by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Palm Oil & Agribusiness
⚡ TL;DRSime Darby Plantation — rebranded SD Guthrie — is among the world’s largest oil palm plantation companies by planted area, a government-linked giant with roots in British colonial trading houses. Its history includes the legendary 1981 “dawn raid” in which...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Palm Oil & Agribusiness
⚡ TL;DRMalaysia is one of the two dominant producers of palm oil on earth, alongside Indonesia, and the crop is central to its economy, exports and rural development. What began as a colonial-era experiment became a national industry organised around giant plantation...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Petronas & Energy
⚡ TL;DRPetronas has committed to an aspiration of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and created Gentari, a dedicated clean-energy company for renewables, hydrogen and EV charging. It is also investing in carbon capture (notably at the Kasawari gas field) and...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Petronas & Energy
⚡ TL;DRPetronas Chemicals Group (PCG) is Petronas’s downstream petrochemical arm and one of the largest listed chemical producers in Southeast Asia. Rather than selling raw gas and crude, PCG converts feedstock into higher-value olefins, polymers, fertilisers and...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Petronas & Energy
⚡ TL;DRMalaysia’s federal budget has long leaned on petroleum-related revenue — Petronas dividends, petroleum income tax, export duties and royalties. In some years these sources have supplied roughly a fifth or more of federal government revenue, and in crisis years...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 26, 2026 | Malaysia Company Stories, Petronas & Energy
⚡ TL;DRPetronas LNG is one of the largest liquefied natural gas businesses on earth. Its heart is the Petronas LNG Complex in Bintulu, Sarawak — among the biggest single-site liquefaction complexes in the world — fed by offshore gas fields and shipped to buyers across...
