Petronas
| Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS)
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 17th August 1974 |
| Seat |
 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
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| Number of employees | 49,911 |
| Branch | oil |
| Website | https://www.petronas.com/ |
Petroliam Nasional Berhad is a Malaysian state-owned oil company founded in 1974 . The name Petronas is an acronym and stands for " Petro liam Nas ional". The group is responsible for the entire extraction, development and organization of all oil reserves in Malaysia and is one of the 500 largest companies in the world . Since it was founded, the company has grown continuously to become an international oil and gas group with representatives in 31 countries and more than 100 subsidiaries. The company's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur have been the Petronas Towers since 1998 .
Petronas is one of the largest oil producers in Sudan . Most of the western oil companies have withdrawn from this country due to the difficult political situation and the conflicts ( Darfur conflict ).
Subsidiaries
The company has more than 100 subsidiaries and around 40 joint ventures, in which Petronas holds a stake of at least 50%. Only three of them are currently listed. Petronas plans to go public with more subsidiaries in the future.
Petronas Dagangan Berhad
Petronas Dagangan Berhad deals with the distribution and sale of petroleum products within Malaysia and the operation of Petronas filling stations. As of January 2008, the company already had 870 petrol stations, and the trend is increasing.
The company also entered into strategic partnerships with fast food chains, banks and the transport industry in order to make the gas stations more attractive. Partners include McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dunkin Donuts, Transnasional Berhad Consortium, Maybank and CIMB Bank.
Petronas Gas Berhad
Petronas Gas Berhad operates in the gas utility industry. As a pipeline transport company, it handles gas transport between Petronas and the various customers. In this capacity, it operates its own pipeline of 2,550 kilometers between Kerteh in Terengganu to Johor Bahru in the south and Kangar in the north on the Malaysia peninsula.
MISC Berhad
MISC Berhad is a maritime logistics company. Among other things, it owns its own ships and shipping companies, including the world's largest fleet of liquefied gas tankers .
KLCC Properties Berhad
The real estate company deals with the development and management of the Kuala Lumpur City Center (KLCC) , which includes the Petronas Towers , Menara ExxonMobil and the KLCC Park. The company is also responsible for the Dayabumi Complex near Dataran Merdeka.
Petronas Chemicals
Petronas Chemicals is Petronas' youngest publicly traded company. The IPO took place on November 26, 2010 with an issue volume of USD 4.4 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs in Southeast Asia.
This division of Petronas is the largest petrochemical producer and distributor in Southeast Asia. The product range includes olefins, polymers, fertilizers, methanol and other basic chemicals, as well as intermediate and refined products.
Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE)
MMHE has been listed on October 29, 2010. The issue volume was 1 billion Malaysian ringgits.
This subsidiary designs and builds offshore platforms for oil and gas production. It also deals with the repair of tankers and the conversion of tankers into floating storage and transhipment facilities ( Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit ) .
Other important subsidiaries and joint ventures
- Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd - National branch of exploration for gas and oil deposits
- Petronas Carigali Overseas Sdn Bhd - International branch of gas and oil field exploration
- Petronas Research Sdn Bhd - Research and Development
- MITCO Sdn Bhd - International trade in non-oil-based assets
- Petronas Fertilizer Kedah - production of urea fertilizers
- Petronas Methanol (Labuan) Sdn. Bhd. (PMLSB) - methanol production
- Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company - Development of deep drilling field off Sabah
- Other companies: Petronas Assets Sdn Bhd; Petronas Maritime Services Sdn Bhd; Petronas Trading Corp. Sdn Bhd; Petronas Argentina SA; Petronas Australia Pty Ltd .; Petronas Thailand Co. Ltd .; Petronas Philippines Inc .; Petronas Cambodia Co. Ltd .; Petronas Technical Services Sdn Bhd; Petronas South Africa Pty Ltd .; Petronas India Holdings Company Pte Ltd .; Petronas China Company Ltd .; Petronas International Corp. Ltd .; Petronas Marketing Thailand Co. Ltd .; Myanmar Petronas Trading Co. Ltd .; Petronas Marketing (Netherlands) BV and Indianoil Petronas
Sponsoring in motorsport
Heinz-Harald Frentzen on Sauber-Petronas in 2003
Michael Schumacher in W01 (2010)
Lewis Hamilton in the W11 EQ (2020)
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Petronas has been involved as a sponsor in Formula 1 since 1995 , and from 1997 to 2005 as an engine sponsor of the Swiss Sauber Team . As such, Petronas financed the leasing of the V10 engines supplied by Ferrari . With these units, Sauber achieved four podium places. From 2006 to 2009 the company was the main sponsor of what was then the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Petronas has been the team's main sponsor since the first season of the Mercedes F1 team in 2010 .
The SIC Racing Team has been operating as Petronas Yamaha SRT in MotoGP since 2019 . It employs the young drivers Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Petronas Annual Report 2017. (PDF; 12.6 MB) p. 91 , accessed on January 10, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Petronas Annual Report 2017. (PDF; 12.6 MB) p. 9 , accessed on January 10, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Petronas to mull possibility of listing units ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Business Times, August 10, 2008 issue
- ↑ Petronas teams up with Maybank, CIMB ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Petronas Chemicals shares open up 13pc on debut ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Malaysian Insider, December 26, 2010
- Jump up ↑ Petronas Chemicals self-presentation , accessed January 12, 2011
- ↑ Malaysian Marine & Heavy Engineering Core Business ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 12, 2011
- ↑ Petronas Yamaha SRT , accessed July 8, 2019.
