Abang Johari said there were still some “grey areas” the parties must look into, but a resolution is in sight, The Borneo Post reported.

“There is a sense of finality, but some grey areas remain due to misinformation. In reality, the situation is clear but misinformation has ‘muddied the waters’,” he said.

He said this at a press conference after witnessing the signing of the sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of MASwings between the state government and Malaysia Aviation Group in Kuching.

Last week, law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said was reported to have said Sarawak has accepted that the Petroleum Development Act 1974 dictates the operation of Malaysia’s petroleum sector, not state ordinances.

She said this was among key matters agreed upon by the prime minister and Abang Johari during a meeting on Jan 7.

In a written Dewan Rakyat reply, Azalina had said all existing agreements entered between Petronas and third parties, including Petros, involving petroleum activities in Sarawak, are legitimate, applicable and will continue without any change.

The minister also said Petronas has accepted Petros’s role as Sarawak’s sole gas aggregator, excluding liquefied natural gas, or LNG.

According to Azalina, Putrajaya, Sarawak, Petronas and Petros were in the midst of refining several matters related to the agreement, including its legal implications.

Last month, Anwar said issues concerning Petronas and Petros over the right to distribute gas in Sarawak, among others, had been resolved following negotiations and a meeting with Abang Johari.

Over the past year, Sarawak had pressed for Petronas to ink a deal that would make Petros the sole gas aggregator in the state.