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Sarawak needs more chemical engineers, says premier
November 3, 2022Your votes count.
Dateline 2022-08-13, Malay Mail:
Sarawak needs more chemical engineers to support the state’s petrochemical industry, said Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg.
He said expertise in the field would be needed for Sarawak especially with two proposed petrochemical investments in Bintulu.
“There are two proposed investments (coming into Sarawak) with each valued at US$6 billion on the separation of gas which is a complicated process.
“Therefore with these investments coming in, we need a lot of chemical engineers in Sarawak,” he said in his speech at the Sarawak Branch Institution of Engineers (IEM) annual dinner here, last night.
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PetChem’s chieftain Sazali to head Petronas downstream division, sources say
March 1, 2022Dateline 2021-12-21, The Edge:
Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PetChem) managing director-cum-chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Sazali Hamzah is set to be appointed as Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) executive vice president and CEO of Downstream business, sources told The Edge.
Sazali, 55, will take over the position from Datuk Md Arif Mahmood, who will be retiring from the national oil firm on Jan 1, 2022 after 37 years of service.
Sazali will relinquish his post as the managing director of PetChem by the same date, a role which he has served since May 2014.
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Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals pins hopes on Saudi Aramco JV
April 13, 2021Dateline 2021-03-25, NikkeiAsia:
Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals Group is pinning its hopes on a long-awaited $16 billion Saudi-backed refinery and petrochemical project as it seeks to boost slumping profits while investigating possible new acquisitions, its top executive told Nikkei Asia.
The Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) joint venture in the southern state of Johor is a portion of the larger $27 billion Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex mooted in 2012. Saudi Aramco — Saudi Arabia’s national oil producer — is to supply half of the crude feedstock for the refining portion and share half of the output.
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