A towering success

There is more to the Malaysian oil and natural gas giant Petronas than its impressive headquarters. One of Asia’s biggest energy players is finding new ways of branching out, as Joel Hanley discovers

It is no surprise that the world’s tallest building was built by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), an energy firm based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This ambitious company is said to see the Petronas Towers it resides in as a status symbol and one that demonstrates its dominant position over the surrounding markets, both within its own borders and further afield. The huge building certainly reflects how the firm’s revenues tower over those of other Malaysian businesses.

No other firm in the