{"id":151697,"date":"2021-11-11T13:49:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T05:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=151697"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T05:49:11","slug":"malaysian-og-sector-retains-strong-interest-in-the-mena-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=151697","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian O&#038;G Sector Retains Strong Interest In The MENA Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; The current challenging economic landscape and the ongoing pandemic situation has clearly not affected the Malaysian oil and gas (O&amp;G) companies\u2019 interest to pursue export opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is reflected by the fact that 16 Malaysian O&amp;G companies have confirmed their participation in the Malaysia pavilion in the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition &amp; Conference (ADIPEC) 2021 trade fair from Nov 15-18, 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Malaysian pavilion at ADIPEC 2021 is managed by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope that ADIPEC 2021 will continue to be an effective platform to generate new business opportunities and networking for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMalaysian companies are also keen to explore opportunities in the renewable sector,\u201d said MATRADE director of O&amp;G, Chemical and Energy Section, S. Jai Shankar, who will be heading the delegation from MATRADE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement today, he noted that Malaysian companies intend to leverage ADIPEC 2021 to gain insights on the latest developments and technologies available in the O&amp;G market to ensure they remain relevant in the global stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, exports of petroleum products between Malaysia and the UAE rose by 25 per cent to RM499.2 million from RM373.0 million recorded in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the statement, MATRADE aims to continue promoting Malaysian O&amp;G companies and expanding their market access to key markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its participation in ADIPEC 2021 is also in line with the National Oil and Gas Services and Equipment Industry Blueprint which aims to strengthen the country\u2019s O&amp;G export sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; The current challenging economic landscape and the ongoing pandemic situation has clearly not affected the Malaysian oil and gas (O&amp;G) companies\u2019 interest to pursue export opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This is reflected by the fact that 16 Malaysian O&amp;G companies have confirmed their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":25433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,288,300,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151697"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}