Petronas Shuts Offshore Drilling Platform after Fire
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR - Petronas, Malaysia's national oil and gas company, said late Tuesday that it has stopped production at a drilling platform offshore the eastern state of Sarawak after a fire.
The fire started during maintenance Monday and was extinguished 45 minutes later, posing no further threat to personnel, assets or the environment, although five out of 16 persons on board were injured and have been evacuated, Petronas said in a statement.
"There is no spillage, leakage or explosion," the company said, adding that an investigation is being conducted on the cause of the accident.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012Wednesday, June 13, 2012
KUALA LUMPUR - Petronas, Malaysia's national oil and gas company, said late Tuesday that it has stopped production at a drilling platform offshore the eastern state of Sarawak after a fire.
The fire started during maintenance Monday and was extinguished 45 minutes later, posing no further threat to personnel, assets or the environment, although five out of 16 persons on board were injured and have been evacuated, Petronas said in a statement.
"There is no spillage, leakage or explosion," the company said, adding that an investigation is being conducted on the cause of the accident.
Gumusut-Kakap Delayed to 2013
The full start up of Malaysia’s 135,000 barrels per day (bpd) Gumusut-Kakap deepsea oilfield has been delayed to the second half of 2013 from 2012, an official at Malaysia’s state energy firm Petronas said today.
Construction of the floating production facility for the field has taken longer than expected, said Wee Yiaw Hin, executive vice-president for exploration and production at Petronas.
“There has been some delay because we want to get fabrication complete so that when we roll out we are not faced with a lot of offshore work,” Wee told reporters on the sidelines of an industry event.
“Therefore I think 2013 instead of 2012... sometime in the third or fourth quarters.”
The company aims for 25,000 to 30,000 bpd early production from the field in the fourth quarter 2012 through linking some wells already drilled to another platform, Wee said.
Royal Dutch Shell operates the project and holds a 33 percent stake. ConocoPhillips has a 33 percent stake, Petronas holds 20 percent and Murphy Oil 14 percent.
- Reuters
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
McDermott International, Inc. announced that its Malaysian affiliate Berlian McDermott Sdn. Bhd. was recently awarded a significant subsea contract for executing a deepwater engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, installation and commissioning project offshore Malaysia. The value of this contract is included in McDermott's first quarter 2012 backlog.
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Aker Solutions Wins Work for Field Offshore Malaysia
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Murphy Sabah Oil for the delivery of a subsea production system for the Siakap North - Petai deepwater development. Contract value is undisclosed.
The scope of work includes 13 subsea trees, eight manifolds, well jumpers, engineering for topside controls and lifecycle support services. The first hardware delivery is scheduled for 1Q 2013.
Malaysian Oil Firms Descend on Houston
Monday, April 30, 2012
Malaysia will be getting its largest 'exposure' in the oil and gas sector at this year's Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, the United States.
The OTC has been tagged as the world's foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production and environmental protection.
Aker Solutions to Ramp Up Subsea Manufacturing Capacity
Friday, April 20, 2012
Aker Solutions is preparing for major growth by investing $87 million (NOK 500 million) in its subsea business. This investment is set to double the capacity of its manufacturing plants in Tranby, Norway, and Port Klang, Malaysia. In addition, a new service base will also be established in Malaysia.
The subsea segment of the oil and gas industry is growing rapidly and is expected to develop exponentially over the next few years. Of Aker Solutions' 23,500 employees almost 7,000 are employed within the subsea business, a number which is set to increase due to this expansion.
Aker Solutions to Build New Malaysia Facility
Friday, April 13, 2012
Aker Solutions will build a new state-of-of-the-art umbilical manufacturing plant in Pekan, Malaysia, to meet the anticipated growth and the needs of their Asia Pacific customers. The total investment of $60 million will expand Aker Solutions' manufacturing capacity and strengthen their position as a leading producer of steel tube umbilicals.
The new manufacturing facility close to Kuantan, on the east coast of Malaysia, will complement the existing umbilicals manufacturing plants located in Moss, Norway, and Mobile, Alabama, US.
Schlumberger Opens Houston Geoengineering Laboratory
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Schlumberger Thursday inaugurated its new Houston Geoengineering Laboratory. The state-of-the-art, 30,000 square feet facility is the latest addition to the Schlumberger global network of laboratories, offering a wide variety of reservoir core analysis services for the oil and gas industry.
Petronas, Total to Study Production Potential of K5 Gas Field
Thursday, March 29, 2012
National oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has teamed up with Total of France to study the development and production potential of K5, a high-carbon dioxide gas field offshore Sarawak.
In a statement yesterday, Petronas said that if the project is viable, K5 will be the first gas field with more than 50 percent carbon dioxide content to be developed in Malaysia.
SapuraCrest, Seadrill Bid for Brazil Job
Friday, March 23, 2012
SapurCrest Petroleum Bhd, together with its stakeholder and partner Seadrill Ltd, is bidding for its second project in Brazil to capitalize on the country's burgeoning oil and gas sector.
SapuraCrest executive vice-chairman and president Datuk Seri Shahril Shamsuddin said the two entities have decided to form an alliance to share the risk in bidding for the project.
