Petronas News

Asia: Pertamina, Petronas Join Forces

Mar 03, 2019

Indonesian state-owned energy company PT Pertamina and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) of Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop oil and gas business – upstream and downstream, not only in Indonesia or Malaysia but also in other countries…

Platform Installed at D28 Off Malaysia

Mar 12, 2019

A lightweight, conductor-supported, minimum facility wellhead platform has been installed in 35 m water depth for the D28 oilfield Phase 1 project offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, for OceanMight Sdn Bhd on behalf of PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, 2H Offshore announced on Tuesday…

Petronas Contracts Rowan Drillship

Feb 13, 2019

Offshore driller Rowan Companies announced Tuesday that its R-Class ultra-deepwater drillship Rowan Renaissance has been awarded a one-well contract to drill offshore Mexico for PC Carigali Mexico Operations, S.A. de C.V. (Petronas).The contract…

Sapura Reports Raft of New Contracts

Jan 07, 2019

Malaysian services company Sapura Energy Berhad announced Monday it has secured RM760 million ($184.6 million) in contract wins for its drilling and engineering & construction businesses. The latest achievements have lifted the value of contract wins to RM9…

Subsea Intervention Outlook 2019

Jan 08, 2019

Subsea intervention is going to be big in 2019, just not where you were expecting. David Carr, Senior Vice President - International Development at Helix Energy Solutions Group, gives his forecast for 2019.Around this time of year, the papers are full of forecasts…

Petronas Sets Up Team for Renewables Push

Nov 27, 2018

Malaysian state-owned oil and gas firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad, or Petronas, has set up a new business within the group to make a push into renewable energy, the head of the new venture said on Tuesday.Petronas has expressed interest over…

Petronas Q3 Profit Jumps 43%

Nov 27, 2018

Malaysian state-owned energy firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad, or Petronas, on Tuesday said it will increase its dividend payout to the government after its third-quarter net profit jumped on higher revenue and oil prices.The new administration…

Kebabangan to Return to Full Capacity by August

Nov 23, 2018

Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas said on Friday production at Kebabangan gas field in the eastern state of Sabah is expected to return to full capacity by August 2019.A gas leak in January resulted in supply disruption at the gas field…

Gabon Launches Offshore Exploration Round

Nov 07, 2018

Gabon plans to scrap a 35 percent corporate tax on energy companies as part of a revised hydrocarbons law and has launched a new offshore oil and gas exploration licensing round for 34 blocks, Oil Minister Pascal Ambouroue said on Wednesday…

FAR Drills First Gambia Well

Oct 24, 2018

Oil and gas company FAR Limited has started drilling the Samo-1 exploration well in block A2, offshore The Gambia.The Stena Drillmax arrived on site on Sunday, 21 October and after standard pre-drill operations, the well was successfully spudded…

ABS Awards AIP to HHI’s Deepwater FLNG Hull

Oct 22, 2018

ABS granted Approval in Principle (AIP) to Hyundai Heavy Industries’ (HHI) Deepwater Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) hull design.HHI advises the Newbuilding Conversion FLNG hull design for offshore application can be constructed for about…

Petronas Delivers First LNG Cargo to Hokkaido Electric

Aug 05, 2018

Malaysian state-owned oilcompany Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) through its subsidiary, Malaysia LNG (MLNG) delivered its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Japan's Hokkaido Electric Power on August 1st, 2018.This delivery marks the…

Hess Has No Plans to Sell Remaining Asian Assets

Sep 25, 2018

U.S. oil producer Hess Corp has no intention to sell its assets in Asia as the region provides good, steady cash flow and a stable political environment, a senior company executive told Reuters on Tuesday.While the company sold assets in Thailand…

FLNG coming of age, but in what form?

Dec 22, 2017

The performance of the world’s first floating LNG projects, which are moving from execute to operate, will form the shape of the industry to come. Elaine Maslin reports (First published in the December 2017 OE, access the full issue here)…

Eni acquires Evans Shoal interest off Australia

Dec 21, 2017

Eni has acquired from Shell a 32.5% interest in and operatorship of the Evans Shoal gas field offshore northern Australia. Evans Shoal is in Retention Lease NT/RL7, in the north Bonaparte Basin around 300km northwest of Darwin, where the Darwin liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is operating…

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