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Kerteh is a
town in the district of Kemaman in southern Terengganu, Malaysia, about 30
km or 20 minutes' drive north of Chukai. Kerteh
is the base of operations for Petronas in Terengganu, overseeing the oil
platform operations off the state's coast as well as petrochemicals
production and crude oil refining in nearby Paka.
The
Ma'Daerah turtle sanctuary is also nearby. Kerteh is served by the Kerteh
Airport, a small airport catering mostly to helicopter flights to offshore
oil platforms and charter plane flights for Petronas staff to
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang Airport) near
Kuala Lumpur. It also has the
first Mc Donald restaurant in Terengganu.
Sources: Wikipedia
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