Developing Eastern Johor: The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex

Abstract

Johor has had the fastest growing state economy in all of Malaysia since 2011. With lofty goals of becoming the next Shenzhen, the peninsula’s southernmost state now seems poised to become the country’s second largest state economy within the next few years. Johor is already the country’s busiest transshipment hub, benefiting from its position along some of the world’s most important maritime routes. Its diversified economy has manufacturing and services as its main strengths. This paper looks into the details of the PIPC and examines the components that make up the complex and adjacent auxiliary projects. The sections will discuss the significance of the PIPC in light of regional oil and gas facilities and the value that it brings to Malaysia. The paper will then consider both the need and the success of the project as a catalyst for development in east Johor, as well as its impact on the local community and the environment.