July 9, 2017
Dateline 2017-06-01, Upstream Online:
Asian offshore builders are standing by to receive an invitation to bid for a mobile offshore production unit bound for the shallow-water K5 sour gas field off Sarawak, Malaysia, writes Russell Searancke.
Initial production will be about 250 million cubic feet per day of gas, which will be sent by subsea pipeline to the ninth train at Petronas’ liquefied natural gas complex in nearby Bintulu.
The field operator Petronas earlier this year conducted a type of pre-qualification exercise which attracted the interest of many offshore builders in Asia.
Yards from Malaysia, Thailand, China and South Korea are understood to have expressed an interest to Petronas in pursuing the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning contract.
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May 18, 2017
Dateline 2017-04-13, FMT:
Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg should be firm with Petronas that it must consult Sarawak when deciding on its onshore and offshore blocks of oil and gas, Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How said.
See, the state PKR vice chairman, also urged the state government to consider investing in and taking ownership of the development of the petroleum resources within Sarawak’s territorial boundary.
The Borneo Post quoted See as saying it was unacceptable for Petronas to continue ignoring Sarawak’s assertion of rights to resources within the state’s territorial boundary.
“I am seriously contemplating to move a private member’s motion on this matter at the coming Sarawak State Assembly sitting scheduled from May 11 to 22, and I am hopeful that my fellow ADUNs (state assemblypersons) will be supportive of it, to take another important step towards fulfilling Tan Sri Adenan Satem’s, and all Sarawakians’, aspiration that Sarawak’s inherent sovereign and autonomous powers be respected by the Federation.”
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March 2, 2017
Dateline 2017-02-20, Reuters:
Malaysian state-owned oil and gas firm Petronas is aiming to sell a large minority stake in a prized upstream local gas project for up to $1 billion as it seeks to raise cash and cut development costs, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) is looking to sell a stake of as much as 49 percent in the SK316 offshore gas block in Malaysia’s Sarawak state, the sources told Reuters, a move that would be among its first major recent sales as it grapples with oil prices that have slumped by half over two-and-a-half years.
That slide has squeezed the cash flows of Petronas [PETR.UL], hurt its earnings and forced it a year ago to announce a 50 billion ringgit ($11.2 billion) cut in capital expenditure over four years.
Petronas, which accounts for a third of Malaysia’s oil and gas revenue, has also cut its dividend. Sources had told Reuters in September it is considering selling its majority stake in a $27 billion Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, although the company denied it.
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January 1, 2017
Dateline 2016-11-26, Borneo Post:
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“Foremost in our mind, critical in our pursuit to conserve depletable natural resources, is the petroleum justice that we owe it to ourselves, to Sarawak, and to our future generations to strategically conserve and utitlise it in the best interests of Sarawak.”
See said Sarawak, on shore and offshore, had been demarcated into 48 blocks or fields of oil and gas potentials.
Through the years, he said production sharing contracts (PSC) had been awarded over 27 of these fields, and 13 others were presently been promoted this year and the last.
“It is imperative for us to revivify Sarawak’s sovereign rights to this valuable natural resource, to assert our autonomy and authority over the remaining blocks and fields of oil and gas potentials yet to be awarded with PSC.”
He opined that Sarawak had sacrificed too much of its petroleum resources to the federation.
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December 31, 2016
Dateline 2016-11-25, Borneo Post:
THE Sarawak government and Petronas are currently undertaking the Sarawak Petrochemical Master Plan study covering the coastal areas of the state.
Assistant Minister of Industrial Development (Investment and Promotion) Datuk Julaihi Narawi said the study will look into the technical, commercial and economic feasibility of the petrochemical development in Sarawak.
“Among others, the study is expected to identify and recommend the suitable oil and gas downstream industries that the state can explore,” he said yesterday in his reply to Aidel Lariwoo (BN – Sadong Jaya) and Ripin Lamat (BN – Lambir) during the question and answer session at the State Legislative Assembly yesterday.
He said currently 100 per cent of oil resources and 93 per cent of gas resources are exported in raw form such as crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LPG).
“It is the intention of the state government to establish a robust downstream industry to increase participation in the higher value chain and thus creating a more sustainable industry for the state amidst the declining resources.
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December 27, 2016
Dateline 2016-11-19, Borneo Post:
The state is set to embark on specialised global venture to enhance the development of downstream and upstream activities of the Oil and Gas (O&G) Industry in Sarawak
Minister for Industrial and Entrepreneur Development, Trade and Investment Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan stressed that the state is open to work closely with companies like BCS Contract and Supply Services Sdn Bhd (BCS) and SFS Aviation Co Ltd (SFS) in ensuring that these strategic ventures are on the right path to become a long-term win-win synergy with the state.
The intention is also in line with Sarawak Oil and Gas Committee (SOGC) and Sarawak Oil and Gas Development Unit (SOGDU) initiatives, he pointed out.
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December 11, 2016
Dateline 2016-10-30, Borneo Post:
ON June 22, 2012, Sarawak and Sabah lost their sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the area of the Continental Shelf, consisting of the seabed and its subsoil beneath the high seas contiguous to the territorial waters of the Borneo states, when Territorial Sea Act 2012 (TSA) came into effect, limiting both their jurisdictions to three nautical miles (5.5 km) from the coastline.
The implication is that with the reduced breadth limits of its territorial waters, the state’s rights to fisheries, marine and mineral resources, tourism sites in marine areas and so forth are now confined to only 3 nautical miles (5.56 km) from its coastline.
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September 24, 2016
We look forward to an election right after this is all resolved.
Dateline 2016-08-12, Malay Mail:
The renewed demands by Sabah and Sarawak for oil royalties and greater devolution of powers is prompted by the federal government’s growing influence rather than any perceived vulnerability, said state leaders and analysts.
Despite controversies linked to Putrajaya, they said the federal government’s powers have not been reduced, which required both east Malaysian states to be more vocal in demanding a return of the rights they said were due to them according to the Malaysia Agreement 1963.
“It has nothing to do with Putrajaya being weak or strong,” Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing told Malay Mail Online.
“Sarawak is led by the leader (Tan Sri Adenan Satem) who finally realises that we have been short-changed all this while,” Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president said while declining to state who has short-changed Sarawak.
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July 24, 2016
Dateline 2016-06-15, Malay Mail:
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem announced today the state government’s plans to regulate the seabed and subsoil activities of national oil company Petronas and its contractors within its territory.
He said Sarawak’s regulatory framework would be based on relevant state laws to which Petronas and its contractors would have to abide.
“Petronas, a corporation having rights to prospect and mine petroleum both offshore and onshore under the Petroleum development Act, 1974, will have to be regulated and abide by the provisions of the Oil Mining Ordinance of Sarawak and the Land Code in regard to the use and occupation of State Land within the boundaries of Sarawak for the prospecting and mining of petroleum,” he said when winding up the debate in the state assembly here.
He said the Land Code of Sarawak, which came into effect on January 1, 1959, defines “state land” to include the seabed and subsoil which forms part of the continental shelf by virtue of an Order made by the British Queen while Sarawak was still a Colony.
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July 23, 2016
Dateline 2016-06-14, Borneo Post:
Petronas upstream operations in Sarawak is undergoing a restructuring exercise to meet its business requirements, said state Industrial, Entrepreneur, Trade and Investment Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.
He said, in view of this, Petronas Carigali Sarawak operations had been split into two entities, namely Sarawak Oil Operations in Miri and Sarawak Gas operation in Bintulu.
“As a result of the restructuring exercise, 29 permanent positions were abolished due to redundancy, of which 13 Sarawakians are affected. All those affected are offered Voluntary Separation Package (VSP),” said Awang Tengah in his winding up speech at the state legislative assembly sitting here today.
He said in spite of the restructuring exercise the expansion of Sarawak Gas operations had created 251 new positions in Bintulu.
In addition, he said there were also 134 new positions created for train nine operations and another 234 new positions for floating LNG Satu.
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