As Malaysian oil runs out, is untapped Uganda the unlikely answer?
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The oil and gas sector is a key contributor to Malaysia's economy, accounting for roughly 20 per cent of the country's 1.9 trillion ringgit (US$432 billion) gross domestic product.
But the government has warned that Malaysia's reserves could dry up by 2038, with output from oilfields in the peninsula already falling to 350,000 barrels a day last year, half the production levels of a decade ago.
Uganda is calling on Malaysian oil and gas players, like national energy giant Petronas, to invest early in its largely untapped petroleum reserves.
The East African nation has already launched deals with French energy firm TotalEnergies and
China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) to develop two oil basins in the country's north and west.
A worker shows a map of the Kingfisher Oilfield's central processing facility in Kikube, Uganda. Photo: Xinhua
At the launch of a Uganda business forum and expo in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, Energy and Mineral Development Minister Ruth Nankabirwa announced the impending licensing round.
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