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A natural gas production platform in the Central Luconia Gas Field offshore from Bintulu. Sarawak produces over 50% of Malaysia’s natural gas.
the world, producing and exporting 24 million tonnes of LNG per annum.
COAL
Over 80% of Malaysia’s estimated 1.74 billion tonnes of coal reserves
are located in Sarawak
and most of these major coalfields are located in comparatively remote areas. The extraction has only recently become feasible with the expansion of road infrastructure and with the bigger power plant capacities. These provide the necessary economy of scale to enable construction of generating plants and transmission networks close to the
Gas (MLNG) at Bintulu. This joint venture project
- between national oil company Petronas, Royal Dutch Shell, Mitsubishi and the Sarawak Government -
enables gas to be liquefied and loaded directly into tankers for export, mostly to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. It is the largest gas processing plant in
A bulk liquid gas carrier fills its tanks at Bintulu Port’s LNG Harbour. The port handles the entire 24-million-ton annual output of Malaysia Liquid Natural Gas (MLNG).