Tanjung Offshore adopts whistle-blowing policy in push for transparency

In a bid to provide greater transparency, Tanjung Offshore Bhd (TOB) has implemented a whistle-blowing policy to provide directors and employees with a platform to raise their concerns on any malpractices within the group.

Chairman Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun said the move was aimed at strengthening corporate governance within the group, taking a cue from recommendations of a forensic audit by Ferrier Hodgson triggered by several "contentious transactions".

Sektor minyak dan gas tambah 52,300 pekerjaan menjelang 2020

Sektor minyak dan gas dijangka menambah 52,300 pekerjaan, kebanyakannya untuk pekerja berkemahiran tinggi, menjelang 2020, kata Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar.

Beliau berkata, kerajaan sedang membangunkan modal insan yang besar dalam sektor itu dengan mengeluarkan lebih daripada 16,000 profesional teknikal berkemahiran tinggi dan bergaji tinggi.

Bilangan pekerja berkemahiran dalam sektor juga dijangka berkembang apabila Kompleks Petroleum Bersepadu Pengerang di Johor memasuki aliran dalam masa terdekat, katanya pada pelancaran Asia Centre for Reliability and Efficiency (ACRE) Schlumberger, di Zon Bebas Pelabuhan Klang hari ini.

1MDB hampir cagar minyak dan gas asli di laut Terengganu

Belum reda kontroversi pembelian tanah 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) oleh Lembaga Tabung Haji, bekas menteri besar Terengganu Datuk Seri Ahmad Said mendakwa 1MDB pernah hendak mencagarkan minyak dan gas asli di laut Terengganu, namun keputusan itu ditarik balik, lapor Sinar Harian.

Ahmad berkata urus niaga tersebut hampir dilaksanakan sewaktu syarikat itu mempunyai hubung kait dengan Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) ketika penubuhannya pada awal 2008.

SapuraKencana wins USD269 million oil and gas services contracts overseas

SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhd, Malaysia's biggest oil and gas services firm by market value, said today its subsidiaries have won contracts worth up to USD269 million (RM968 million) in Mexico, Indonesia, India and Vietnam.

"The award... is expected to contribute positively towards the earnings and net assets per share of SapuraKencana for the financial year ending January 31, 2016," it said in a local stock exchange filing.