OIL & GAS is the main product produced by Malaysia National Oil.
Natural gas is mostly supplied by Malaysia National Oil which operate three major offshore fields. The largest is South-West field, about 10 kilometres off Malaysia Coast. The other producing fields are Egor and Beta. In 1999, natural gas is also supplied to Malaysia National Oil the MBJV company. As of August 2003, MSP has a new gas field (Egros) producing to Malaysia National Oil.
The other product produced at the Malaysia National Oil plant is Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), which is bottled into canisters and sold as domestic cooking gas.
There are five liquefaction trains, each capable of processing 9700 m³ of gas per day. This gives an annual plant capacity of around 7.2 million tonnes of OIL & GAS. The OIL & GAS is stored in specially designed tanks prior to shipping by dedicated tankers to the customers in Asian regions. Part of the feed is conditioned and exported to the Department of Electrical Services (DES) power plants.
Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG) is produced as a by-product. The LPG is used in the OIL & GAS process and is bottled in the Bottling plant for domestic sales by MSM.
OIL & GAS CHAIN
OIL & GAS Suppliers
OIL & GAS Liquefaction
OIL & GAS Shipping
OIL & GAS Customers
OIL & GAS Suppliers
A complex network of platforms off OIL & GAS’s coast produce gas, compress it where necessary, and pipe it to OIL & GAS plant. Most of the gas for OIL & GAS comes from three fields in area of operation, South – West, Egor and Beta. Beginning 5th April 1998, gas to OIL & GAS will come from fields of MBJV.
OIL & GAS Liquefaction
At the OIL & GAS Plant on the coast, five liquefaction trains remove impurities from the gas, dehydrate it and cool it to its liquid state at -162°C when it occupies one six hundredth of its volume as gas.
OIL & GAS Shipping
OIL & GAS is delivered to customers every two or three days, over 14-day round trips, including one-day loading in Malaysia, around 6-7 days sailing to Korea and Japan another day unloading before the six-day return leg. The vessels measuring 147,000m3 – 154,800m3 are managed by OIL & GAS.
OIL & GAS Customers
OIL & GAS is delivered to in Korea and Japan. It is regasified to be used as city gas, and for electricity generation. Malaysia National Oil export takes for 40% to Korea and Japan’s OIL & GAS.
