26 July 2010
SANDAKAN: The State government’s move to turn Lahad Datu into a downstream processing hub for palm oil has received positive response from foreign and local investors.
“The project will cover more than 3,000 acres when it is fully developed,” Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman said adding that it was only 500 acres when it first started in 2005.
24 July 2010
KOTA KINABALU: State Industrial Development Minister Datuk Raymond Tan hopes Sabah will be able to match the oil and gas industry in neighbouring Sarawak and Brunei one day.
“We will have to make sure we generate the same kind of oil and gas activities as in Brunei and Sarawak,” he said.
24 July 2010
KOTA KINABALU: The Ranhill Power Plant has commissioned its second gas turbine turbo generator to supply an additional 65MW into the state’s power grid to help reduce power outage.
24 July 2010
KOTA KINABALU: The state government will consider suggestions to utilise gas to be landed at the Kimanis terminal to develop Sabah’s own oil and gas industry, said Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman.
The Chief Minister said Sabah would discuss with Petronas the proposal for the state to use the resource instead of just sending it to Bintulu as initially planned when the company began constructing the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) off the coastal district of Kimanis.
23rd July, 2010
KOTA KINABALU: More talks will be held with Brunei and Sarawak to discuss collaborative efforts in developing oil and gas industry, with Sabah proposing a three-state planning committee to be set up for coordinating activities among the partners.
23rd July, 2010
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah should utilize the natural gas to be sourced from the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) project in Kimanis to develop its own high revenue oil and gas industry, said Minister of Industrial Development Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah.
23rd July, 2010
KOTA KINABALU: The government will continue to work hard to bridge the economic gap not just among regions in Sabah but also between the State and Peninsular Malaysia.
It will strive to stimulate innovation and creativity, enhance the skill and increase the productivity of its human resource as well as swiftly address any structural barrier to growth in the fast changing economic environment, said Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman.
23rd July, 2010
LABUAN: If done right, Malaysia can become a key deepwater oil and gas hub globally after Houston, Rio De Janeiro and Aberdeen.
Disclosing this, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said clearly, the era of easy oil is over and the exploration and production of oil and gas will move increasingly into deeper waters, presenting new challenges as well as opportunities.
23 July 2010
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has the potential to be the biggest oil and gas producer if gas is fully utilised to develop the industry in the state instead of merely piping it to Bintulu, Industrial Development Minister Datuk Raymond Tan said.
23 July 2010
Sabah has the potential to be a destination for international exhibitions, especially for high technology equipment involving oil and gas and slosh palm oil industry.
Managing director of Fireworks Event (M) Sdn Bhd, Jerel Soo said the natural sources in the state would bring in more professionals in the region to take part in any international events held here.
23 July 2010
(亞庇訊) 州工業部長拿督陳樹傑呼籲本地各領域工廠業者,積極參觀二零一零年東盟石油及天然氣博覽會,以了解本身可如何參與,即將在沙巴 “引爆” 的石油及天然氣領域.
他表示,由今日開始至廿四日結束,在里卡士沙巴貿易中心展出的二零一零東盟石油及天然氣博覽會,是素質極高的博覽會,肯定讓本地人大開眼界,並有機會接觸到許多國際知名的相關業者.
23 July 2010
Sabah seeks to be the location of choice for resurce-based manufacturing – Pairin
QINGDAO: The Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) aims to make the state a leading agri-resource production region in Asia, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan said yesterday.
22 July 2010
KOTA KINABALU: A contract to build the POIC Biomass CHP power plant was signed between Eco Biomass Energy Sdn Bhd (EBE), STX Heavy Industries Malaysia Sdn Bhd and STX Heavy Industries Co Ltd of Korea on Tuesday.
22 July 2010
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Gerakan Youth is confident that Malaysians in Sabah will support Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s call to rally under the Barisan Nasional (BN) government with him at the Federal and Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman at the State level.
22 July 2010
KOTA KINABALU: Asean Oil & Gas Expo (Agex) 2010 scheduled for July 22-24 is set to welcome more than 5,000 visitors.
So far, more than 2,000 participants have registered for the event at Sabah Trade Centre here.
