What are the new trends, the hot topics, in Malaysia today?
Deepwater is one of the most interesting areas. There has been the successful development of Kikeh, the next one is Gumusut, and there are six or seven projects in the pipeline. PETRONAS wants to build Malaysia as a deepwater hub. Deepwater is an area where the two countries can cooperate. Norway and Malaysia started their oil and gas industry at about the same time, but Norway has gone a bit further in the development of deepwater and can lead the way for Malaysia. Norway is a small country, with a small population, not threatening, which is comforting for Malaysians. The second area of development is CO2 management. If you look at the gas fields in Malaysia there are many with high CO2 content, up to 60 per cent, and it is an issue on how to develop these fields. INTSOK has organized a seminar on CO2 management during the official visit of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess to Malaysia. Looking at the CO2 content, it is much higher in Malaysia than in Norway, thus pose a bigger chal
