Trans Thailand–Malaysia Gas Pipeline (TTM) is a
gas pipeline
A pipeline is a system of pipes for long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas, typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than of pipeline in 120 countries around the world. The Un ...
linking suppliers in
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
to consumers in
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
. 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 (), historically known as the Gulf of Siam (), is a shallow inlet adjacent to the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. ...
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, commonly known as PETRONAS (stylised in all caps), is a Malaysian Multinational corporation, multinational petroleum, oil and natural gas, gas company headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. Established in 1974, it is a lega ...
and the
PTT Public Company Limited
PTT Public Company Limited or simply PTT () is a Thai Government-owned corporation, state-owned Stock Exchange of Thailand, SET-listed oil and natural gas, gas company. Formerly known as the Petroleum Authority of Thailand, it owns extensive sub ...
.
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
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
and a third under construction.
See also
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List of natural gas pipelines
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List of LNG terminals
Liquefied natural gas ( LNG) is the liquefied form of natural gas, which has a much smaller volume than natural gas in its gaseous form. This liquefied condition is used to facilitate the carriage of natural gas over long distances, often by sea ...
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