State oil firm Petronas said that its refinery complex in the central state of Malacca had to shut down due to a power outage from the main power grid.“On 26 April, Petronas Malacca Refinery Complex at Sungai Udang, Malacca experienced a shutdown causing interruption to its operation,” Petronas said in a statement.
Petronas said the refinery complex was now in the process of resuming its operations.
The Malacca complex houses two refining trains. The first train has a processing capacity of 100,000 barrels per day of sweet crude and condensates.
The second train, a joint venture between Petronas and Conoco-Phillips has a rated capacity of 100,000 barrels per day of sweet and sour crudes. — Reuters