Petroliam Nasional Bhd. appointed Mohd Jukris Abdul Wahab as its new chief working officer, enhancing its senior management construction amid an ongoing authorized dispute over gasoline property in Sarawak.
The appointment will probably be efficient Feb. 1, and Jukris will concurrently maintain his place as chief govt officer of Petronas’ upstream enterprise, the state-owned oil and gasoline firm stated in a press release on Monday.
The COO would assist group Chief Government Officer Tengku Muhammad Taufik in issues involving federal and state governments, The Edge reported, citing an inner observe.
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Petronas filed a movement with Malaysia’s apex court docket final week to determine on the corporate’s operations in Sarawak, Malaysia’s largest state. Since 2024, it has been locked in a dispute over gasoline distribution rights there with state-owned Petroleum Sarawak Bhd.
The corporate has additionally been fighting declining revenue amid an oil worth hunch, and final yr introduced it was slicing round 10% of its workforce.
The appointment of the brand new COO is in step with Petronas’ “transformation ambitions amid a dynamic world vitality atmosphere,” it stated in Monday’s assertion.
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