Wata – Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer

Dateline 2025-10-22, Offshore Magazine:

Malaysia’s state energy firm Petronas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Oman’s OQ Exploration and Production New Ventures (OQEP) to jointly explore oil and gas opportunities across the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

The agreement, signed through Petronas’ subsidiary Carigali International Ventures, sets a framework for collaboration that combines Petronas’ international upstream experience with OQEP’s regional expertise to unlock new growth opportunities and accelerate value creation in multiple markets.

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Dateline 2025-10-21, Offshore Engineer:

Viridien, in partnership with Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), a unit of Petronas, is finalizing an integrated geological study aimed at uncovering new exploration opportunities in the underexplored Langkasuka Basin in the Malacca Strait, off the west coast of Malaysia.

The insights generated will provide explorers with a competitive advantage by better informing their licensing and investment decisions, according to Viridien.

The 38,000 sq km study is scheduled for delivery in November 2025.

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Dateline 2025-10-19, Free Malaysia Today:

KUALA LUMPUR: A dark tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a US-sanctioned Russian export plant has positioned itself for a rare open-water fuel transfer off the coast of Malaysia, satellite images show, in a demonstration of the increasingly circuitous routes taken by Moscow to evade Western restrictions.

The Perle, which was sanctioned by the US earlier this year, is currently anchored parallel to another vessel approximately 90km east of the Malaysian peninsula, according to Sentinel-2 satellite images taken Oct 18 and earlier ship-tracking data.

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Dateline 2025-10-18, The Edge Malaysia:

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): Thirty-six owners, occupiers and tenants who were affected by the Putra Heights gas pipeline explosion that destroyed numerous homes and injured more than 150 people have filed a civil suit against five parties, including the Malaysian government.

The suit was filed on Oct 17 at the Shah Alam High Court in Selangor.

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Dateline 2025-10-17, Offshore Engineer:

Italian classification and marine engineering consultancy RINA has secured a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Petronas CCS Ventures (PCCSV) for the Southern Onshore Facilities of Malaysia’s flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

The award follows the successful completion of pre-FEED services in 2024. Under the contract, RINA will advance engineering for the Southern onshore CO2 receiving terminal in Peninsular Malaysia, designed to receive carbon dioxide from multiple domestic and international industrial emitters before transporting it for offshore geological storage.

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Dateline: 2025-10-13, Offshore Energy:

According to Seascape Energy Asia, its joint venture (JV) partners – Inpex, Petronas Carigali, and Petros – in the deepwater Block 2A PSC have given their blessing for entry into the second exploration phase of the PSC and drilling of the giant Kertang prospect, subject to formal approval from Petronas’ Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM). As a result, the exact timing of drilling operations remains unknown.

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Dateline: 2025-10-10, Oil Price:

The contribution of national energy giant Petronas to Malaysia’s budget is expected to crash by 38% next year, to the lowest level since 2017, amid falling oil prices.

Petronas is set to pay to Malaysia $4.7 billion (20 billion Malaysian ringgit) in 2026, down from $7.6 billion (32 billion ringgit) it is contributing this year, the Finance Ministry said in its 2026 budget on Friday.

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Dateline 2025-10-10, Upstream:

Malaysia’s national upstream company Petronas Carigali is set to imminently spud its latest exploration well offshore Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, returning to a South China Sea block that has already delivered a discovery in 2025.

The Lebah Putih-1 (White Bee-1) probe on Block PM 6/12 will be drilled by Velesto Energy’s jack-up Naga 6; with the campaign supported by the anchor handling tug supply vessels MP Kesatria and JM Salam, and the offshore tug supply vessel Pacific Legacy.

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Dateline 2025-05-14, New Straits Time:

KUALA LUMPUR: Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed optimism over the potential for joint ventures between Russia and Malaysia in the fields of natural gas and nuclear energy.

“Malaysia’s oil and gas company, Petronas, has equity capital in Rosneft, it has partnership ties with this company and is developing ties with this company, as well as with Gazprom,” he said.

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Deadline 2025-10-08, Upstream:

The chase for providing a potential replacement of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel for PTTEP’s Kikeh oil and gas field offshore Malaysia has narrowed down to a few select contenders, with the bidding process nearing a crucial phase.

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