Petronas To Burn Off Gas At ECRL Leak Site, Estimated 48 Hours


Dateline 2025-09-21, Business Today:

A second portable flare will be installed today along Petronas Gas Bhd (PGB) butane pipeline in Section 5 of the East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) site near Kemaman to burn off all traces of gas from a leak.

Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director-general Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad said Petronas managed to install the first portable flare at around 3.30am to begin the gas burn off.

The second unit from Kulim, Kedah, will arrive this evening and will be installed so all remaining gas in the 9.6km pipeline is burned off and the area can be declared safe.

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