Dateline 2025-10-04, The Star:
JOHOR BARU: Two operators have died while another is warded after inhaling toxic gas during an incident at a scheduled waste management and treatment plant in the Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate.
The Johor Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) said that an investigation is underway to identify the cause of the accident which happened on Tuesday, and involved three operators assigned to run the Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) at the premises.
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Dateline 2023-11-17, AsiaOne:
Malaysian state energy company Petronas reported a fire at the Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) near Lawas on Wednesday (Nov 16) afternoon, which the Borneo Post online said led to an explosion that killed one person and injured two others.
Petronas could not immediately be reached to comment on the reported fatality and injuries.
The incident is believed to have involved a third-party contractor performing work unrelated to pipeline operations, and a police report has been lodged, Petronas said in a statement.
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Dateline 2022-11-01, Reuters:
Malaysian state energy firm Petronas said on Tuesday it was studying the damage to interconnecting pipes caused by a fire last week at its refinery and petrochemical joint venture with Saudi Aramco.
Petronas said last Thursday a fire and explosion occurred at the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) located in the southern Malaysian state of Johor. No casualties were reported.
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Fire in Highcastle, Johor.
Dateline 2022-10-27, The Star:
A fire broke out at a PETRONAS oil refinery here, which led to an explosion at 3.24pm on Thursday (Oct 27).
In a statement, PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn Bhd (PRPC) said the fire broke out at one of the interconnecting pipes located in the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Kota Tinggi, Johor.
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Why not a DOSH report? Something to hide? “Unnamed FPSO”, really?
Dateline 2022-07-12, Energy Voice:
A commercial diver has died while performing an adapter mating test on the hull of a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Malaysia, according to a HSE report from national oil company Petronas.
Petronas said the accident was part of the underwater hull repair project for an unnamed FPSO. The work was being carried out in water depths of five to six metres. The accident, which involved a second diver, happened on 5 July 2022.
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Safety engineers never forget.
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Dateline 2022-02-14, NST:
The Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) valued at RM1 billion will be constructed on a 10ha piece of land in the Sepanggar Bay Container Port.
Once completed, it will house a centralised edible oil bulking terminal with a capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes.
And it is also the first palm oil refinery complex with a capacity of 100,000 metric tonnes per annum as well as a hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) plant, the first in Malaysia with a capacity of 250,000 metric tonnes per annum producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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Dateline 2022-02-15, FMT:
The Court of Appeal today affirmed a RM50,000 fine imposed on Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for failing to secure a safe work system which had caused the death of a worker in Kemaman eight years ago.
A three-member bench chaired by Hanipah Farikullah said there was no appealable error by the High Court, which confirmed the decision of the sessions court.
She said the company did not comply with its own internal guidelines and failed to ensure a contractor complied with the job method statement.
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Pure speculation on my part, pump fire?
Dateline 2021-09-29, Reuters:
Malaysia’s state energy firm Petronas said a fire broke out at its massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) complex in Bintulu on Tuesday but that operations were unaffected.
The fire occurred at the sea-cooling water outfall channel located outside the complex’s process area, and was successfully extinguished, Petronas said in a statement on Wednesday.
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