Dateline 2019-07-17, NST:
A distillation tower at Petronas gas processing plant 6 (GPP 6) in Santong caught fire after it was struck by lightning at about 8pm yesterday.
Firemen from the Paka station and Petronas have been battling the fire for nearly eight hours before it was brought under control early today.
The area has been cordoned off by security personnel.
At the moment, there are no reports on casualties.
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Dateline 2019-07-17, Argus Media:
A lightning strike has hit a gas processing plant in Kerteh operated by Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas, causing a fire that took eight hours to bring under control
Cracker and downstream operations at Petronas’ facilities at Kerteh remain unaffected after the incident yesterday, the company said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Gas processing units typically treat and purify feedstock used in petrochemical complexes.
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And why would share prices go down? Plant has not been taken offline, we don’t have another supplier of gas…
Dateline 2012-05-11:
Petronas Gas Bhd (PGB)’s share price remained flat at RM17.28 at the end of the morning session today despite the fire at its gas processing plant (GPP) in Kerteh, Terengganu.
The stock hovered between RM17.18 and RM17.28 throughout the morning session.
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I do like this picture…
In case you don’t know, this is at GPP3. Anyone have the inside scoop? Well, maybe I do, and prefer not to be sued.
Dateline 2012-05-10:
A gas processing plant of Petronas Gas Bhd in the north-eastern Malaysian state of Terengganu caught fire on Thursday afternoon, causing one fatality with two others hospitalised, the company said.
The natural gas processing arm of state oil firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) said employees of Hyundai-PFCE Consortium (HPC), which is the contractor servicing the gas processing plant during shutdown maintenance, were affected.
“The remaining affected personnel have received appropriate medical treatment,” Petronas Gas said in a statement late on Thursday, without disclosing the exact number of employees affected by the fire.
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Dateline 2012-04-07:
24 workers at the Petronas gas processing plant in Kertih were admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties caused by a gas leak on Thursday.
Around 300 workers were about to start maintenance work shortly after 8pm when they had to rush out of the plant after smelling the gas, believed to be ammonia.
Eight of the workers were sent to Dungun Hospital while 16 others received treatment at the Paka clinic.
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