Masidi: Two oil and gas firms yet to settle unpaid SST with Sabah govt

Masidi (centre) and Malaysian Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC) president/CEO Mohd Yazid Ja’afar (right) visiting exhibition booths at the roadshow on Aug 18.

KOTA KINABALU: The two Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd-owned oil and gas companies with overdue state sales tax (SST) have yet to settle the outstanding amount with the Sabah government.

"If they had paid, I would be smiling from ear to ear," state Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said when asked for a payment update concerning Repsol Oil and Gas Ltd (Repsol) and SEA Hibiscus Sdn Bhd (SEAH).