Abandoned Petronas oil rigs in Sabah waters to be converted into Esscom bases

LAHAD DATU: The Government will utilise abandoned Petronas oil rigs located around the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone) as a forward operation bases (FOB).

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said the Ministry and the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) were in the process of identifying appropriately-located oil rigs near the border.