SIPITANG, 8 Mac -- Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman (dua,kanan) mendengar penerangan Ketua Pegawai Esekutif Petronas Chemicals Group Datuk Sazali Hamzah (kanan) ketika melawat Projek Baja Urea Ammonia Sabah hari ini. Projek bernilai RM4.77 bilion itu dijangka akan mula beroperasi tahun depan. --fotoBERNAMA (2016) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA.
SIPITANG: The Sabah Ammonia and Urea (Samur) project, which started construction in 2012, is expected to be completed and operational in the second half of this year.
In a statement on Tuesday, Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd
(PCG) chief executive officer Datuk Sazali Hamzah said the project, which was now 90% completed, would be able to provide additional production of 1.2 million metric tonnes per annum of granulated urea.
The statement was issued in conjunction with the visit by Sabah’s Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Aman, to the project site.
He said the project, located in Sipitang Oil and Gas Industrial Park, Sabah, aimed to boost PCG’s position as a regional fertiliser player and support Malaysia’s Economic Transformation Programme in the agriculture sector as one of the thrusts of the National Key Economic Areas.
“PCG produced 1.4 million metric tonnes of granulated urea a year. With the completion of the construction of Samur, there will be an additional 1.2 million metric tonnes with overall total production of 2.6 million metric tonnes a year,” he said.
Sazali said the increase in granulated urea production would make PCG the largest producer of urea fertiliser in the country.
The Samur project consists of an ammonia plant, urea plant and a granulation plant as well as utilities and jetty facilities. - Bernama
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