Petronas would win in Malaysian courts but lose internationally
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Petronas / Sarawak update. As I have mentioned repeatedly over the last few weeks, in the dispute between Petronas and Sarawak (and eventually Sabah also) Petronas would likely win in *Malaysian* courts under the Petroleum Act 1974, which is a Malaysian Act.
But in my view, the Malaysia Act 1963 – **as an International Act agreed by multiple parties** – supercedes the local PDA 1974, and cannot be unilaterally ammended by Pensinsular Malaysia. Sarawak and Sabah have never amended the Malaysia Act 1963.
Petronas would likely lose this case in *International* court.
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“… In September last year, Sharifah had said that documents obtained by the team to London included those on the “Continental Shelf”, which confirmed the ownership rights of the state to the natural resources on the seabed and in the subsoil of the continental shelf within the boundaries of Sarawak.”