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Wassana field flows for KrisEnergy
OIL PRODUCTION has started at the Oil production for KrisEnergy’s Gulf of Thailand the Wassana field would reach a peak rate of
Wassana field in the G10/48 block, located asset is a major milestone for the company. about 10,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) as
in the Gulf of Thailand, field operator Image courtesy INGimage. additional wells were drilled and completed
KrisEnergy has announced. by the Shelf Drilling-operated Key Gibraltar
jack-up rig.
KrisEnergy director of exploration and
production Chris Gibson-Robinson said The Wassana infrastructure comprises a
Wassana was the company’s first operated oil mobile offshore production unit (“MOPU”),
project, after it acquired Mubadala Petroleum’s the MOPU Ingenium, a mooring buoy and the
75 per cent stake in the project in May last year. Rubicon Vantage floating storage offloading
vessel.
“The start of production marks a major
milestone in the Company’s evolution,” he said. The G10/48 contract area covers 469,600
hectares over the Southern Pattani basin in
“Work is now underway to bring another water depths of up to 60 metres.
five wells on stream and to optimise
production in this initial wave of drilling.” The contract area contains three other
discoveries – Niramai and Mayura from 2009
Up to 15 development wells are planned, 14 and Rayrai in 2015.
producer wells and one water disposal well, the
company said. KrisEnergy holds an effective 89% working
interest in G10/48 and Palang Sophon Offshore
KrisEnergy said it expected production at holds an effective 11% working interest. l
Keppel Shipyard secures contracts worth Murphy finds gas in
S$125 million Permai structure
SINGAPORE-based Keppel Offshore & Keppel Shipyard’s contract with Totem US-BASED Murphy Oil Corporation has
Marine (Keppel O&M) has secured four Ocean is for the world’s first conversion of a discovered gas in the Permai structure in
contracts worth a combined S$125 million, large roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel to operate on block 10 in the Sabah Delta basin offshore
including a Floating Production Storage a dual-fuel diesel LNG propulsion system. Sabah, Malaysia, the company announced
and Offloading (FPSO) conversion contract. in its second quarter results.
The work scope is a complex undertaking of
Due for completion in the third quarter of the replacement of four engines, adding 2,200 Murphy holds a 42 per cent operating
2016, the vessel conversion contract was signed cubic metres of LNG capacity along with the stake in the well, making it the group’s eighth
by Armada Madura EPC, a joint venture addition of 47 kilometres of new cabling. successive find of its campaign in the area
between Bumi Armada and Shapoorji Pallonji around the Rotan field Floating LNG (FLNG)
Group, with Keppel O&M subsidiary Keppel When the conversion is completed, the project.
Shipyard. vessel, Midnight Sun, will produce fewer
greenhouse gas emissions, reducing emissions The Block H Gas Development project,
This will be the third conversion and of particulate matter by 91 per cent, nitrogen operated in partnership with Petronas, expects
upgrading project Keppel has carried out for oxides by 100%, sulphur oxides by 90% and to deliver first production in 2018.
the joint venture, Keppel O&M managing carbon dioxide by 35%.
director marine & technology Michael Chia Company chief executive Roger W Jenkins
said. Set to begin in December 2015, Totem said it said the discovery would reduce complexity
expected the work to be completed in 90 days. and development costs at the group’s planned
“We are confident that this FPSO will be Sister ship the Northern Star is expected to be FLNG project.
as successful as our first two FPSOs, Armada converted in late 2016 or early 2017.
Sterling and Armada Sterling II, which have The company also completed a five-well
been performing excellently at the D1 field and Keppel Shipyard’s work for a drillship of program drilling for natural gas at the shallow-
Cluster 7 field in India respectively,” he said. Dolphin Drilling, Belford Dolphin, includes water Belum field off Sarawak during the
renewal survey and modification, while second quarter.
Upon completion, the FPSO will produce for for its project with repeat customer Saipem
the Madura Strait Block BD which is located Offshore, Keppel Shipyard will undertake In a statement, Murphy said the Belum field
65 kilometres east of Surabaya and about 16 major refurbishment and upgrading works had lower nitrogen content that it said should
kilometres south of Madura Island, Indonesia. that include installation of a new 750-tonne blend into the company’s currently producing
Abandon & Recovery winch and additional fields, allowing it to de-risk its contractual
Separately, Keppel Shipyard has been thruster, as well as living quarters extension for volume of 250 million cubic feet per day.
awarded major repair, upgrade and a Field Development Ship. l
modification contracts by new customers Murphy is also drilling oil wells at the
Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Dolphin Drilling Permas shallow-water development after
and returning client Saipem Offshore Norway. planned maintenance activities were
completed at the Gumusut-Kakap main
facility.
The company recorded a loss of US$73.8
million in the second quarter, down from a
net income of US$129.4 million in the second
quarter 2014, due to lower sales prices. l
46 ENERGY PUBLICATIONS CELEBRATING 34 YEARS OF PUBLISHING IN AUSTRALIA
OIL & GAS AUSTRALIA
Wassana field flows for KrisEnergy
OIL PRODUCTION has started at the Oil production for KrisEnergy’s Gulf of Thailand the Wassana field would reach a peak rate of
Wassana field in the G10/48 block, located asset is a major milestone for the company. about 10,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) as
in the Gulf of Thailand, field operator Image courtesy INGimage. additional wells were drilled and completed
KrisEnergy has announced. by the Shelf Drilling-operated Key Gibraltar
jack-up rig.
KrisEnergy director of exploration and
production Chris Gibson-Robinson said The Wassana infrastructure comprises a
Wassana was the company’s first operated oil mobile offshore production unit (“MOPU”),
project, after it acquired Mubadala Petroleum’s the MOPU Ingenium, a mooring buoy and the
75 per cent stake in the project in May last year. Rubicon Vantage floating storage offloading
vessel.
“The start of production marks a major
milestone in the Company’s evolution,” he said. The G10/48 contract area covers 469,600
hectares over the Southern Pattani basin in
“Work is now underway to bring another water depths of up to 60 metres.
five wells on stream and to optimise
production in this initial wave of drilling.” The contract area contains three other
discoveries – Niramai and Mayura from 2009
Up to 15 development wells are planned, 14 and Rayrai in 2015.
producer wells and one water disposal well, the
company said. KrisEnergy holds an effective 89% working
interest in G10/48 and Palang Sophon Offshore
KrisEnergy said it expected production at holds an effective 11% working interest. l
Keppel Shipyard secures contracts worth Murphy finds gas in
S$125 million Permai structure
SINGAPORE-based Keppel Offshore & Keppel Shipyard’s contract with Totem US-BASED Murphy Oil Corporation has
Marine (Keppel O&M) has secured four Ocean is for the world’s first conversion of a discovered gas in the Permai structure in
contracts worth a combined S$125 million, large roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel to operate on block 10 in the Sabah Delta basin offshore
including a Floating Production Storage a dual-fuel diesel LNG propulsion system. Sabah, Malaysia, the company announced
and Offloading (FPSO) conversion contract. in its second quarter results.
The work scope is a complex undertaking of
Due for completion in the third quarter of the replacement of four engines, adding 2,200 Murphy holds a 42 per cent operating
2016, the vessel conversion contract was signed cubic metres of LNG capacity along with the stake in the well, making it the group’s eighth
by Armada Madura EPC, a joint venture addition of 47 kilometres of new cabling. successive find of its campaign in the area
between Bumi Armada and Shapoorji Pallonji around the Rotan field Floating LNG (FLNG)
Group, with Keppel O&M subsidiary Keppel When the conversion is completed, the project.
Shipyard. vessel, Midnight Sun, will produce fewer
greenhouse gas emissions, reducing emissions The Block H Gas Development project,
This will be the third conversion and of particulate matter by 91 per cent, nitrogen operated in partnership with Petronas, expects
upgrading project Keppel has carried out for oxides by 100%, sulphur oxides by 90% and to deliver first production in 2018.
the joint venture, Keppel O&M managing carbon dioxide by 35%.
director marine & technology Michael Chia Company chief executive Roger W Jenkins
said. Set to begin in December 2015, Totem said it said the discovery would reduce complexity
expected the work to be completed in 90 days. and development costs at the group’s planned
“We are confident that this FPSO will be Sister ship the Northern Star is expected to be FLNG project.
as successful as our first two FPSOs, Armada converted in late 2016 or early 2017.
Sterling and Armada Sterling II, which have The company also completed a five-well
been performing excellently at the D1 field and Keppel Shipyard’s work for a drillship of program drilling for natural gas at the shallow-
Cluster 7 field in India respectively,” he said. Dolphin Drilling, Belford Dolphin, includes water Belum field off Sarawak during the
renewal survey and modification, while second quarter.
Upon completion, the FPSO will produce for for its project with repeat customer Saipem
the Madura Strait Block BD which is located Offshore, Keppel Shipyard will undertake In a statement, Murphy said the Belum field
65 kilometres east of Surabaya and about 16 major refurbishment and upgrading works had lower nitrogen content that it said should
kilometres south of Madura Island, Indonesia. that include installation of a new 750-tonne blend into the company’s currently producing
Abandon & Recovery winch and additional fields, allowing it to de-risk its contractual
Separately, Keppel Shipyard has been thruster, as well as living quarters extension for volume of 250 million cubic feet per day.
awarded major repair, upgrade and a Field Development Ship. l
modification contracts by new customers Murphy is also drilling oil wells at the
Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Dolphin Drilling Permas shallow-water development after
and returning client Saipem Offshore Norway. planned maintenance activities were
completed at the Gumusut-Kakap main
facility.
The company recorded a loss of US$73.8
million in the second quarter, down from a
net income of US$129.4 million in the second
quarter 2014, due to lower sales prices. l
46 ENERGY PUBLICATIONS CELEBRATING 34 YEARS OF PUBLISHING IN AUSTRALIA
