Dateline 2018-07-13, Malaysiakini:
The Kelantan government should take advantage of the federal government’s approval for the petroleum royalty to be channelled to Kelantan for the benefit of the people in the state, said Kelantan Pakatan Harapan chairman Husam Musa.
He said the state government should present a proposal on how it planned to use the royalty so that the people would know how they were going to benefit from it.
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Dateline 2018-07-12, Borneo Post:
State Reform Party Sarawak (STAR) president Lina Soo described it as outrageous when Kota Sentosa assemblyman Chong Chieng Jen defended the federal government and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) by objecting to the Oil Mining Ordinance 1958 (OMO58) which pre-dates the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and the Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA74).
Soo said by voicing his objection to the Oil Mining (Amendment) Bill, 2018 in the State Legislative Assembly (DUN), Chong was in effect rejecting Sarawak’s rights to its oil and gas resources and giving the rights absolutely to Petronas on a silver platter.
“What is wrong with Sarawak asserting its authority and power to regulate the mining industry in Sarawak?” she asked in a press statement yesterday.
Soo asked if Chong was implying that Petronas has the power to subvert the sovereignty of Sarawak and its protective municipal laws; namely Order in Council 1954, Land Code 1958, OMO58, and Supplementary Deed 1965.
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Dateline 2018-07-11, Borneo Post:
KOTA Sentosa (PH-DAP) assemblyman Chong Chieng Jen has questioned the consistency of the Oil Mining (Amendment) Bill, 2018, and wants the conflict of law issue be resolved.
He said by looking into the Bill, there are likely to be inconsistency in terms of regulation that will be formulated by Sarawak against the existing regulation that was regulated by Petronas pursuant to the Petroleum Development Act (PDA) 1974.
He said in light of that inconsistency to the amended Oil Mining Ordinance (OMO), the PDA would prevail over it.
“By tabling and passing the Bill today in this august House, let the people of Sarawak not be deceived that we are claiming ownership of the oil and gas resources.
“At the most, what you are going to claim is the power to regulate the industry while ownership still remains in Petronas.
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Dateline 2018-07-11, Borneo Post:
Shell Malaysia recognises the safety efforts of its business partners and contractors for their top safety leadership during the 11th Shell Malaysia Safety Awards held towards the end of June.
More than 200 guests comprising of business partners and contractors to Shell attended the recent Shell Malaysia Safety Awards (SMSA) to appreciate and recognise safety leaders within the industry. The gala dinner was hosted by Datuk Iain Lo, chairman of Shell Companies in Malaysia.
“We are now entering the fifth year of the SMSA and I am proud that this event is going from strength to strength, mainly because of the continuous partnership and support from our business partners and contractors.
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Since I’m the Asean Engineer Register (AER) Ambassador to Singapore this year, and have been roped into assisting enriching people’s coffers, I expect you to participate in CAFEO36, especially in having an exhibition space. We’ve worked hard so that the cost is within cost recovery limits, so register before 26th October! The PDF version is here.
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Other documents you require:
MATRADE Export Acceleration Mission Announcement
Registration Form – MATRADE Trade Mission
Tentative programmes – EAM to singapore
MDG_GUIDELINES_2018_v9
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Dateline 2018-07-10, FMT:
The Sarawak state assembly passed the Oil Mining (Amendment) Bill 2018 today aimed at updating several provisions in the Oil Mining Ordinance (OMO).
It was also to bring the ordinance in line with current practices and operations in the oil and gas industry’s upstream sector.
In tabling it, Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said with the amendment, the state would be able to strengthen regulatory control over the exploration of petroleum and mining activities in the state.
He said when the federal Parliament passed the Continental Shelf Act 1996 and Petroleum Mining Act 1966 to regulate the mining of petroleum in the continental shelf, these acts were not extended to Sarawak.
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Dateline 2018-07-08, The Sun Daily:
Industry players believe that the turf war of sorts between Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and the Sarawak state government is likely to affect new investments into the state’s oil and gas sector more than existing players in the market.
A senior analyst who spoke to SunBiz on condition of anonymity said those who are already operating in the state might not see much of an impact at this juncture, but it is best for fresh entrants to take on a wait-and-see approach as the matter unfolds.
Kenanga Research in its note to investors last Thursday said it expects the ongoing tussle between Petronas and state-owned Petroleum Sarawak Bhd (Petros) to continue with anticipation of Petronas pursuing a court case, although this might delay the awards of Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) in the state.
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Dateline 2018-07-09, The Malaysian Reserve:
For over a decade from the early 1990s, Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) was the champion of national oil companies (NOCs) challenging the established order in the global petroleum industry.
Then, it was relatively unheard of for state oil firms to venture outside their national borders to prospect for oil and gas (O&G), strictly the domain of international oil companies (IOCs).
Established players like Exxon Mobil Corp, Royal Dutch Shell plc and BP plc became the giants that they are today by making the highly risky business of finding and extracting O&G resources from the ground their specialty.
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Dateline 2018-07-09, NST:
Repsol Oil and Gas Malaysia Ltd is on track to meet the company’s target after starting to produce gas at one of six oil wells in the Bunga Pakma Joint Development Area.
Repsol Malaysia Business Unit director Jorge Milathianakis said the production at Bunga Pakma’s first oil well was the result of collaboration with partners Petronas and PetroVietnam.
He said the first gas production was not only implemented on schedule, but also at a lower cost than expected.
“The main contributing factor of the success of this project is due to the strong support from our two partners,” Milathianakis said, adding that most of the gas produced will be purchased by Vietnam and the balance used in Malaysia.
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Dateline 2018-07-06, NST:
The massive blaze which engulfed three of the Kemaman Bitumen Company’s (KBC) giant crude oil tanks at the KBC industrial area in Telok Kalong here for the past three days, has been successfully extinguished last night.
Terengganu Fire and Rescue Department director Azlimin Mat Noor said the firefighters managed to extinguish the fire at 6.40pm using the direct dousing method.
“We have also conducted monitoring using drones. (In fact,) we did not spot anymore fire from above and had used ‘thermo x-ray’ to see whether or not there was fire,” he told reporters when met at the industrial area here last night.
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