Petronas: Portents in petroleum

The flotation of two subsidiaries of the Malaysian state oil company Petronas raises hopes that the parent company may list. This would help the profile of Malaysia’s equity market but could also weaken Petronas’s role as the source of almost half of state revenues. Chris Wright reports.

IN THE NEXT few months, two businesses owned by Malaysian state oil company Petronas will list on Kuala Lumpur’s stock exchange. They are big deals in their own right and will probably raise at least $3 billion between them, but it’s what they portend that’s got people really excited. Could these listings, part of a new national policy of floating more state assets, be a step towards an IPO of Petronas itself?

What a trophy that would be.

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