Energy giant Petronas faced ‘catastrophic’ safety issues

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Internal audit of company fuelling B.C.’s LNG ambitions cites potentially lethal lack of training, inspections and maintenance at offshore platforms in Malaysia.

Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned global energy giant at the heart of B.C.’s LNG ambitions, was told in late 2013 that it was dealing with “very serious” safety and integrity issues throughout its offshore Malaysian operations, The Vancouver Sun has learned.

A 732-page internal audit, presented to senior management on Oct. 24, 2013, and obtained recently by The Sun, uncovered numerous problems on Petronas oil and gas platforms in the three major oil and gas fields off the Malaysian coast.

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PETER O’NEIL – VANCOUVER SUN – SEPT. 10, 2015.

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