Sarawak agrees to abide by PDA, existing contractual obligations remain

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The prime minister says Petronas’s existing domestic and international contracts will remain in force.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/17/agreement-reached-on-petronass-role-in-swak-says-anwar/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/17/sarawak-iktiraf-pda-obligasi-kontraktual-sedia-ada-kekal-kata-anwar/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Petronas #Sarawak #AnwarIbrahim

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00:00Petronas will maintain all the agreements, contractual obligations, domestic and international, that are available.

00:13Petros, under the DGO, is guaranteed to procure natural gas up to 1.2 billion feet per day for the domestic needs of Sarawak.

00:26With guarantees based on the following requirements.

00:32The federal and Sarawak governments have agreed to Petronas and its subsidiaries retaining all existing domestic and international contractual obligations.

00:42Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat today that the two governments also recognized the Petroleum Development Act 1974 as a federal law.

00:53He also said it was agreed that the distribution of gas ordinance 2016 would come into force on March 1st.

01:01Last night, Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Oping reiterated the state's contention that it had regulatory authority over oil and gas activities within its territory.

01:14He said the state's position was clearly enshrined in the federal constitution and the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

01:22He was responding to a parliamentary reply by Law and Institutional Reform Minister Azalina Othman Syed, who said Petronas and its subsidiaries would not require a license to operate in Sarawak.

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