In September 2007, Foster was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, for his efforts on the Petronas University of Technology, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Malaysia.
The country's remarkable modernisation drive was symbolised, nine years ago, by the completion of the Petronas twin towers, in Kuala Lumpur, then the world's tallest buildings.
In 1999, he set the world record for the highest parachute jump from a building when he jumped from the Petronas Towers in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 15 km-wide strip will run 55 km from the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur to the new international airport at Sepang near the Negri Sembilan state border.
Such composites of steel and concrete have been used in the world's tallest building--the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--and its most experimental, Frank Gehry's Jimi Hendrix Museum in Seattle.
However, Toseland's compatriot Craig Jones suffered a disastrous outing for the Foggy Petronas team.
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In the 1990s Petronas began expanding abroad, mostly in Africa.
In announcing the deal, Petronas also said it has chosen Prince Rupert, BC, as the home of its planned LNG export terminal.
This year, IWC Schaffhausen updates the Ingenieur collection (launched in 1955 and retooled in the '70s) via its link with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team.
In Q4 the firm inked a contract with Petronas to help boost production from mature wells in the Bayan field, off the coast of Malaysia.
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Economists here point to the fact that much of the economic growth has been spurred by domestic investment by the government, or government linked companies such as Petronas - a powerhouse of the Malaysian economy.
For example, KKR announced last month that it plans to sell Italy-based FL Selenia to the Malaysian oil company Petronas.
Petronas offers the size and scale that will enable our company to continue to grow and not be limited by the same cash flow challenges faced by many producers in the North American natural gas market today.
But Petronas cannot match the salaries dangled by rivals, since it sticks to Malaysian pay scales.
Nothing can disguise the problems facing a new orchestra of foreigners playing to an unsophisticated audience in an 864-seat concert hall (a standard hall seats about 2, 500), at the mercy of a single corporate sponsor (the state oil company, Petronas), and in a tropical climate that makes instruments come unglued.
The second-largest company was Petronas, Malaysia's state oil giant (No. 81).
Former champion Carl Fogarty saw his Foggy Petronas riders finish well down the field.
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In addition to crafting Malaysia's grand, national affirmative action scheme, Mahathir, who turns 73 on Dec. 20, also personally chose bathroom fixtures for the world's tallest building, Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers.
The venture's other members are Talisman Energy of Canada and Petronas of Malaysia.
China's winning flush hinged on three cards the multinational giants -- Amoco, Texaco and a Unocal-Petronas venture -- just could not match.
The high profile player is Anadarko, but others such as ENI, Petronas and Statoil are also active.
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But only Petronas, a Malaysian oil and gas firm, also appears in the Fortune 500 list of top international firms.
If Petronas is found to have violated America's Iran-Libya Sanctions Act, it and the other companies involved -- all of whom Washington is investigating -- could be sanctioned.
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