BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Morning Run  >  The Breakfast Grille  >  Can Oil Continue To Drive Malaysia?

Can Oil Continue To Drive Malaysia?

Mohd Yazid Jaafar, CEO, Malaysian Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC)

24-May-21 08:00

Can Oil Continue To Drive Malaysia?

The oil and gas services and equipment (OGSE) sector contributed RM65 billion to the Malaysian economy in 2019. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated structural flaws in the industry, which the government aims to address via the National OGSE Blueprint launched in April. Is this enough to revitalise Malaysian OGSE? We sit down with Mohamed Yazid Ja'far, the CEO of the MPRC, the coordinating agency for the oil and gas industry, to find out.

Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Lyn Mak


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  Business Analysis,  Trends and Forecasts,  Markets,  Environment,  Science,  Politics,  law & legal matters,  Social Issues

Tags:  MPRC,  Petroleum,  fuel,  power, 


Latest Podcasts




Play / Pause

Listen now : Popcorn Culture: (REPEAT) We review One Battle After Another, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first...

Today’s Shows



11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Jan Wong, Founder, Open Minds, on Malaysia’s Martech Digital Edge.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) We review One Battle After Another, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first collaboration with acclaimed director, Paul Thomas Anderson - and discuss your favourite of Leo's performances.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) We talk about the price war that's affecting the industry and the manufacturers that are selling their cars at discounted prices.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Matt and Rich debate how quickly AI has reached the threshold of deniability: the reality remix.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) A recent tiger poaching case in Johor highlights the urgent threats facing Malaysia’s national icon. We speak with Rimau founder Lara Ariffin about her organisation’s fight to protect the last Malayan tigers.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) We speak to a sport climbing coach and a skateboarder to learn how they train as athletes.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

This episode of The Conversation features two filmmakers that are working on football-related movies.