Trans Thailand–Malaysia Gas Pipeline (TTM) is a
gas pipeline linking suppliers in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
to consumers in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
. It is a part of the Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline project.
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History
The pipeline and gas separation project began in February 2000 to transport and process natural gas from the gas reserves in the
Thai-Malaysia joint offshore development area. The development area is approximately east of
Songkhla Province in the
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in l ...
and covers an area of .
Construction on the pipeline started in mid-2003 and was completed in 2006-2007. It was built by the Trans Thai-Malaysia (Thailand) Ltd., a project company of
Petronas
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (National Petroleum Limited), commonly known as Petronas, is a Malaysian oil and gas company. Established in 1974 and wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia, the corporation is vested with all oil and gas reso ...
and the
PTT Public Company Limited.
Description
The TTM project consists of the gas pipeline project and the Songkhla Gas Separation Plant project geared to making
LPG. The pipeline has a diameter of .
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Thailand also has two existing pipelines with
Myanmar
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and a third under construction.
Shwe.org:Burma-Thailand Gas Pipeline Construction Set to Begin
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See also
* List of natural gas pipelines
* List of LNG terminals
References
External links
Trans Thailand Malaysian Gas Pipeline
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Natural gas pipelines in Thailand
Natural gas pipelines in Malaysia
Malaysia–Thailand relations
Foreign trade of Thailand