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Malaysia upstream fiscal summary

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From 2018, all exploration licences are governed by Revenue/Cost index (R/C) production sharing contracts. The R/C index based sliding scales for cost recovery ceilings, sharing of unused cost oil and profit oil are set prior to each licensing round and are non-biddable items. Other non-biddable items include an export duty of 10%, a research contribution of 0.5%, a sliding scale based supplementary payment of 50 to 70% and petroleum income tax of 38%. Enhanced Profitability Terms (EPT) were introduced as part of 2021 licensing round for shallow-water exploration blocks. The fiscal items include fixed cost recovery ceiling of 70%, two R/C thresholds with improved rates and linear interpolation in between. Supplementary payment is not applicable. In 2020, Malaysia introduced revenue-sharing contracts, Small Field Asset (SFA) and Late Life Asset (LLA) PSCs. Both include royalty at 10% and biddable contractor revenue split. Supplementary payment, research cess are not applicable.

Table of contents

  • Basis
  • Licence terms
  • Government equity participation
    • Bonuses, rentals and fees
    • Indirect taxes
    • Royalty
    • Ring fencing
    • Base
    • Rate
    • Payment schedule
    • PSC production sharing
    • Ring fencing
    • PSC cost recovery
    • Base
    • Rate (cost recovery ceiling)
    • Recoverable costs
    • Unrecovered costs
    • Excess cost recovery
    • PSC profit sharing
    • Base
    • Rate
    • Payment schedule
    • Additional petroleum taxes
    • Ring fencing
    • Export duty
    • Base
    • Rate
    • Payment schedule
    • Supplementary payment
    • Base
    • Rate
    • Payment schedule
    • Research contribution
    • Base
    • Rate
    • Payment schedule
    • Corporate income tax (petroleum income tax)
    • Ring fencing
    • Base
    • Rate
    • Payment schedule
    • Fiscal treatment of decommissioning costs
    • Product pricing
    • Summary of modelled terms
  • Recent history of fiscal changes
  • Stability provisions
  • Split of the barrel and share of profit
  • Effective royalty rate and maximum government share
  • Progressivity
  • Fiscal deterrence

Tables and charts

This report includes 34 images and tables including:

  • Timeline
  • Split of Barrel - oil
  • Split of Barrel - gas
  • Share of profit - oil
  • Share of profit - gas
  • Effective royalty rate and minimum state share - onshore, oil
  • Effective royalty rate and minimum state share - onshore, gas
  • Effective royalty rate and minimum state share - shelf, oil
  • Effective royalty rate and minimum state share - shelf, gas
  • Effective royalty rate and minimum state share - deepwater, oil
  • Effective royalty rate and minimum state share - deepwater, gas
  • Maximum government share and maximum state share - onshore, oil
  • Maximum government share and maximum state share - onshore, gas
  • Maximum government share and maximum state share - shelf, oil
  • Maximum government share and maximum state share - shelf, gas
  • Maximum government share and maximum state share - deepwater, oil
  • Maximum government share and maximum state share - deepwater, gas
  • State share versus Pre-Share IRR - oil
  • State share versus Pre-Share IRR - gas
  • Investor IRR versus Pre-Share IRR - oil
  • Investor IRR versus Pre-Share IRR - gas
  • Bonuses, rentals and fees
  • Indirect taxes
  • Cost recovery ceiling (oil and gas) - split by location
  • Cost recovery ceiling (oil and gas) - split by location
  • Contractor share of unused cost oil/gas - split by location
  • Contractor share of unused cost oil/gas - split by location
  • Contractor profit share (oil and gas) - split by location
  • Contractor profit share (oil and gas) - split by location
  • Deepwater supplementary payment rate
  • Deepwater supplementary payment rate
  • Depreciation schedule
  • Assumed terms by location - oil and gas

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