NATURAL GAS

UTILIZATION IN
MALAYSIA
By
Ir. Ahmad Fauzi Hasan
Energy Commission, Malaysia

SCOPE OF PRESENTATION
BACKGROUND OF THE
ENERGY SECTOR
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY
INFRASTRUCTURE
NATURAL GAS UTILIZATION
CONCLUSION

BACKGROUND OF THE
ENERGY SECTOR

MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT POLICIES RELATED TO ENERGY

Petroleum
Development
Act 1974

National
Petroleum
Policy 1975

To regulate
Vested on
downstream
PETRONAS
oil & gas
the exclusive
industry via
right to
the
explore
Petroleum
develop and
Regulations
produce
1974
petroleum
resources of
Malaysia

National
Energy
Policy 1979

To ensure
adequacy,
security and
costeffectiveness of
energy supply
To promote
efficient
utilisation of
energy
To minimise
negative
environmental
impacts in the
energy supply
chain

National
Depletion
Policy 1980

To prolong
lifespan of
Malaysias oil
reserves for
future
security &
stability of oil
supply

Four-Fuel
Diversification
Strategy 1981

To pursue
balanced
utilisation of
oil, gas,
hydro and
coal

Five-Fuel
Diversification
Strategy 2001

Renewable
Energy
included as
the fifth fuel
in energy
supply mix

COMMERCIAL ENERGY SUPPLY (ktoe)

55000
50000
45000
40000
35000
30000

Hydropower
Coal and Coke
Natural Gas
Total Petroleum Products and Others
Crude Oil

25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0

Share (%)
Crude Oil
Petroleum Products
Natural Gas
Coal and Coke
Hydropower
Total

1980
63.1
24.8
7.4
0.6
4.1
100

1985
60.3
16.9
11.8
2.9
8.1
100

1990
44.7
18.6
25.4
6.7
4.7
100

1995
52.3
2.0
35.5
5.2
5.0
100

1996
51.3
5.9
34.6
4.7
3.5
100

1997
49.0
5.8
38.6
4.4
2.2
100

1998
47.2
4.9
40.1
4.8
3.1
100

1999
47.0
1.1
42.3
5.2
4.4
100

2000
45.3
4.0
42.2
5.2
3.3
100

2001
46.8
4.3
39.7
5.9
3.3
100

2002
44.6
2.6
43.0
7.2
2.6
100

2003
46.8
3.0
38.5
9.8
1.9
100

FINAL ENERGY USE BY SECTORS (ktoe)

15,000

Industrial
Transport
Resid. & Comm.
Non-Energy
Agriculture

12,000

31,515
27,228
24,167

9,000

Share (%)
Industrial
Transport
Resid. & Comm.
Non-Energy
Agriculture
Total

25,558

1997

1998

29,699

22,164
13,217

6,000

3,000

26,168

TOTAL = 34,586
33,290

6,385

1980
44.9
37.6
12.9
4.6
0.0
100

8,712

1985
42.8
39.9
12.9
4.4
0.0
100

1990
44.5
40.8
12.5
2.3
0.0
100

1995
36.4
35.3
12.8
13.5
2.0
100

1996
39.1
37.0
14.7
7.2
2.0
100

38.6
39.0
11.7
8.8
1.9
100

39.6
38.3
13.0
7.9
1.2
100

1999
37.7
41.8
13.4
6.6
0.4
100

2000
38.4
40.6
13.0
7.6
0.4
100

2001
37.6
41.7
12.8
7.5
0.3
100

2002
38.6
40.4
13.2
7.5
0.3
100

2003
39.0
41.3
12.7
6.8
0.3
100

NATURAL GAS SUPPLY

INFRASTRUCTURE

OIL AND GAS RESERVES

CRUDE OIL

: 4.24 billion barrels (27th in world reserves)

NATURAL GAS : 89 trillion standard cubic feet (13th in world reserves)

RESERVE LIFE : Oil 18 years, Gas - 35 years

PENINSULAR NATURAL GAS UTILISATION PLAN

National Depletion
Policy for Natural Gas
Supply in the Peninsula
= 2000 mmscfd

Large industrial users and

petrochemicals(22.5%)

Export (7.5%)
Power generation (65%)

Small and mediumsized industrial,

commercial and
residential users (5%)

NATURAL GAS SUPPLY CHAIN

IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
UPSTREAM
PRODUCTION
PSC Contractors

TRANSMISSION
PETRONAS GAS BERHAD (PGB)

Power Plants
EPMI

PCSB

Gas
Processing
Plant

City Gate
Station
Petrochemicals
& Large
Industries

DISTRIBUTION/
RETICULATION
GAS MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.
(GMSB)

Industrial
Commercial

Residential

GAS PIPELINE INFRASTUCTURE IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

Project and
Phases
PGU-I

Gas Processing and Pipeline Facilities

32km HP pipeline to
- Sultan Ismail Power Station
- Perwaja Steel Mill
- Kertih Township
Two 40 km LPG pipelines to Export terminal

PGU-II

i)
ii.
iii.

714 km natural gas mainline system from:

Telok Kalong to Segamat
Segamat to Kapar, Port Klang (west)
Segamat to Pasir Gudang & Singapore
(south)
40 km propane pipeline from Telok
Kalong to Gebeng
40 km butane pipeline from Telok Kalong
to Gebeng

Complementary Facilities
1 unit of 250 mmscfd GPP

Dates of Commissioning
1984

LPG export facilities

- 5 loading arms
- 14 m deep harbour
3 units of 250 mmscfd GPP

Pipelines completed in
1991/92
GPPs completed in
1992/93

2 units of 500 mmscfd

GPPs

1988

PGU-III

450 KM NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FROM Port Klang to

Malaysia Thai border

PGU-Loop1

265 km looping of the PGU-II pipeline from Kertih

to segamat

Completed in 1999

PGU-Loop2

227 km looping of the PGU-II pipeline from

Segamat to Meru in the west coast

Completed in 2001

Padang Besar
THAILAND
Pauh
Kangar
Alor Setar

JERNIH
LAWIT
RESAK

Gurun

BEKOK

Gelugor

Kuala

Trengganu

Prai

DUYONG

Paka
Kertih

SOTONG

Ipoh
Lumut

Legends :
PGUP I
PGUP II
PGUP III
PGU LOOP I
PGU LOOP II
POWER STATION
GAS FIELD

Kemaman
Shah ALam

Port Klang

Kuantan

Kuala Lumpur

Connaught Bridge
Seremban
Sepang
Port Dickson
Tuanku Jaafar
Tlk. Gong
Melaka
Tg. Kling

Gas is landed at the

GPPs in Kertih & Tok
Arun

Segamat
Gas transmission
operations centre
Pasir Gudang
Johor Bahru
Senoko

SINGAPORE

Internal Piping

Equipment
Appliances

M
> 20 psig
Service Station
M

L
I
n
e

Equipment
Appliances

Service Station
RESIDENTIAL

Odorizer
City Gate
Feeder Line
260
psig

DS

District
Station

Distribution Line
60 psig

Internal Piping
M
300
Meter
mmH20
Area Station
M
Internal Piping
3000
mmH20
Regulating Station

COMMERCIAL

T
r
a
n
s
m
i
s
s
I
o
n

Internal Piping
20 psig

INDUSTRIAL

NAT. GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (NGDS)

Multiple Endusers
MM
M

Internal Piping
3000 mmH20

Service Station

Single
Development

LENGTH OF NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (KM)
1200

STEEL
PE

1000

1010

TOTAL
800

780
684

600

603
508
422

400
283

200

207

335

348

252

258

9
0

1993

1994

62

1995

322

413

75

1996

83

1997

90

1998

436

353

326
253

208

145
19
0

307

455

115

1999

133

2000

190

155

2001

2002

2003

2004

PIPELINE AND STATION FACILITIES IN OPERATION AS OF DECEMBER 2004

Natural gas distribution pipeline length

1010 km

City Gate Station

28

City Station

District Station

77

Regulating Station

98

Area Station

49

Service Station

437

- GMSB Owned

372

- Customer Owned

65

NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

NORTHERN
-

KAMUNTING (1998)
PRAI (2003)
- KULIM (2003)
- PERLIS (2003)
- PARIT BUNTAR (2004)
- NIBONG TEBAL (2004)
- BUKIT TENGAH (2004)
- KAMUNTING RAYA
(2004)
- KULIM INDUSTRIAL
PARK (2004)
- TASEK (2005)
- CHEMOR (2005)
- MERU (2005)
- JALAN LAHAT (2005)
- BEMBAN (2005)

BUKIT MINYAK (2006)

SG BAKAP (2006)
KUALA KETIL (2006)
EASTERN
Padang Besar
KULIM HIGH TECH
- TELOK KALONG (1992)
THAILAND
Pauh
(2006)
- GEBENG (1993)
Kangar
JERNIH
TIKAM BATU (2006)
- KERTEH (1998) LAWIT
Alor Setar
RESAK
BAKAR ARANG (2006)
- PERAMU (2007)
Gurun
SG PETANI ESTATE
Gelugor
(2006)
Kuala Trengganu
SG SIPUT (2007)
Prai
Paka
LUMUT (2007)
Kertih
GURUN (2008)
Ipoh
MERGONG (2008)
BKT KAYU HITAM (2008) Lumut
Kemaman
Shah ALam

CENTRAL
SHAH ALAM (1992)
- KLANG (1993)
- PETALING JAYA (1994)
- SALAK TINGGI (1994)
- SENAWANG (1994)
- KUALA LUMPUR (1995)
- PUCHONG (1995)
- TELUK PANGLIMA
GARANG (1996)
- BANGI (1997)
- PUTRAJAYA (1997)
- KLIA (1998)
- CYBERJAYA (1998)
- JERAM (1998)
- NORTH PORT (2001)
- BKT. KEMUNING (2002)
- SRI KEMBANGAN (2003)
- BERANANG (2003)
-

BEKOK

DUYONG
SOTONG

Kuantan

Port Klang
Kuala Lumpur
Connaught Bridge Seremban
Sepang
BALAKONG (2003)
Port
Dickson
Segamat
BATU CAVES (2004)
Tuanku Jaafar
SELAYANG (2004)
Tlk. Gong
Melaka
BTG. BERJUNTAI
Tg. Kling
(2004)
Johor Bahru
DENGKIL (2004)
Senoko
SG BULOH (2005)
KUNDANG (2006)
SINGAPURA
RAWANG (2006)
SEMENYIH (2006)
OLAK LEMPIT (2006)
KAJANG (2006)
SG CHOH (2007)
SERENDAH (2007)
BATANG KALI (2008)
PROTON CITY (2008)
BKT KAYU HITAM (2008)

SOUTHERN
PASIR GUDANG
(1993)
- KLUANG (1994)
- SENAI (1997)
- ALOR GAJAH (2001) - AIR HITAM (2001)
- KULAI (2002)
- LARKIN (2002)
- TEBRAU (2003)
- TAMPOI (2003)
- TEBRAU (2004)
- LARKIN/TAMPOI
(2004)
- JOHOR PORT (2004) - AYER KEROH (2004) - CHENG (2004)
- NILAI (2004)
- YONG PENG (2005) - PALONG (2005)
-

TANGGA BATU
(2005)
BATU BERENDAM
(2005)
CHEMBONG (2005)
PORT DICKSON
(2005)
PAGOH (2005)
TONGKANG PECAH
(2006)
BATU PAHAT (2006)
BKT. RAMBAI (2006)
SERKAM (2006)
TANGKAK (2006)
TG AGAS (2006)
BAKRI MUAR (2006)
BKT PASIR (2006)
SKUDAI (2006)

BATU CAVES

JERAM

KAPAR

KL

MERU

AMPANG

BUKIT RAJA

PETALING
BALAKONG
SHAH ALAM

NORTH PORT

BANGI
TELUK PANGLIMA GARANG

PUTRAJAYA
CYBERJAYA

City Gate Station

NATURAL GAS UTILIZATION

ELECTRICITY GENERATION

ELECTRICITY GENERATION FUEL MIX

Year

2000

2003

Oil (%)

4.2

3.8

Coal (%)

8.8

24.6

Gas (%)

77.0

65.3

Hydro (%)

10.0

6.3

69,280

82,406

Total (GWh)

NATURAL GAS FIRED POWER PLANTS

Pauh

Gurun
Prai

Kota Kinabalu

PENINSULAR
MALAYSIA Paka

Lumut

Labuan
SABAH

Kerteh
Kemaman
Kuantan
Miri

Port Klang
Port Dickson

Bintulu

Segamat

SARAWAK

Melaka
Johor Bahru

Legend
Gas Power Plants (24 Plants)

Singapore

Generation Mix (2003)

Natural Gas - Combined

Cycle
46.7%

Type

Natural Gas - Open Cycle

13.0%
Natural Gas - Thermal
5.6%

Distillate - Open Cycle

1.1%
Hydro
6.3%

Coal - Thermal
24.5%

Heavy Oil - Thermal

2.7%

Hydro
Natural Gas - Open
Cycle
Natural Gas - Combined
Cycle
Natural Gas - Thermal
Distillate - Open Cycle
Heavy Oil - Thermal
Coal - Thermal
Total

Total
Generation
GWh
5,231
10,724
38,472
4,618
877
2,257
20,228
82,406

PETROCHEMICAL AND LARGE

INDUSTRIAL USERS

Types of Petrochemical Projects

Types

No. in Operation

Methane-based

10

Ethane-based

22

Propane-based

Butane-based

Aromatics-based

12

PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Pauh
Ammonia / Urea
Gurun
Prai

Paka

PENINSULAR
Kerteh
MALAYSIA
Kemaman

Ethylene & derivatives

Ammonia / Syngas
Aromatics, etc.
CUF

Kuantan

Port Klang

Methanol

Labuan
Propylene &
derivatives
MTBE, etc.
CUF

Ammonia / Urea
Miri
Middle Distillates

Bintulu

Segamat

SARAWAK
Johor Bahru

Kota Kinabalu

Ethylene & derivatives

Aromatics
Styrene, etc.

Singapore

SABAH

BUTANE

MTBE/
PROPYLENE

POLY PROPYLENE

PROPYLENE
DEHYDRO

ACRYLICS/
OXO-ALCOHOL

GPP
PROPANE

TANJUNG
SULONG

POLYETHYLENE

CUF
GEBENG PLANTS
OGT /
SLUG
CATCHER

OFFSHORE
GAS
PLATFORM

VINYL CHLORIDE
MONOMER

POLYVINYL
CHLORIDE

ETHYLENE/
PROPYLENE

ETHYLENE
OXIDE

ETHYLENE
GLYCOL

METHANE
(DRY GAS)
CUF
NITROGEN
OXYGEN
ELECTRICITY
STEAM
DEMIN WATER
BOILER FEED
WATER

KUANTAN
PORT

PGU
SYSTEM
ETHHANOLAMNES
ETHOXYLATES
GLYCOLS ETHERS
BUTANOL
BUTYL ACETATE

ACETIC
ACIDS

KERTIH
TERMINAL

KERTIH PORT

H2
AROMATICS
PARAXYLENE
BENZENE
HYDROGEN
RAW LPG

REFINERY

DOMESTIC

LINEAR DENSITY
POLYETHYLENE

AMMONIA /
SYNGAS

TCOT

PORT KLANG

ETHANE

CONDENSATE

OFFSHORE
OIL
PLATFORM

ETHYLENE

DOMESTIC
GASOLINE
DUAL PURPOSE KEROSENE
LPG
DIESEL
LOW SULPHUR WAXY RESIDUE
PETROCHEMICAL NAPHTHA
REFORMATE

GAS CONSUMPTION BY INDUSTRIAL SUB-SECTORS

(LARGE USERS)
Basic Metal
Industries
17.2%
Central Utility
Facilities
49.3%

Total gas consumption : 244 mmscfd

Non-metallic
Mineral
1.2%

Petroleum
Products
32.3%

NATURAL GAS FOR VEHICLES

(NGV)

FUEL CONSUMPTION PATTERN IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR

1980

2003

000 toe

000 toe

1,296

54.0

7,352

51.5

Diesel

847

35.3

5,019

35.2

Aviation Fuel

255

10.6

1,852

13.0

Fuel Oil

0.0

0.0

Natural Gas

0.0

40

0.3

2,398

100.0

14,271

100.0

Gasoline

Total

NGV PROGRAMME INCENTIVES

a. Import duty and sales tax exemption on conversion kits;

b. Road tax reduction
i. Monogas vehicle
ii. Bi-fuel vehicle
iii. Dual-fuel vehicle

50% off;
25% off;
15% off.

c. Accelerated capital allowance for the purchase of monogas

buses and construction of NGV outlets; and
d. Setting NGV pump price at 50% lower than petrol (gasoline)
pump price.

NGV IN MALAYSIA
13,000 natural gas vehicles
(95% are taxis)
38 NGV refuelling stations

STATION CONFIGURATION

QUANTITY

Combination Mother and Conventional

pipelines and trailers (mother-

Daughter

12

daughter system)

Conventional

21

TOTAL

38

natural gas supplied to stations via

NGV stations are in Kuala

Lumpur/Selangor (31), Johor (4),
Penang (1) and Negeri Sembilan (2)
94 more NGV stations and 57,000
NGV vehicles targeted until 2009

GAS DISTRICT COOLING

GDC (KLIA) SYSTEM FLOWCHART

TNB ELECTRICITY
SUPPLY
KLIA CORE & PRIVATISED FACILITIES

KLIA - EPS
PLANT AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
(PUMPS, COOLONG TOWERS, LIGHTING)
HEAT RECOVERY
STEAM GENERATOR

GDC ELECTRICAL
SUBSTATION

COGENERATIO
N ELECTRICITY
SUPPLY

STEAM SUPPLY
STEAM
ABSORPTION
CHILLER

AUXILIARY
BOILER

GAS TURBINE
GENERATOR

SAC
AB

G
HRSG

PGB GAS SUPPLY

STANDBY FUEL SUPPLT

CHILLER
WATER
SUPPLY

CHILLER
WATER
RETURN
CONDENSATE
RETURN

GAS DISTRICT COOLING

KUALA LUMPUR CITY CENTRE (KLCC)
PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS
MENARA ESSO
MANDARIN ORIENTAL HOTEL
AMPANG TOWER
SURIA KLCC (RETAIL CENTRE)

KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLIA)

PUTRAJAYA ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE (4 PLANTS)
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS

INDUSTRIAL(SMI), COMMERCIAL
AND RESIDENTIAL USERS

NATURAL GAS USERS ( INDUSTRIAL )

380

400

APPLICATIONS
Steam generation
Co-generation
Drying and
baking
Heat treatment
Heating furnace
Melting
Food processing

300

172

200

195

235

218

150

100

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

NO OF INDUSTRIAL USERS

2004

INDUSTRIAL GAS CONSUMPTION BY SUB-SECTORS

Machinery &
Equipment
1%

Electrical &
Electronics
5%

Rubber Products
17%

Food, Beverage &

Tobacco
9%

Basic Metal
Industries
7%
Non-metallic
Mineral
16%
Others
4%

Glass Products
14%

Chemical Products
25%

Fabricated Metal
Products
2%

NATURAL GAS USERS

(COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL)
250

231

5000
4239

200

4000

150

3000

138

2820

3109

114
100

84

86

2000

91

1313
1000

50
0

0
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

NO. OF COMMERCIAL USERS

695
1999

846

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

NO. OF RESIDENTIAL USERS

NATURAL GAS UTILISATION VIA THE NGDS

(INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SECTORS)
50,000,000

49,396,540

(126 mmscfd)

MMBTU / YEAR

45,000,000

40,000,000

35,000,000

30,343,611
(77 mmscfd)

30,000,000

26,733,921

24,951,986
24,398,124

23,502,820

25,000,000

20,462,133
20,000,000

(63 mmscfd)
(60 mmscfd)

(68 mmscfd)

(62 mmscfd)

(52 mmscfd)
15,000,000
1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION VIA THE NGDS

(BY SECTORS)
Commercial
1.85%
Residential
0.05%

Industry
98.10%

CONCLUSION

NATURAL GAS UTILIZATION

Peninsular Gas Utilisation (PGU) pipeline
with total length of 2270 kilometres
Pauh
Petrochemicals

NGDS
NGV
Industries
Prai

Gurun

Paka
PENINSULAR
MALAYSIA Kerteh
Kemaman

Lumut

NGDS
NGV
GDC
Industries
Port Klang
Commercial
Port Dickson
Residential

Power plants

Gas Processing Plants

Petrochemicals
Industries
CUF
Residential

Methanol
Hot Briquetted Iron
Industries
Kota Kinabalu

Labuan
SABAH

Petrochemicals
CUF

Kuantan
Miri

Segamat

Liquefied Natural Gas

Petrochemicals
Middle Distillates

Bintulu
SARAWAK

Melaka

Legend

Johor Bahru
NGDS
NGV

Petrochemicals
Industries

Singapore

UTILIZATION OF NATURAL GAS IN

PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (2003)

Power Plants
65.3%

Large Industries
11.6%

Petrochemicals
(Feedstock)
8.7%

Gas District
Cooling
1.0%
Export
7.3%
Industrial (SMI),
Commercial
Residential
6.0%

Transport
0.1%

FINAL USE OF COMMERCIAL ENERGY BY

TYPE OF FUELS(ktoe)
35,000

3.5%

Coal and Coke

30,000

17.0%

Natural Gas
Electricity

25,000

18.3%

Petroleum Products
20,000

15,000

61.2%

10,000

5,000

1980 1985
1990
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Petroleum products
5,550 6,756
9,896 16,142 17,189 18,578 17,488 18,782 19,582 20,323 20,638 21,175
Electricity
747 1,079
1,715
3,375
3,777
4,384
4,577
4,815
5,263
5,594
5,922
6,313
Gas for Non-Energy (NE) 0
218
609
1,064
870
1,391
1,282
1,118
1,512
1,684
1,775
1,616
Gas for Energy 35
297
484
871
1,604
1,074
1,444
1,905
2,351
2,955
3,868
4,270
Natural Gas
35
515
1,093
1,935
2,474
2,465
2,726
3,023
3,863
4,621
5,643
5,886
Coal and Coke
53
362
513
712
727
740
767
608
991
977
1,086
1,212
Total
6,385 8,712 13,217 22,164 24,167 26,168 25,558 27,228 29,699 31,515 33,290 34,586
Total (excl. NE)
6,385 8,494 12,608 21,100 23,297 24,777 24,276 26,110 28,187 29,831 31,515 32,970
Average Annual Growth
Rate (%) (excl. NE)
Share (%)
Natural Gas
Natural Gas (excl. NE)

0.5
0.5

6.6

9.7

13.5

10.4

6.4

-2.0

7.6

8.0

5.8

5.6

4.6

5.9
3.5

8.3
3.8

8.7
4.1

10.2
6.9

9.4
4.3

10.7
5.9

11.1
7.3

13.0
8.3

14.7
9.9

17.0
12.3

17.0
13.0

EXPORT EARNINGS
LNG 3.1%
Rubber 0.6%
Tin 0.1%

Electrical

Crude oil 3.7%

Other

Timber 0.8%

Chemical
Palm oil

Palm oil 3.2%

Chemical 3.2%

Timber
Crude oil
Tin
Rubber

Others 22.3%
Electrical &
Electronics 59.6%

LNG

Total export earnings : RM398,882 million

CLOSING REMARKS
Natural gas will continue to be one of the
pillars of the Malaysian economy in the
near future
Strategic planning, incentives and
partnerships are critical success factors
The Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline Project will
enhance further the downstream natural
gas industry development

THANK YOU
WWW.ST.GOV.MY

Ir AHMAD FAUZI HASAN

Curriculum vitae:
Ir Ahmad Fauzi Hasan is the currently the Director of the Gas
Department of the Energy Commission, Malaysia. He a
professional engineer with over 26 years working experience
with the government. His work includes the development of
technical legislation and standards, licensing of gas utilities
and certification of systems, equipment and technical
personnel of the gas supply and utilization industry.
He received his Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering
from the University of Manchester UK and his masters
degree from the University of Michigan USA.