Prime Minister Anwar says Petronas could secure one of the world’s largest gas fields through ongoing negotiations with Turkmenistan
BATU PAHAT: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says Malaysia has the potential to secure access to a gas field zone described as among the largest in the world through negotiations involving national petroleum company Petronas with Turkmenistan.
He said the opportunity was very important for the country and required his personal involvement as Prime Minister in the process of signing the planned agreement.
“There is a delegation going to Turkmenistan (in mid-June), I told Petronas, I said, ‘Don’t, there is an election coming. The trip would require two days’.
“But if I go, the guarantee from Turkmenistan is, God willing, Petronas will obtain a gas field zone which is among the largest in the world,” he said when speaking at the launch of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) election machinery for the 16th Johor State Election here tonight.
Anwar said that although his schedule was packed with various commitments, including state elections, the country’s strategic interests in the energy sector required the government’s continuous commitment to exploring new opportunities across the globe.
