Petros to launch Malaysia’s first integrated fuelling station in Sarawak – fossil fuels, electric, hydrogen

November 9, 2020

I would say, forget the past, don’t sell anymore fossil fuel cars in Sarawak starting, say after next GE. And subsidize the transition to environmentally friendly transport methods – bullock, solar powered tricycles, convict-powered rickshaws, etc.

Dateline 2020-10-21, Paultan.org:

Sarawak is set to have the first state-of-the-art, integrated fuelling station in the country, which can cater to cars powered by conventional fossil fuels (petrol and diesel), electricity or hydrogen. The plan was first mooted back in May last year and is well and truly underway following a groundbreaking ceremony held at Darul Hana on October 20, The Edge reports.

The station in Darul Hana will be the first and is expected to be completed next year. It is one of six stations planned for the state, all of them parked under state-owned Petroleum Sarawak (Petros). According to Dayak Daily, the second station will also be located in Kuching, namely the Batu Kawah New Township, also known as “MJC.”

As for the four remaining stations, they will be built in Sri Aman, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri. SEDC Energy, a subsidiary of Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), will be responsible for building all six stations in the state.

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Sarawak needs law to claim carbon credit, says Abang Johari

November 8, 2020

I gotta get into this racket.

Dateline 2020-10-19, Malay Mail:

Sarawak would have to legislate a law in order to claim for carbon credit, says Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg.

He said at the moment, the state does not have provisions in its law to treat carbon credit as a trading commodity.

“We have to upgrade our law so that we are able to claim carbon credit and then be recognised as a green state,” he said at the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signing ceremony between Craun Research Sdn Bhd and Knowledge Integration Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Nitsei Sago Industries Sdn Bhd held at a hotel here today.

Carbon credit is a term for any tradeable certificate or permit that aims to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere while promoting the use of renewable energy.

Abang Johari pointed out that Sarawak is currently on the right track towards producing green technology.

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Cover Story: Preparing Tenaga for eventual energy landscape shift

November 7, 2020

Dateline 2020-10-08, The Edge Markets:

THE interview with Tenaga Nasional Bhd CEO Amir Hamzah Azizan last Wednesday was delayed for about an hour as his office had requested for it to be done after the special announcement by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at 2.30pm.

It is understandable that Amir would want to keep abreast of the public policy direction. Operating in a highly regulated business, Tenaga’s strategies will be affected by any change in government policy.

Despite the change in government in February, Amir has been steadfastly implementing the transformation plan of the national utility company.

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NST Leader: Decarbonising Malaysia

November 6, 2020

I don’t know how to classify this article, a hybrid of RE and O&G?

Dateline 2020-10-08, NST:

Businesses in Malaysia, like elsewhere, spill much ink in extolling the virtues of going green. Many stop at that.

Just look at the voluminous annual corporate social responsibility reports produced by companies and you learn, very quickly, why environmental degradation happens.

There is something promising happening in Malaysia that may compel companies to put their money where their mouth is, as the saying goes. Called Climate Change and Principles-based Taxonomy (CCPT), it is essentially a means to make transparent climate-related financial disclosures by financial institutions.

A multi-party effort led by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), CCPT began to get public attention when BNM issued it as a discussion paper on Dec 27 last year. The idea is older, perhaps as old as the Paris Climate Accord of 2015. Or older.

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Unimas, Sarawak’s Utilities Ministry sign MoU on low pressure gas courses

November 5, 2020

Dateline 2020-10-05, Malay Mail:

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Utilities, Sarawak to develop modules and organise competency courses related to low pressure gas distribution in the state, this year.

In the ceremony at the university’s campus, here, Unimas was represented by deputy vice chancellor (Research and Innovation) Professor Wan Hashim Wan Ibrahim while the ministry was represented by its Permanent Secretary Datuk Alice Jawan Empaling.

Vice chancellor Professor Datuk Mohamad Kadim Suaidi in his speech, read by Wan Hashim, said the collaboration would ensure that the gas supply industry in Sarawak would be on par with the gas industry in the Peninsula and Sabah.

He said the university’s Engineering Faculty would develop several competency course modules on low pressure gas for the ministry’s Gas Distribution division in line with the state’s ordinance and regulations.

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Malaysia reaffirms commitment to NPT in supporting nuclear disarmament

November 4, 2020

Shucks, there goes my pivoting strategy. I need to reread my marketing guidebook, The Fourth Protocol:

Dateline 2020-10-03, The Sun:

 Malaysia has reaffirmed its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in bringing States Parties together towards achieving the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (pix) said despite the challenging security environment and the current greatest challenge of Covid-19, the persistence in pursuing nuclear disarmament must remain.

“As Chair of Main Committee I on Nuclear Disarmament for the 2020 NPT Review Conference, Malaysia hopes that the Review Conference, and its earliest convening at a date to be agreed upon, will be successful in bringing States Parties together towards achieving the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons,“ he said in a statement today.

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ExxonMobil’s sale of Malaysian assets heats up

November 3, 2020

Dateline 2020-10-03, The Star:

EXXON Mobil has shortlisted three bidders for its oil-producing offshore assets in Malaysia that are worth billions of ringgit.

According to sources, Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd is among the shortlisted bidders along with United Kingdom-based EnQuest plc.

One source points out that Sapura Energy Bhd has also expressed interest in ExxonMobil’s assets. It is unknown if the oil and gas (O&G) company made it to the list.

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Govt urged to wind down on coal under new policy

November 2, 2020

Dateline 2020-10-02, Malaysian Reserve:

THE Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) stated that Malaysia’s energy policy should seek to replace coal-based power generation with gas and turbo-charged renewable in order to meet pledges to curb climate change.

IDEAS senior fellow Dr Renato Lima de Oliveira (picture) said replacing coal with gas is a low hanging fruit as Malaysia plans its next energy policy.

“Beyond that, Malaysia needs to pivot its strengths in oil and gas (O&G) into renewable and reform the energy framework to further promote the use of renewable,” he said in a statement yesterday on the think tank’s latest report titled “The Future of Malaysia’s Energy Mix”. The paper is co-authored by Mathias Varming.

Lima de Oliveira said Malaysia has made good progress towards reducing emissions and increasing the share of renewable in the country’s energy mix over the last few years. However, the country needs more ambitious policies to meet its reduced carbon commitment under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris 2015.

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Malaysia elected to IAEA Board of Governors

November 1, 2020

Yes, so begins Malaysia’s nuclear ambitions… maybe this was the cause of The Emerency?

Dateline 2020-09-27, The Star:

Malaysia has been elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the 2020-2022 term as a representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Wisma Putra said the decision was reached during the 64th regular session of the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria on Thursday (Sept 24).

“Malaysia has served on the Board of Governors for nine terms since 1976.

“As a member of the Board, Malaysia is fully committed and will continue to support and work with the IAEA and Member States to ensure the potential of nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes,” it said in a statement issued on Sunday (Sept 27).

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South China Sea: does one-on-one mean a one-sided deal for Malaysia?

October 31, 2020

Just about fits into the ‘black oil’ category.

Dateline 2020-09-27, SCMP:

When Malaysia agreed last year to one-on-one talks with rival claimant China over the South China Sea, it caught observers by surprise.

While Kuala Lumpur was not the most vocal opponent of Beijing’s claims in the area, it had long been reluctant to engage in such negotiations.

Instead it has sought to chart a course between not antagonising China and quietly pursuing its own plan for oil and gas exploration in the contested waters.It has preferred to leave discussions about jurisdiction over the resource-rich area to regional groupings like the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), where various countries can work together to have a bigger say.

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