Critics will say Shell Downstream was "caught in the middle" after receiving competing invoices from PETRONAS and PETROS. On that note, it is a clear case of a fair justice for PETRONAS while Shell MDS are perpetually forced to side the Sarawak state government, lobbyists and executives from PETROS. Afterall, PDA74 existed, agreed by the Sarawak State Ministers, enforced for decades and legally binding between states and the federal Government. In practical terms, PETRONAS has been subsidising Shell Sarawak during this standoff; the Court has now moved to end that subsidy and help. It was a fair decision by the Court for PETRONAS to recoup the time value of money and backfill upstream reinvestment.