High activity levels for O&G players


Dateline 2014-02-13, Borneo Post:

It is with much optimism that oil and gas players enter 2014 in Malaysia with projects progressing to the next stage and massive job awards on the line.

According to analyst Aaron Tan from MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd (MIDF), Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) will have the final investment decision (FID) on the RM60 billion Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (Rapid) complex in Pengerang, Johor whithin the first quarter of 2014.

“We view this as a positive sign as it will spur the downstream petrochemical sector. So far, Petronas has signed agreements with Versalis SpA (Italy), Itochu (Japan) and PTT Global Chemicals (Thailand) as joint-venture partners to build specialty chemical plants,” he said in the MIDF Equity Beat report yesterday.

“We do not, however, think that the Rapid initiative will directly benefit most Bursa-listed oil and gas service providers these companies are mainly upstream offshore support service providers.

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