Jamaica courts Petronas for exploration, LNG

Jamaica will invite Malaysia's state-run Petronas to conduct offshore exploration in the country, according to Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.

May 4, 2006

Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, May 4 -- Jamaica will invite Malaysia's state-run Petronas to conduct offshore exploration in the country, according to Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.

After talks with the visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Ahmad Badawi, Miller said the governments also agreed to consider delivery of additional supplies of Malaysian LNG to Jamaica.

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