Kota Kinabalu, 18 September 2026 – Sabah aims to increase natural-gas production to 1,350 million standard cubic feet per day by 2030 from around 700 million currently, with seven new offshore projects underpinning the plan. The target places future supply, infrastructure coordination and industrial demand at the centre of the state’s energy-development agenda.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor outlined the outlook following the handover of gas-development studies prepared by SMJ and PETRONAS. The programme includes four new fields, with two international and four Malaysian companies involved. These are plans for future production, not confirmation that the additional gas is already available or that all project milestones have been completed.
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