Thailand’s PTTEP announces largest-ever gas discovery in Malaysia

February 24, 2021

Dateline 2021-02-10, Reuters:

Thailand’s largest oil and gas firm, PTT Exploration and Production Pcl on Wednesday said it made its biggest gas find yet in a project offshore of Malaysia.

“We are delighted to confirm the largest-ever gas discovery by PTTEP,” chief executive Phongsthorn Thavisin said, adding that the discovery strengthened the company’s investment base in Malaysia.

The discovery is based on the appraisal of Lang Lebah-2 in the Sarawak SK 410B project, about 90 km (55.92 miles) offshore of the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

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COVID-19 screening for ship crew, oil and gas workers entering Labuan still a must

February 23, 2021

Dateline 2021-02-07, Sun Daily:

COVID-19 screening for all ship crews and workers in the oil and gas-related sectors passing through this duty-free-island’s gazetted entry points, namely the two ferry terminals and Labuan Airport, is still mandatory, said Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari.

He said the screening was mandatory as there was concern that possible infections from outsiders could potentially lead to a mass outbreak on the island.

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MOGEC Webinar: Introduction to HAZOP by Ir Razmahwata B Mohd Razalli

February 19, 2021

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Malaysia’s Petronas hopes to lure investors to marginal fields with new scheme

February 19, 2021

Dateline 2021-02-05, Energy Voice:

Petronas MPM has officially introduced Malaysia’s Small Fields Asset (SFA) production-sharing contract framework as part of an effort to revive its domestic upstream sector and lure new money.

“I think all the smaller players here – Hibiscus – and many of the service linked companies such as T7, Dialog, Uzma, etc will be bidding. This does not seem like anything foreign firms will want neither does Petronas want them. They are trying hard to keep a domestic oil sector alive and it is on life support so this will be a lifeline to them,” a Malaysia-based industry source told Energy Voice.

SFA aims to attract investors to monetise small or marginal discovered fields with resource size less than 15 million barrels of oil or less than 300 billion cubic feet of gas. It is a straightforward and simplified PSC model which gives the contractor full control over the costs, procurement and operations.

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PROJECTS: KUFPEC’s Malaysia oil discovery ‘significantly more’ than expected – CEO

February 18, 2021

Dateline 2021-02-03, Zawya:

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company’s (KUFPEC) oil discovery in Malaysia is significantly more than expected, the company’s CEO said.

Shaikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah told the Atlantic Global Energy Forum 2021 last month that it is one of the top finds over the past couple of years.

“We are in the process of doing the appraisal right now and all indications are that it will be quite significantly more than what we initially expected,” he said.

The discovery, in Block SK-410B located 90 kilometres offshore Sarawak, is estimated to be multi-TCF gas, according to a KUFPEC press release. It said the exploration well encountered a gross gas column of 252 metres.

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MOGEC X IEM WEBINAR: KETRAMPILAN & IMEJ DIRI WANITA PROFESIONAL

February 17, 2021

Flyer invitation from IEM Terengganu Branch

RM20 for MOGEC members / IEM members

RM25 for Non members

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MOGEC – Gazette Q1

February 15, 2021

Enjoy a copy of MOGEC‘s publicaton.

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O&G industry to continue job cuts

January 25, 2021

Dateline 2021-01-21, Malaysian Reserve:

WEAKER investments and global shift to low-carbon energy sources are expected to drive job cuts further in the oil and gas (O&G) industry with over 400,000 jobs axed last year alone.

Asia School of Business Assistant Prof Dr Renato Lima de Oliveira expects O&G companies globally to continue to cut their spending as they have yet to recover from the global slump in oil demand due to Covid-19.

National O&G companies like Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and Saudi Aramco are further expected to pay hefty dividends to help respective federal governments manage their fiscal deficit as the Covid-19 battle continues.

Petronas has committed to an extra RM10 billion dividend on top of its scheduled RM24 billion dividend to the government for the year 2020. Saudi Aramco also said it would pay US$75 billion (RM303 billion) in dividend to the Saudi government.

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Shell Malaysia to cut 250-300 upstream jobs

January 18, 2021

Dateline 2021-01-15, Argus Media:

Shell will cut 250-300 jobs from its upstream operations in Malaysia over the next two years, or around 2pc of the current workforce, calling it a necessary change to ensure it is “in a strong position to capture opportunities in the energy transition”.

Shell announced in September plans to cut 7,000-9,000 jobs over the next two years as part of a structural reorganisation to shift towards a low-carbon future.

Most of Shell Malaysia’s upstream staff will relocate to its principal office in Miri in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The firm will continue to maintain an office in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah state for downstream businesses and some upstream support. “There are no changes to Shell’s offshore deepwater operations in Sabah,” it said.

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Oil and gas in the new norm

January 12, 2021

Dateline 2021-01-09, The Star:

SINCE the collapse of crude oil prices in 2014, the oil and gas (O&G) sector has never been the same.

First came the shale boom in the United States, creating ample supply and potentially changing geopolitics in the process by making the country less reliant on oil imports.

Another sting to the industry was the heavy debts that players struggled to pay back following the oil price rout that took place from 2014 to 2016.

The O&G industry has also been facing declining demand as more countries adopt cleaner and more environmentally friendly methods to generate energy.

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