Oil Refinery In Perak?

IPOH, Aug 22 (Bernama) -- A multinational American company keen to build a oil refinery in Perak has been offered a site in Tanjung Piandang, near Parit Buntar, to build the plant.The company which received the approval from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry to build the plant had originally proposed to build the RM15 billion plant in a 400-hectare site in Kuala Gula near Taiping.Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali however said an Environment Impact Assessment had found that the original site proposed for the plant was not suitable as it was close to a bird sanctuary there."Because of this, the state government has offered an alternative site in Tanjung Piandang to the company," he said."Discussions are still ongoing," he told reporters after the first day of the Perak State Legislative Council meeting here today.A total of 320 hectares of land in Tanjung Piandang has been offered by the state government for building the plant.The land in Kuala Gula meanwhile will be developed as a research and development centre as well as a residential area for the staff of the multinational company.Tajol Rosli did not disclose the name of the company. He, however, said that if the project takes off, it will provide employment opportunities to the people in northern Perak and the surrounding areas.