Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has awarded Block PM407 and Block PM415, approximately 160km offshore Peninsular Malaysia, to PTT Exploration and Production Hong Kong Offshore Limited (PTTEP HKO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PETRONAS Carigali), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS.

A signing ceremony for the Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) and Joint Operating Agreement (JoA) for the Blocks, awarded as part of the 2018 Malaysia Bidding Round, was held here yesterday.

PTTEP HKO is the operator for both Blocks, with a participating interest of 55 percent for Block PM407 and 70 percent for Block PM415, while PETRONAS Carigali owns the remaining 45 percent and 30 percent in the respective Blocks.

Signing respectively on behalf of PETRONAS, PETRONAS Carigali and PTTEP HKO were the Vice President of Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), PETRONAS, Muhammad Zamri Jusoh; Vice President of Exploration, Upstream, PETRONAS, Emeliana Rice-Oxley; and Executive Vice President, Geosciences, Subsurface and Exploration Group, PTTEP, Kanok Intharawijitr.

Witness for the signing were Senior Vice President, Business Development 1 Division, PTTEP, Chalongrut Ya-anan; Head of Legal, MPM, PETRONAS, M Ilhami Idris; and Head of Legal, PETRONAS Carigali, Azizi Md Ali.

Malaysia Bidding Round is an event organised by PETRONAS to market Malaysia’s acreages to existing and new companies who are interested in conducting exploration and production in Malaysia.

About Petronas

With over 35 years of experience, PETRONAS is recognised with a sterling reputation as a reliable LNG supplier and solutions provider. Operating from its main supply base (PETRONAS LNG Complex) in Bintulu, Sarawak. PETRONAS LNG Complex is one of the world’s largest LNG complexes on a single site. The nine-train facility has a combined annual production capacity of about 30 million tonnes. In addition, PETRONAS has also diversified its LNG supply portfolio in recent years with the inclusion of Australia’s Gladstone LNG and the world’s first floating LNG facility located offshore Sarawak.

About PTTEP

PTTEP is the E&P flagship of the PTT Group, Thailand’s national oil company. PTT Public Company Limited is one of ADNOC’s largest crude oil customers purchasing up to 100,000 barrels of various ADNOC crude grades per day and Thailand is the second largest economy in South-East Asia.