Wata – Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer

Dateline 2025-09-27, Free Malaysia Today:

PETALING JAYA: Sarawak must continue to defend its rights on the continental shelf and should never give them up, says state legal counsel JC Fong.

Fong said while international laws recognise the continental shelf as belonging to a country, Sarawak’s rights as a constituent state within Malaysia should remain untouched, The Borneo Post reported.

“Malaysia can claim continental rights to the continental shelf for the nation. But within the country, the states – the constituent states – have their own power over the continental shelf which is within the territory of the respective states.

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Dateline 2025-09-22, The Edge Malaysia:

BALIK PULAU (Sept 22): The price of petrol in Malaysia will remain among the lowest in the world when the targeted subsidy programme begins on Sept 30 this year, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.

He assured the public that the subsidised price of RON95 petrol at RM1.99 per litre under the Budi Madani RON95 (Budi95) programme will continue to be enjoyed by consumers, regardless of fluctuations in global crude oil prices.

“The subsidised price of RM1.99 per litre is among the cheapest in the world. Even if we eventually adjust to the market rate, Malaysia will still be one of the countries with the lowest petrol prices in the region and globally.

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Dateline 2025-09-22, The Edge Malaysia:

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 22): The Court of Appeal on Monday set aside an interim injunction obtained by Shell MDS (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd from the Kuala Lumpur High Court in January that had allowed Shell MDS to halt monthly payments for gas supplied by national oil gas company Petronas, following competing invoice claims from Petroleum Sarawak Bhd (Petros).

The court also lifted a separate injunction imposed by the High Court that had required Petronas to continue supplying gas to Shell MDS throughout the period, and had allowed a bank guarantee to be withheld.

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Dateline 2025-02-10, The Malaysian Reserve:

THE nation will continue to see a strong pipeline of floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) and floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel tenders and awards in 2025, driven by ongoing and upcoming offshore developments. 

The latest tender for the Sepat Field FPSO, issued by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, signals the sustained momentum in the country’s upstream sector. According to AmInvestment Bank Bhd, Petronas Carigali has called for tender submissions for the lease and operation of an FPSO for the Sepat Field, with the deadline set for March 5, 2025. 

The move follows a pre-qualification exercise initiated in September last year, underscoring Petronas Carigali’s commitment to redeveloping the shallow water field located at Block PM313, approximately 130km east of Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. 

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Dateline 2025-09-22, Upstream:

Mubadala Energy has set its sights on developing the significant Cengkih (Clove) gas discovery offshore Sarawak, East Malaysia, with a tie-back to its producing Pegaga (Pennywort) field appearing to be on the cards.

United Arab Emirates operator Mubadala in March 2022 brought on stream Malaysia’s giant Pegaga gas field on the offshore Block SK 320 production sharing contract.

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Dateline 2025-09-23, The Sun:

CHUKAI: The Petronas Gas Berhad site at the East Coast Rail Link construction area in Kerteh has been declared safe following a butane gas leak incident. Kemaman district police chief Supt Mohd Razi Rosli confirmed that gas detectors installed by the Fire and Rescue Department and Petronas showed zero readings this afternoon.

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Dateline 2025-09-21, Business Today:

A second portable flare will be installed today along Petronas Gas Bhd (PGB) butane pipeline in Section 5 of the East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) site near Kemaman to burn off all traces of gas from a leak.

Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director-general Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad said Petronas managed to install the first portable flare at around 3.30am to begin the gas burn off.

The second unit from Kulim, Kedah, will arrive this evening and will be installed so all remaining gas in the 9.6km pipeline is burned off and the area can be declared safe.

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Dateline 2025-09-25, Malay Mail:

MARANG, Sept 21 — The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) has confirmed that the gas pipeline leak at the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project site in Kerteh, involving Petronas Berhad (PGB), is under control and poses no threat to public health.

Its director-general, Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad, said the department had implemented strategic measures to manage the situation, including closing off public access to the affected area and halting construction work to prevent sparks.

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Dateline 2025-09-19, Free Malaysia Today:

PUTRAJAYA: The proprietor of a patented oil and gas technology today won its appeal against a Petronas subsidiary for patent infringement over its use of a mobile offshore production unit (Mopu) commissioned from a third party.

The Court of Appeal overturned a 2023 High Court decision that dismissed Kingtime International Ltd’s lawsuit against Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for patent infringement.

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Dateline 2025-03-07, Oil Price:

Shell has started first oil production from the next development phase of a deepwater oil project offshore Malaysia, the UK-based supermajor said on Friday as Europe’s largest oil and gas companies are pivoting back to strategies to boost output of fossil fuels.

Shell’s subsidiary Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd, announced first oil production from Phase 4 of the Gumusut-Kakap-Geronggong-Jagus East deepwater offshore development project. The Phase 4 production is flowing to the existing Gumusut-Kakap Semi-submersible Floating Production System located off the coast of Sabah, offshore Malaysia, where SSPC is the operator.

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