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Dayang continues bidding new contracts

KUCHING: Dayang Enterprise Holdings Bhd group is continuously bidding for new contracts by the oil majors. The group is expecting to secure additional contracts given its outstanding track record and financial position, said Dayang group managing director Tengku Dato Yusof Tengku Ahmad Shahruddin. For 2022, he said the group is cautiously optimistic that the outlook […]

Shell Malaysia Upstream relocation good for Miri, says minister

MIRI: With Shell Malaysia Upstream main office moving here from Kuala Lumpur by 2023 end, Sarawak Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin is optimistic that this augurs well for the city’s overall economic development. He described the move as appropriate, giving the fact that the first oil well in Sarawak was discovered in […]

In search of new oil reserves for Sarawak’s industrialisation

KUCHING: The Sarawak government is exploring new oil and gas blocks onshore and offshore to ensure adequate volumes are available for Sarawak’s journey towards industrialisation. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said there was a pressing need to intensify localisation of gas supply and utilisation in the state. “This is to […]

Contractors want PETROS to get into offshore E&P

KUCHING: Sarawak Petroleum Contractors Association (SPECA) has called on Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) to take up stakes in ventures related to the recent discovery of gas off Balingian be they via contract sharing or non-operating ventures. “The last two years have seen the findings of Jerun and Lang Lebah. Maybe it is time for PETROS […]

Gas find holds out much promise to locals

KUCHING: The discovery of gas at the Hadrah-1 wildcat exploration well of Block SK411 located in the shallow waters of Balingian holds out the potential of benefitting Sarawakians in a big way through the participation of companies and also manpower deployment. Sarawak Oil and Gas Workers Association (Sogwa) president Jamal Abdullah said there would also […]

Another major milestone in state’s industrialisation

BINTULU: The Sarawak Petchem Methanol Project marks another significant milestone not only to industrialise the state but more importantly the realisation of a Sarawak company venturing into the oil and gas (O&G) industry, particularly in the downstream petrochemical sector. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that the state government and its entire […]

Gladstone LNG: An aboriginal twist of things

On October 26, 2017, a few months after I joined Bintulu Port as the new Group CEO, I was happy to be back in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. The purpose of the visit was to see the Gladstone LNG Project, which was by then in full operations, and to study the export and marine operations there, […]

Crew change terminal to ensure orderly operations

MIRI: The completion of the 200m-long crew change terminal at Pulau Melayu is timely as it ensures the orderly operations of offshore crew boats in and out of Sungai Miri. Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin visited the facility, which began construction in 2019, on Tuesday (Oct 26). “The rapid growth in the […]

RM5.833 bln revenue collected in third quarter this year

KUCHING: Sarawak has collected a revenue of RM5.833 billion as of the third quarter of this year, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said that the collection of revenue was mainly from major sources such as the State Sales Tax (SST) of RM2.395 billion; cash compensation in lieu of oil and […]

Mining sector needs to create jobs

KUCHING: Sarawak has great potential to prosper and achieve equitable and inclusive development, but there is an urgent need to diversify the state’s economic and export structures. Assoc Prof Dr Fumitaka Furuoka from the Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya, said Sarawak’s heavy dependency on oil and gas (O&G) exports may have resulted in three key problems […]