Malaysia

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April 03, 2024
In partnership with Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), PETRONAS, the custodian of oil and gas resources in Malaysia, this project aims to provide insights on the exploration opportunities in a broader play fairway and to assess the carbon storage potential across Penyu basin area.
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March 27, 2024
McDermott will remove the existing flexible gas lift riser and perform the installation and commissioning of a new dynamic riser section and flowline comprised of two thermoplastic composite pipe jumpers. This will enable gas delivery to a subsea production system tied back to the Kikeh FPSO vessel.
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March 01, 2024
The monetization of these clusters with an estimated recovery of approximately 4 Tcf from BIGST and 260 Bcf from Tembakau Cluster will significantly boost gas supply to the Peninsular Malaysia hub.  
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January 31, 2024
In 2023, SapuraOMV’s operated production (100%) was about 500 Mcfd of natural gas, feeding the Bintulu LNG plant operated by Petronas, as well as 7,000 bpd of condensates.
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January 25, 2024
The blocks under the PSCs span across three regions offshore Malaysia comprising two blocks in offshore Peninsular Malaysia, three blocks off the coast of Sarawak and one exploration block and one DRO cluster situated off the coast of Sabah.
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January 08, 2024
The seventh phase of this multi-year project off the coast of Sabah encompasses over 5,000 km of new 2D seismic data acquisition, over 2,600 km of legacy seismic data processing, and 2,800 km2 of 2D-cubed processing as part of a multi-year contract originally awarded by PETRONAS in 2016.
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December 26, 2023
PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd has signed an MoU and two Technical Assistance Agreements with PTT Exploration and Production in relation to the development of the PTTEP-operated Blocks SK405B and SK410B, located off the coast of Sarawak, offshore Malaysia.
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December 10, 2023
(WO) — PTTEP has made significant back-to-back discoveries offshore Malaysia, the company announced on Dec. 7. These include new findings in three fields off Sarawak, Malaysia—Chenda-1 in block SK405B, and Bangsawan-1 and Babadon-1 in block SK438.
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December 06, 2023
The fourth and final well in the East Belumut infill drilling campaign is currently being tested after reaching 4,600 m measured depth in the southwest region of the field.
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December 01, 2023
This achievement was the result of an intensified exploration program pursued in the last few years, which saw the drilling of 25 wells, the highest number of exploration wells drilled in a single year since 2015.
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November 16, 2023
(WO) — CGG, in association with PETRONAS, has announced the start of the Selat Melaka 2D multi-client seismic program over the Langkasuka Basin offshore Malaysia. Located in the Malacca Strait, the project has received industry funding and will deliver early products in December 2023 and final results in August 2024.
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November 07, 2023
Under the new contract, ABL’s rig-moving surveyors in Malaysia are expected to survey and approve approximately 14-16 rig moves offshore Malaysia for Velesto Drilling’s six-rig fleet during the period.
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October 30, 2023
The Abu Cluster is made up of three developed fields, namely Abu, Abu Kecil and Abu SW Upthrown, with the remaining reserves of five million stock-tank bbl.
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August 30, 2023
The survey is the third phase of a multi-year contract awarded initially by PETRONAS in August 2020 to acquire and process up to 105,000 km2 of multiclient 3D seismic data over a 5-year period in the Sarawak basin.
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August 28, 2023
Timi is designed to produce up to 50,000 boed of gas at peak production and will evacuate its gas through a new 80 km pipeline to the F23 production hub.
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July 21, 2023
The oil and gas discoveries were achieved on the back of an intensive domestic exploration drilling campaign that also led to the discovery of the Nahara-1 in Block SK306, a significant oil discovery by PETRONAS Carigali within the last few decades.
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June 26, 2023
The reprocessing addendum enhances a multi-year contract awarded initially by Petronas in August 2020 to acquire and process up to 105,000 km² of multi-client 3D data over a 5-year period in the basin.
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May 30, 2023
The survey will cover approximately 6,800 square kilometers and the Ramform Sovereign is scheduled to commence acquisition in June 2023 and complete in August.
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April 2023
Malaysian PM: Maintain E&P sovereignty, or capitulate to Beijing?
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April 13, 2023
Thirty-two 3D seismic surveys will be reprocessed in Stage 2, comprising a mix of vintages covering held acreage, MBR License Blocks, and open acreage in the Malay Basin.
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March 24, 2023
Solutions that will reduce gas turbines’ energy consumption and prevent flare gas leakages to lower methane emission emerged as the grand prize winners of the recently concluded Race2Decarbonise hackathon organized by PETRONAS.
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