据路透社马来西亚吉隆坡8月13日报道，马来西亚星期二表示，该国柔佛港务局正在努力在该国南部开发一个20亿林吉特（约4.77亿美元）的石油储存及船舶加油场。

这标志着马来西亚南部半岛的柔佛州正在努力成为一个石油和天然气中心，有朝一日可能与目前亚洲主要的石油中心新加坡相匹敌。

马来西亚交通部表示，“Bunker岛开发项目”将有能力储存约120万立方米的各种石油和天然气产品，它将用于储存、混合和再分配。

该部补充称，根据国际海事组织的规定，从2020年起，该项目还将用于推广更清洁的海洋燃料。

柔佛是马来西亚国家石油公司(Petronas)开始运营其石油精炼和石化项目的地方，该项目被称为边佳兰炼油和石化项目(PrefChem)。

马来西亚交通部在声明中表示，柔佛港务局已经与正在资助开发的Smart Crest公司签署了转租协议。

詹晓晶摘自路透社

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Malaysia to develop $480 mln oil storage, ship refueling site in south

Malaysia on Tuesday said the Johor Port Authority was working to develop a 2 billion ringgit ($477 million) oil storage and ship refueling site in the country’s south.

That marks the latest step in a push to turn Malaysia’s southern peninsular state of Johor into an oil and gas hub that could one day rival Singapore, currently Asia’s main oil centre.

The “Bunker Island Development” is set to have the capacity to store about 1.2 million cubic metres of various oil and gas products, the transport ministry said. It will be used for storage, blending and redistribution.

The ministry added that the project would also be used to promote cleaner marine fuel in accordance with International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules that will require lower sulphur content in shipping fuel from 2020.

Johor is where state energy firm Petronas has begun operating its oil refinery and petrochemical project known as Pengerang Refining and Petrochemical (PrefChem).

The transport ministry said in its statement that Johor Port Authority had signed a sublease agreement with Smart Crest Sdn Bhd, which is funding the development.