Abang Johari Openg, the top of Sarawak, stated that the position has the authority to decide how much oil and gas assets are distributed within its place.
About a year prior, the Indonesian government announced that Petronas would be the only entity keeping track of the nation’s oil and gas reserves, including those in the Malay state.  ,
Abang Johari stressed that the Borneo state “must have a say” in terms of Malaysia’s Petroleum Development Act ( PDA ) 1974, which states that Petronas has exclusive control over the exploration and distribution of the country’s oil and gas resources in Malaysia.  ,
Petros and Petronas will collaborate with Petros, and we have a say in the distribution of gas, he was quoted as saying by The Borneo Post in an interview on the sidelines of a lecture at Singapore’s ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute on Monday ( Feb 10 ).
” Lately, Prime Minister of Malaysia ( Anwar Ibrahim ) has agreed that Petros is to be the aggregator of gas ( in Sarawak )” . ,
Anwar claimed at a meeting between the two on January 7 that Petros and the Sarawak state had come to an agreement that it would not interfere with Petronas ‘ function and operations under the PDA, according to state news agency Bernama.  ,
In a parliamentary response on February 4, Azalina Othman Said, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department ( Law and Institutional Reform ), stated that liquified natural gas ( LNG ) is not included in Petronas ‘ recognition of Sarawak government-owned Petros as the state’s gas aggregator.  ,
Sarawak’s quest for more power over its natural sources came to a severe defeat with this.  ,
CNA reported earlier that Azalina’s statement has caused unease with Abang Johari, who has in turn asked Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof to deal with the situation at the federal government level.