PETRONAS Drilling Crew Withdrawing From Ogaden

July 23, 2010

For those who wanted to make more money in PETRONAS by being posted to places where you have a bulleye stiched onto you shocking red coveralls, the world has become a smaller place.

Dateline 2010-07-10:

The Malaysian oil company, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), which is prospecting for oil and gas reserves in the Ogaden basin, south eastern part of Ethiopia, is demobilizing its drilling crew, according to Ethiopian Reporter.

There is speculation that the company will pull out from Ethiopia. Previously, Petronas relinquished its concession in the Gambella basin, south-western part of Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border, after drilling two exploration wells that turned out dry. Another exploration well drilled by the company last year in the Ogaden basin in the Genale locality also turned out to be dry.

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PETRONAS-Related Geologist Shot Dead in Ethiopia

April 21, 2010

I guess a PETRONAS subcontractor overseas is not news enough for the local newswires? Or is this a cover-up as to not taint PETRONAS’s name in the local mindset. Remind me to set up my own news outlet whenever I work for PETRONAS overseas.

From The Mirror, dateline 2010-04-14:

Jason Read, 39, from the Portsmouth area, was killed on April 5 when his car was ambushed near Danot town in the conflict-ravaged Ogaden region in the south east of the country.

He worked for IMC Geophysics International Ltd, which was subcontracted to the Malaysian oil giant PETRONAS, which is investigating the death along with the local authorities.

Reported in Antara News:

London (ANTARA News/AFP) – Seorang warga Inggris yang bekerja untuk sebuah perusahaan minyak di Ethiopia tewas ditembak, demikian diumumkan Kementerian Luar Negeri Inggris, Jumat.

Pria berusia 39 tahun yang belum diidentifikasi itu dibunuh Senin dekat Danot di daerah Warder, Ethiopia.

Warga Inggris itu bekerja untuk IMC Geophysics International Ltd, perusahaan rekanan PETRONAS Malaysia, kata seorang juru bicara kementerian itu. (M014/K004)

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