Taking over onshore oil, gas activities
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) is taking over the stewardship of Sarawak onshore oil and gas said its chairman Tan Sri Hamid Bugo. “I am happy to announce that Petros will be the steward of Sarawak’s onshore oil and gas activities. “We have revisited our purpose which is to harness our […]
Sarawak exerts rights on oil and gas
SIBU: Sarawak will exert its rights on exploration of oil and gas (O&G) under the Oil Mining Ordinance (OMO) 1958, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. “We have our authority in implementing O&G taxes. There is something else I want to do two weeks from now with regard to O&G matters,” he […]
Permanent O&G office in Miri
State government sets aside RM720k BY TANIA LAM & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING:The state government has agreed to allocate RM720,000 for the Sarawak Oil and Gas Workers Association (Sogwa) to secure a permanent office in Miri. Sogwa president Jamal Abdullah said this would be a place for the association to run its operations and training. […]
Sarawak on road to prosperity
KUCHING: Finally receiving the RM2.95 billion state sales tax (SST) payment from Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) for 2019 is a sweet and lucrative victory for Sarawak, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He said this success was attributable to the persistent and determined hard work and legal fight put up by […]
Land issues, state’s oil and gas assets to be discussed
Land issues and a briefing session on matters pertaining to Sarawak’s oil and gas will be among the issues to be deliberated at tomorrow’s Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) northern region convention in Miri. Chairman of the secretariat for the convention, Datuk Gerawat Gala said seven speakers had been invited to deliver talks on related […]
Just pay up, Petronas told
SIBU: The national oil corporation, Petronas’ board should abide by the courts decision and that of its chairman, the prime minister, to pay the State Sales Tax (SST). Newly minted senator Robert Lau Hui Yew said it was disturbing to read the news purportedly saying Petronas’ board of directors was against the prime minister’s decision […]
A blast from the past
By Dr Navin C Naidu ‘5pc payment was S’wak’s idea, says Razaleigh’, screamed a story-line in Sabah-based Daily Express yesterday. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, the founding chairman and chief executive of Petronas, reportedly said that the establishment of the national oil company was Sarawak’s idea, as well as the five per cent payment as income from […]
SUPP maintains stand on PDA, TSA
MIRI: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) appears to maintain its stance on the legality of the Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA) and the Territorial Sea Act 2012(TSA), saying that both were unconstitutional on the ground that they were enacted without obtaining consent from Sarawak. SUPP publicity and information chief Adam Yii, in a statement yesterday, […]
Exercising our rights on oil & gas
State-owned Petroleum Sarawak Bhd (Petros) is asserting a greater role in Sarawak’s oil & gas exploration and production activities now that it has been awarded licences. Initially, the onshore mining licences granted to Petros cover Limbang and Baram areas in the northern region. The Sarawak government’s award of such licences is to exercise the state’s […]
Validity of 1974 Petroleum Development Act questioned
Abang Johari has also questioned the validity of the 1974 Petroleum Development Act which was passed by Parliament during the Emergency Proclamation period from 1969 to 2011. The Emergency Proclamation was abolished in 2011. In his Christmas message, Abang Johari said Petros would soon be given another task — to manage domestic gas business now […]
