PETRONAS And TotalEnergies Expand Longstanding Upstream Collaboration
KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- PETRONAS and TotalEnergies have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement (SCA) and two Farm Out Agreements (FOAs) to broaden their upstream collaboration in Malaysia, while making progress on their international partnership under the Bobara Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in Indonesia.
The agreements build on the longstanding partnership between the two companies, with the SCA outlining potential opportunities both internationally and domestically in strategic areas that cover exploration and production, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), carbon footprint reduction and cooperation.
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