The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia gave a go-ahead for the transfer of certain oil and gas block ownership from Malaysia's Petronas and Italy's Eni to their JV firm SEARAH, Reuters reported Thursday citing a Petronas executive.
The approval is reportedly for the transfer of the assets' production-sharing contracts to the joint venture, the head of Petronas in Indonesia told Reuters at an Indonesia Petroleum Association conference.
The parties had, in November, agreed to form a JV company to manage 19 assets, of which 14 are in Indonesia and five fall in Malaysia.
The deal is expected to be completed by July 1, the newswire said, citing the executive.
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