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The Malaysia-based Petro­liam Na­sion­al Berhad (Petronas) says it plans to drill four new oil wells in Suri­name which are ex­pect­ed to lead to fur­ther pro­duc­tion de­vel­op­ments lat­er this year, ac­cord­ing to state-owned Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vice Suri­name.

It said that the as­sur­ance was giv­en on Mon­day, dur­ing dis­cus­sions be­tween Pres­i­dent Jen­nifer Geer­lings-Si­mons and a Petronas del­e­ga­tion that in­clud­ed Mo­hd Jukris Ab­dul Wa­hab, Petronas’ ex­ec­u­tive vice pres­i­dent and chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer.

Petronas op­er­ates in eight blocks off the coast of Suri­name and ac­cord­ing to the Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vice Suri­name, Pres­i­dent Geer­lings-Si­mons has shown great in­ter­est in Petronas’ gas de­vel­op­ments, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the off­shore sec­tor.