62-year-old non-executive director Yeow Kheng Chew has also resigned for personal reasons.

The company did not specify any further details regarding either resignation other than to say neither move was not the result of a disagreement with their fellow directors and that there were no issues regarding the resignations that needed to be brought to shareholders' attention.

Former Kencana Petroleum chief executive Mokhzani Mahathir and former Sapuracrest president Shahril Shamsuddin co-founded SapuraKencana Petroleum in 2012 following the merger between their two leading Malaysian offshore players.

Mokhzani