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Kedah tetap teruskan Sulihh
ALOR SETAR 19 Jan. – Kerajaan negeri tetap meneruskan Projek Hab Hidrokarbon Sungai Limau (Sulihh) walaupun ia belum mendapat kelulusan Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) disebabkan tidak menepati laporan Impak Alam Sekitar (EIA).
Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak berkata, projek tersebut akan berjalan seperti biasa sebaik mendapat ‘lampu hijau’ daripada pihak berkenaan yang dijangka dalam masa dua atau tiga bulan lagi.
EIA tidak halang projek SULIHH: Azizan
ALOR SETAR: Projek penapisan minyak Sungai Limau Hidro Karbon Hub (SULIHH) bernilai RM36 bilion (AS$10 bilion) akan tetap dilaksanakan seperti dirancang selepas mendapat kelulusan laporan penilaian kesan alam sekitar (EIA), kata Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak.
Upacara pecah tanah projek itu telah beberapa kali tertangguh dipercayai akibat Jabatan Alam Sekitar menolak laporan EIA yang dikemukakan oleh pelabur kerana tidak lengkap.
SULIHH: Tambak laut tangguh
ALOR SETAR - Projek loji penapisan minyak Hab Hidrokarbon Sungai Limau (SULIHH) di Yan kini dalam peringkat akhir menyediakan dokumen teknikal untuk permohonan kelulusan Laporan Kesan Alam Sekitar Terperinci (DEIA).
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Industri dan Pelaburan, Sains dan Inovasi, Bioteknologi dan Pembangunan Usahawan, Datuk Ir Amiruddin Hamzah berkata, berikutan itu Kerajaan Negeri masih belum dapat menandatangani Memorandum Of Agreement (MoA) dengan pihak pelabur kerana perlu mendapatkan kelulusan Jabatan Alam Sekitar sebelum meneruskan projek penambakan laut.
Privately-held Merapoh Resources Corp Sdn Bhd has roped in two private Chinese companies to invest US$10 billion.
Hong Kong Beijing Star Ltd and Winson Investment Ltd will invest US$5 billion (RM18 billion) each to build the refinery in Yan, Kedah.
The two investors signed a memorandum of agreement with Merapoh and the Kedah state government in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Merapoh executive chairman Md Nazri Ramli said it will invite other local and foreign investors to take up stakes in the project. Construction is scheduled to start next month.
Merapoh to build RM36bil oil refinery in Kedah
Country’s biggest such facility to take shape in Yan by 2014
KUALA LUMPUR: Merapoh Resources Corp Sdn Bhd aims to complete the building of a US$10bil (RM35.7bil) oil refinery in Yan, Kedah, which will be the biggest in the country, by 2013 or early 2014, said executive chairman Md Nazri Ramli.
“We have appointed South Korea’s SK Group, which owns one of the world’s largest oil refineries and the third largest industrial group in South Korea, to do the engineering and construction of the project and the maintenance of the refinery,” he said at an agreement signing ceremony for the project here yesterday.
“Under the project, Merapoh will import crude oil from the Middle East, most probably from Saudi Arabia, process the crude into refined products and export them to China and other Asian nations,” he said.
The plant would produce naphtha, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas, the company said
Message from The Right Honourable Dato' Seri Ustaz Haji Azizan bin Abd. Razak, The Chief Minister of Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.
For many years, anything closest symbolizing Kedah would have been the state’s formidable agriculture sector. However the state of Kedah has made big strides in the socio-economic development in recent years. This year alone, the Kedah economy is expected to grow by more than 6 %. With a market driven and private sector led growth strategy, Kedah has attained a sound macro-economic environment with a sustained GDP growth, increased FDI inflow, robust growth of industrial production, especially in hi-tech, bio-tech and manufacturing.
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Kedah Hydrocarbon Hub (KHH)
Under the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER), the state has been identified to spearhead the development of oil and gas (O&G) and petrochemical projects despite having no hydrocarbon resources. The selection criterion is unique, as it is based solely on its strategic location and features such as:
Close proximity to Thailand and Indonesia; Deep water sea depths, and as such, ability to accommodate ultra large crude carrier vessels; Entry point into the Straits of Malacca; and Relatively inexpensive land cost, with firm backing by the state government to attract industrialisation and investments.
Based on approved projects in these areas, we believe the privately-funded high-impact onshore O&G projects in NCER will bring in investments of about RM83bil, making it the largest onshore O&G outlay among the five economic corridors.
