Contracts let for gas fields off Sarawak

Sarawak Shell Bhd. and Sapura Exploration & Production have let contracts to McDermott for work related to the linked development of three natural gas fields offshore Malaysia.

The Shell unit’s contract covers transportation and installation of jackets, topsides, and pipelines for Gorek field.

The Sapura contract is for the same work for Larak and Bakong fields. McDermott also will fabricate risers and spools under both contracts.

The fields are on the 4,400-square kilometre SK408 production-sharing contract area in the Central Luconia Gas Province in shallow water off Sarawak. The area is 130 kilometres north-west of Miri.

Each field will have a wellhead platform tied back to an existing processing facility.

Shell, with a 30% interest in the PSC, is development and production operator for Gorek field. Sapura, with 40%, is development and production operator for Larak and Bakong fields. Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd holds the remaining SK408 interest.

Sapura discovered the fields in Late Miocene carbonate build-ups during a drilling campaign which began in 2014.

Source: Oil & Gas Journal