Overview

The oil, gas and petrochemical industry is well established in the ECER at Kertih, Terengganu and Gebeng, Pahang. Thus far, the main activities include:
• oil and gas exploration
• development of oil and gas reserves
• crude oil refining
• petroleum and natural gas processing
• manufacturing of petrochemical products

The oil, gas and petrochemical cluster is centred on two focus areas in Kertih and Gebeng, which have established supporting infrastructure and logistics facilities. These include three ports, namely Kertih Port, Kemaman Port and Kuantan Port, a crude oil terminal, an onshore gas terminal and an onshore slug catcher in Kertih.

The extensive products resulting from the oil and petroleum refining processes offer opportunities to develop manufacturing industries which use these by-products as feedstock, particularly the development of a wide range of polymer resins and materials.