Trans Sabah Gas Pipeline
By chan foong hin comment.
Trans sabah gas pipeline. 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. Plans are afoot to built a similar pipeline across sabah to supply gas to the electricity starved east coast. 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.
Finance minister lim guan eng revealed today that the previous barisan nasional government had made payments amounting to rm8 25 billion for the multi product pipeline mpp and the trans sabah gas pipeline tsgp projects despite only 13 of work completed for both projects. China petroleum company to discuss compensation with gov t for cancelled projects. At present our current pgu pipeline network has the capacity to transport up to 3 500 mmscfd of gas.
On nov 12 2017 i wrote an article in a local daily entitled issues concerning the trans sabah gas pipeline project and another on nov 17 2o17 in an online portal entitled tsgp sabah. Kota kinabalu mp chan foong hin wants a thorough investigation on the trans sabah gas pipeline project. Gas is a low carbon fuel and the cleanest of the fossil fuels in the generation of power.
Despite a minor hiccup the rm4 53 billion trans sabah gas pipeline tsgp project is on track and is in the final phase of development. A sabah mp has urged the government to renegotiate the terms. These payments representing 87 7 of the total project value for both projects of rm9 41.
Kuala lumpur oct 2 the former council of eminent persons cep chairman tun daim zainuddin is leading the negotiations with china to retrieve the rm8 3 billion that was already paid to contractors of the multi product pipeline mpp and trans sabah gas pipeline tsgp projects. No decision yet on trans sabah gas pipeline says energy minister. Kuala lumpur june 5.
Joe samad free malaysia today on nov 12 2017 i wrote an article in a local daily entitled issues concerning the trans sabah gas pipeline project and another on nov 17 2o17 in an online malaysia.