Wata – Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer

Dateline 2025-10-09, Kazinform International:

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Akhmed Gurbanov met with a Malaysian delegation led by Senior Political Secretary to the Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ashgabat. The talks also covered broader political, trade, economic, and cultural cooperation, with investment identified as a key priority.

The parties highlighted the success of the International Forum on Attracting Foreign Investment in Turkmenistan, held in Kuala Lumpur, and discussed ways to strengthen cultural and humanitarian ties, particularly in education and tourism.

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Dateline 2025-10-29, Energy Pedia:

The agreement brings together Velesto’s strong track record in safe and efficient jack-up operations with ICON’s global leadership in engineering and installing RIWHPs. By integrating drilling and platform installation within a single offshore campaign, it offers operators a practical and cost-efficient model for developing shallow-water and marginal fields – simplifying implementation, reducing capital requirements, and ensuring predictable delivery.

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Dateline 2025-10-30, Offshore Energy:

Under the contracts defined as sizeable, SLB OneSubsea will deliver comprehensive subsea production systems (SPS) for the Alum, Bemban, and Permai deepwater gas fields located in Block H and the Kikeh field, Malaysia’s first deepwater oil project. 

The scope covers horizontal subsea trees, umbilicals, control systems, and associated services.

The contracts are said to build on a 20-year collaboration between the two companies.

“We are proud to continue our long-standing relationship with PTTEP, which has seen the delivery of more than 50 systems over the past 20 years,” said Mads Hjelmeland, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SLB OneSubsea. “By leveraging our experience in complex deepwater environments and adopting a highly collaborative, early engagement process with our clients, we will help PTTEP unlock maximum value from these projects.”

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Dateline 2025-10-28, The Exchange Malaysia:

KUALA LUMPUR, PJBumi Bhd’s 90%-owned subsidiary, PT Indodrill Bumi Perkasa, has entered into a two-year umbrella agreement to provide oil and gas (O&G) well maintenance services to Indonesian operator KSO PT Pertamina-PT Petro Papua Mogoi Wasian.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia on Monday, PJBumi said the agreement, signed on Oct 24, marks a significant step in strengthening its presence in Indonesia’s upstream O&G sector. The contract runs until Oct 23, 2027.

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Dateline 2025-10-29, Free Malaysia Today:

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s oil and gas returns have surged in recent years, with more revenue streams on the way thanks to new asset acquisitions in the pipeline.

SMJ Energy Sdn Bhd CEO Dionysia Kibat said plans drawn up to expand the company’s portfolio will hopefully be concluded by next year.

“We are just ‘setahun jagung’ — that is to say, still young. So the firm still has a lot of assets and resources to acquire,” she told FMT.

“As we speak now, we are also looking at a few more acquisitions in both upstream and downstream sectors. We hope that we can finalise it, if possible, within the next few months either by the end of the year or early next year, at the latest.”

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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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