Energy Info Highlights

Refineries supplied about 21,438 ktoe of petroleum products in 2005 representing a slight decrease of about 2.3 percent from refinery output of year 2000. Input to these refineries consists of both local crude and imported crude, mainly from the Middle East. The share of imported crude oil in the refinery mix has fluctuated from 28.8 percent in 2000 to 25.2 percent in 2005, with the highest share being in 2001 at 43.6 percent to fulfil the domestic consumption requirement.

The share of natural gas as energy input in power stations has decreased from 74.9 percent in 2000 to 62.3 percent in 2005. The share of coal, however, increased tremendously from 9.7 percent in 2000 to 28.1 percent in 2005. As for the other energy input, the share of hydro accounted at 6.7 percent while the remaining were diesel and fuel oil, at 1.5 percent and 1.4 percent each

The total electricity consumption for Malaysia recorded a growth of 33.4 percent from 60,492 GWh in 2000 to 80,701 GWh in 2005. The share in electricity demand was highest for the industrial sector at 48.5 percent, followed by the commercial sector at 31.3 percent, and residential sector at 20.1 percent. Nevertheless, with the four fuel diversification strategy, the power sector has successfully decreased its dependency for oil.

In 2005, total final energy demand was recorded at 38,285 ktoe, an annual growth increase of 2.6 percent compared to 9.1 percent in 2000, due to increasing demand from all sectors. The domestic growth has been sustained by the manufacturing and services sectors despite the high oil prices.

The final energy use has increased 5.2 percent annually for the 5 consecutive years to record its highest at 38,285 ktoe. However, the rate of growth of final energy demand in industrial sector decreased to 4.2 percent after recording a 10.7 percent growth from the previous year. However, despite the decrease in growth, the industrial sector is now the biggest consumer of final energy accounting for 40.5 percent share in 2005, with high demand for natural gas in the steel, glass and ceramics industries.

The growth rate of the final demand of petroleum products increased by 3.3 percent annually in the period of 2000 – 2005. In 2005, the demand for petroleum products grew by 0.6 percent attributable to increased economic activity, particularly in the manufacturing sector as well as the transport sector

For year 2005, the primary energy supply has increased 10 percent from that of the year 2000 of which natural gas, which registered the highest supply, overtook crude oil supply which had remained at the top for the last 5 years. Apparently, the energy available from secondary supply from gas plants, refineries and power stations has also increased tremendously. The total electricity generation has increased with natural gas being the dominant fuel mix. Other sources in the generation mix marked either a narrow or negative growth rate of between -1.2 and 5.0 percent.