Pengerang

Pengerang is a mukim in Kota Tinggi District, Johor, Malaysia. Pengerang is also known as a small custom cum immigration post. It has a road leading to Sungai Rengit - a town in Pengerang. Pengerang has many natural resources, sea life and unique landforms. It is well known as a destination for seafood and has a beautiful seacoast. There are many religious landmarks such as temples. Pengerang coastal batteries (a fort), located nearby Tanjung Pengelih, are a heritage trail of World War II. The battery was constructed at the mouth of Sungai Santi, overlooking the sea towards Singapore and was abandoned after the war. The battery, located at Tanjung Pengelih, is said to be the biggest defence fort outside the United Kingdom. It sits on a 610ha plot of land and once had barracks and a hospital. Pengerang battery is a lost fortress located in Johor State in Malaysia. Overlooking the sea towards Singapore, it is located close to a Malaysian military camp, standing on the top of a little hill covered by jungle.

The Johor State Government has picked Pengerang for a catalyst project for rural transformation program. Johor’s Chief Minister Datuk Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the area has seen steady development over the last few years as investments poured in because of the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex. “When Pengerang was chosen as the location for an oil and gas hub it was not only to give a positive impact to the country but to also transform rural areas where the people will reap the rewards of development,” he said at a press conference after presenting 100 agriculture land grants at Taman Bayu Damai, Pengerang on 23 February 2015.

Pengerang is well known for Malaysia's mega project named Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) which is sited in the area. The project was announced in 2011 and Pengerang was chosen for Malaysia's national project due to its strategic location. It offers access to existing major international shipping lanes (Middle East – Singapore – China) and proximity to an existing major trading hub (adjacent to Singapore). The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) is one big step in creating value to the downstream oil and gas value chain in Johor and Malaysia. Sited in Pengerang, it is a national mega project located on a single plot measuring of 20,000 acres. Upon completion, the project will house oil refineries, naphtha crackers, petrochemical plants as well as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals and a regasification plant.

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