June 29, 2014
Dateline 2014-06-04, Malaysia Chronicle:
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Secretary General Datuk Johnny Mositun believes Sabah will get similar consideration as Sarawak from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in the context of increased oil royalties.
He said it was heartening to note that the Prime Minister was willing to give utmost consideration to the Sarawak State Government’s request for an increase in oil royalties for the state.
“It is good that our Prime Minister has not rejected outright Sarawak’s request for an increase in oil royalties, unlike all past Prime Ministers who simply refused to even consider the matter,” he said, when contacted, Tuesday.
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June 19, 2014
Yeah, why dontcha?
Dateline 2014-04-26, Free Malaysia Today:
Chief Minister Musa Aman’s move to use bloggers to stoke discussions on Sabah’s oil and gas rights is a cowardice act, even if it is merely to gauge the federal government’s receptiveness, said political maverick Jeffrey Kitingan.
“It is not proper and transparent governance. The suggestion (to use bloggers to fight his battles) came up after he (Musa) refused to discuss the matter in depth during assembly.
“The Chief Minister should realise that it is not wrong for him and the state government to demand for ownership of Petronas.
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April 22, 2014
I really don’t know why Sabah and Sarawak have been in the news frequently this year. Any apologists who want to make a comment?
Dateline 2014-03-20, Daily Express:
Sabah should work together with neighbouring Sarawak in pursuing an increase in the oil and gas royalty and turn this into a reality, said Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) Information Chief Datuk Jahid Jahim.
He believes there is nothing wrong for the State Government to work together with its Sarawak counterpart to make a joint request to the Federal Government to increase the rate of oil and gas royalty presently received by both states.
“I think we (Sabah and Sarawak) should work together like what we have done in 1963 when we formed the Federation of Malaysia together. It would be more synchronised and justified if both the states work together on this,” he said.
Saying an increase in oil and gas royalty can be used to support additional development of the State and the people to be on par with what is enjoyed by fellow Malaysians in the peninsula, Jahid, who is formerly Tamparuli Assemblyman, felt the recently announced discovery of oil fields off Sabah which is timely can also be considered as good justification for the request.
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April 8, 2014
Of course construction destroyed rainforest. But have you seen the risk assessment? I haven’t, those in the know, send me a copy please?
Dateline 2014-03-03, Malaysian Insider:
The Swiss-based rainforest advocacy group Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), in a new attack on Sarawak, claimed the 500km Petronas gas pipeline (SSGP) has left a “trail of destruction” in the rainforest between the Sabah oil and gas terminal (SOGT) in Kimanis to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Bintulu, Sarawak.
BMF, on its new Sarawak geoportal, said that by shrouding the project in secrecy and for its failure to disclose the exact line of the SSGP, it has given rise for concern.
It claimed the less than transparent project had forced local communities to erect several blockades out of concern for damage to their environment and illegal extraction of timber for the construction of the pipeline within native customary rights (NCR) lands through which the line passes.
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March 22, 2014
Dateline 2014-02-13, Platts:
Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas said Thursday it has awarded the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning contract for its second floating LNG project, located offshore Sabah, to a partnership of Japan’s JGC and South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries.
Petronas said the EPCIC contract for PFLNG 2 follows the January 23 board approval of the final investment decision taken on the project.
The FLNG facility will be located at the Rotan field in Block H.
Murphy Oil, operator of the upstream block, had announced FID of the project early this month.
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November 23, 2013
Dateline 2013-10-13,Daily Express:
It is the legal duty and moral obligation of the Sabah Government and every Sabah MP to take immediate steps and by all available means to regain Sabah’s oil ownership, said Sabah Star Chief Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.
Commenting on the public debate between Tan Sri Harris Salleh and Datuk Yong Teck Lee at the Sabah Golf and Country Club on Friday night, he said the “explanation” of Harris was that he had no choice but to sign the 1976 Oil Agreement with Petronas and receive five per cent cash payment for Sabah’s oil as the Federal Government had stated that Sabah’s oil found offshore belonged to the Federal Government and signing and getting five per cent was better than getting nothing at all.
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October 25, 2013
I was wondering how ‘Tan’ was in the title. Turns out the original article misprinted his name.
Daily Express, dateline 2013-09-06:
Deputy Chief Minister cum Minister of Industrial Development Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah has expressed his keenness to have an oil and gas skills training centre to be built in the east coast of Sabah.
He expressed his intention during the courtesy call by a delegation from Talisman Malaysia Limited to his office here Thursday.
Talisman Malaysia has managed few operational activities in Sabah and wishes to groom their business in Sabah at the same time to be fully committed with their corporate social responsibility in Sabah including the environmental, socio-economic, and educational programme.
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October 20, 2013
Dateline 2013-09-05, Borneo Post
Toh Puan Norlidah RM Jasni (centre), Ron Aston (seventh left), Talisman Mount Kinabalu expedition team, invited guests and representatives from five NGOs during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house in Kota Kinabalu, yesterday.
KOTA KINABALU: Canada-based oil and gas company, Talisman Malaysia, is in Sabah to stay.
Seeing the vast potential here, its senior vice-president and country manager Ron Aston said they also realised that the Sabah blocks as an exciting new growth area.
“We have committed an investment plan of USD1 billion (about RM3.28 billion) towards the various operational activities in the state’s operations, both near and long terms.
“In Malaysia, we have been operating successfully for over 15 years with much growth to come. Our presence into Sabah began in 2009 when we were awarded offshore blocks SB309 and SB310 by Petronas with a 70 per cent interest.
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October 3, 2013
Dateline 2013-08-18, Borneo Post:
About 100 Penans from Long Meraan, Sg Magoh, in Ulu Baram, had set up blockades at five roads since Aug 7, to protest against the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline project.
Friends of the Earth Malaysia (SAM) president SM Mohamed Idris claimed in a statement yesterday that the blockade was made following the failure of the company concerned to heed the plight of the people. It is also against the authorities for allegedly dishonouring their promises made to the Penans.
SAM quoted Long Meraan headman Belaweng Tunau as saying the laying of the pipelines had affected the villagers and environment negatively.
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September 21, 2013
FMT, dateline 2013-07-30:
Had the oil and gas of Sabah not been swindled away by the Barisan Nasional federal government, today her people probably would not have to endure the agony of having to line up for hours and hopping from one gas station to another for diesel.
It is a shameful reality that 95% of our oil and gas was illegally taken away from us.
Why do we say it was illegally taken away?
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