline. In november 2016 china petroleum pipeline bureau a subsidiary of china national petroleum corporation won the contracts to build the 600 km 373 mile multi products oil pipeline along the west coast of peninsular malaysia and the 662 km 411 mile trans sabah gas pipeline in eastern sabah state. By chan foong hin comment. Prime minister dr mahathir mohamad is standing firm on cancelling the china backed trans sabah gas pipeline tsgp in sabah which is valued at rm4 06 billion. Modified 15 apr 2019 2 22 am.
Finance minister lim guan eng revealed that suria strategic energy resources sdn bhd sser a company backed by the. The two projects are the multi product pipeline mpp in the peninsula and the trans sabah gas pipeline tsgp. The sun daily the ministry of finance mof revealed today that two mega projects the multi product pipeline mpp and trans sabah gas pipeline tsgp costing a total of rm9 4 billion najib welcomes probes into mpp tsgp projects. The integrated project involves the development of offshore oil and gas fields in the sabah and sarawak states and construction of onshore facilities to store process and transport resources produced from the offshore fields.
The announcement by a minister in the prime minister s office on the trans sabah gas pipeline tsgp supposedly to refute allegation that najib razak had collateralised oil and gas blocks off sabah to china for a loan of rm100 billion has raised more questions instead. Plans are afoot to built a similar pipeline across sabah to supply gas to the electricity starved east coast. Gas transportation is operated by our gas transmission and regasification gtr division from our main control centre in segamat johor. Energy green technology and water minister datuk seri dr maximus ongkili says finance ministry may proceed with the construction in sandakan in several phases of which the first round will involve 100mw.
At present our current pgu pipeline network has the capacity to transport up to 3 500 mmscfd of gas. Trans sabah gas pipeline on track. Pic by mohd adam arinin. The sabah sarawak gas pipeline is part of the sabah sarawak integrated oil and gas project being developed by petronas the malaysian state owned company.