Oil and gas sector faces shifting landscape amid political and structural pressures


Dateline 2025-12-09, New Straits Times:

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is entering 2026 with its oil and gas sector still standing firm, but the ground beneath it is shifting faster than at any point in decades.

What was once a stable operating environment is now being reshaped by domestic political pressures and global structural changes. Sabah’s renewed push for its constitutional revenue rights and Sarawak’s accelerating bid for greater control over natural gas are redefining the federal–state balance in ways that could transform national energy governance.

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