Govt to increase grants, subsidies for renewable energy, says PM

December 5, 2022

Hookup your treadmill to a generator, and make bank!

Dateline 2022-09-15, FMT:

The government will increase existing promotional grants and subsidies for the commercialisation of renewable energy, says Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

He said this was to encourage the use of renewable energy to help the country achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.

“The government will work with relevant parties to solve technical and cost-related challenges to advance the renewable energy industry,” he said during his speech at the launch of Gentari.

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Anniversary – Bhopal Disaster

December 2, 2022

Chemical Engineers never forget.

Photos.

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PetGas: No proposal, tender for ‘alleged 700km Johor-T’ganu pipe replacement’

December 1, 2022

Shucks, there goes the 1% tender doc purchase into someone’s pocket (paroday as per Twitter guidelines)

Dateline 2022-09-15, The Edge:

Petronas Gas Bhd (PetGas) said it has not issued any proposal or tender for the “alleged 700km pipe replacement project” from Johor’s Segamat district to Terengganu’s Kertih town.

“We wish to inform that PetGas and its subsidiaries have not, at current, planned or issued any proposal or tender for the said project,” the company said in a notice on its website.

As a gas infrastructure company, PetGas said it is under the purview of the Energy Commission (EC) pursuant to the Gas Supply (Amendment) Act 2016 and Third Party Access Code.

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RM300bil-RM400bil in investments needed for Malaysia to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

November 30, 2022

Dateline 2022-09-14, NST:

Malaysia’s commitment to becoming a nation with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 would require RM350 billion to RM400 billion in cumulative investments, mainly in the energy sector, representing 0.8 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) every year until 2050.

Bursa Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar said this shift includes continued investment in public transportation, tax incentives to promote electric vehicles, and the commitment to phase out coal.

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Petronas to keep oil, gas focus for next decade

November 29, 2022

Dateline 2022-09-14, Argus:

Oil and gas remains the main focus for Malaysia’s state-owned oil firm Petronas for the next decade, even as it explores the alternative energy sphere.

Gentari, the firm’s latest clean energy subsidiary, was set up as a separate entity to keep the core business “lean, mean and generating as much (profit) as possible,” said Petronas’ vice president of exploration and upstream, Mohd Redhani bin Abdul Rahman.

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Work together to address energy crisis, O&G players told

November 28, 2022

Read between the lines.. CORAL ’23?

Dateline 2022-09-13, The Sun:

Oil & gas (O&G) players need to work together as stakeholders in the system to address the power crisis by providing clean, reliable, affordable energy, according to Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) president and group CEO Tengku Muhammad Taufik.

“What we are seeing today is an energy crisis, a food crisis, an inflation crisis and if left unchecked, all of these will converge into what we cannot contend with, which is a world security crisis,” he said in his keynote address at the Oil & Gas Asia (OGA) 2022, the Malaysia Oil & Gas Services Exhibition and Conference (Mogsec) and Petrochemicals Sustainability Conference (PSC) today.

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Petronas CEO calls for O&G players to innovate to tackle energy and climate crisis

November 25, 2022

Dateline 2022-09-13, The Edge:

Oil and gas (O&G) industry players need to come together to tackle issues of the energy and climate crisis, according to Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) president and group chief executive officer Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik Tengku Aziz.

“The [O&G] industry has a responsibility to respond to energy issues, which are considered an aggressive trilemma of affordability, security and sustainability,” Tengku Muhammad Taufik said in his keynote address during the opening ceremony of the Oil & Gas Asia 2022, with the Malaysia Oil & Gas Services Exhibition and Conference and the Petrochemicals Sustainability Conference, on Tuesday (Sept 13).

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Turning Johor into a Downstream Oil and Gas Hub

November 24, 2022

Dateline 2022-09-XX, The Star:

IN line with its vision to establish Johor as a sustainable, world-class downstream oil and gas hub, Johor Petroleum Development Corp Bhd (JPDC) has established the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) in Pengerang, Johor – 93 sq km industrial area dedicated for downstream oil and gas activities.

PIPC serves as an ideal zone to grow downstream oil and gas activities in Johor, given its strategic location with sufficient water depth for sea transportation of crude oil and liquid products, proximity to international shipping lanes, closeness to Singapore – an established trading centre for oil and gas products, as well as infrastructure to support downstream oil and gas activities.

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From The Engineering Floor – Election Results

November 23, 2022

Almost misspelled results.

So for my constituency, the results are:

Pakatan Harapan – 14,896

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Samsung Engineering signs MoU with SEDC Energy and Sarawak Energy Berhad for Sarawak H2biscus Green Hydrogen & Ammonia Project Supply of Electricity

November 23, 2022

Dateline 2022-09-09, Hydrogen Central:

Samsung Engineering signs MoU with SEDC Energy and Sarawak Energy berhad for Sarawak H2biscus green hydrogen & ammonia project supply of electricity.

Samsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Project Management (EPC&PM) companies with SEDC Energy (a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC)) and Sarawak Energy Berhad, LOTTE CHEMICAL, and POSCO Holdings jointly announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) to study the potential of suppling at least 900MW of hydro-based renewable power for the H2biscus Green Hydrogen/Ammonia project (H2biscus project) in Sarawak, Malaysia.

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