Petronas News

McDermott, TH Heavy Engineering dissolve partnership

Sep 27, 2016

Houston-based McDermott International and Malaysian fabrication firm TH Heavy Engineering (THHE) will end their Malaysian joint ventures Berlian McDermott (BMD) and THHE Fabricators (THF), the pair announced on Friday (23 September), citing local market conditions…

SapuraKencana lands US$65 million in series of contracts

Sep 01, 2016

SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has inked a series of several new contracts with a combined value of approximately US$64.5 million (RM264 million) for work offshore Malaysia and Vietnam. The contract will be carried out by the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary…

Keeping afloat

Sep 01, 2016

The market for floating production systems may have stalled, but FPSs will still be a key part of the offshore technology tool kit, outlines Douglas-Westwood’s Ben Wilby. The FPSO Cidade de Saquarema…

Shah Deniz 2 jacket sails away

Sep 01, 2016

The Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms sailed away from the Heydar Aliyev Baku Deepwater Jackets Factory (BDJF) for offshore installation for the BP-led project offshore Azerbaijan.  Shah Deniz 2 jacket…

Mexico reveals prequalified deepwater bidders

Aug 25, 2016

Mexico's state oil regulator, the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH), has revealed 26 companies that have qualified to participate in the country's so-called Round 1.4, in Mexico's deepwater offshore. The companies pre-qualified in the fourth phase of Mexico's historic Round One…

Thailand's PTTEP wins first Malaysian operatorship

Jul 22, 2016

Malaysian state oil firm Petronas has awarded its first production sharing contract (PSC) for 2016, and given Thailand's PTTEP its first operatorship in Malaysia. The PSC was awarded to PTTEP HK Offshore, Kufpec Malaysia, and Petronas Carigali for the exploration Block SK410B…

SapuraKencana axes Berantai contract

Jul 11, 2016

SapuraKencana Petroleum subsidiaries, Sapura Energy Ventures and Kencana Energy, along with their partner, Petrofac Energy Developments, have reached an agreement with Petronas to cease the Berantai risk service contract (RSC). The Berantai…

PIM IM awarded Petronas license

Jun 29, 2016

PIM Integrity Management has recently been awarded a license by Petronas. PIM IM, which was set up in Selangor, Malaysia in December 2015, is an associate company of UK-based Plant Integrity Management (PIM). Both firms specialize in…

SKE, Petronas sign SK310 UGSA

Jun 27, 2016

SapuraKencana Energy Sarawak (SKE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SKPB) has signed the SK310 Upstream Gas Sales Agreement (UGSA) in relation to the production of gas from the B15 Gas Field between Petronas as…

New operator for Berantai field

Jul 21, 2016

Malaysia's Petronas has appointed a wholly owned subsidiary Vestigo Petroleum to operate the Berantai field facilities. The facilities, about 150km offshore Malaysia, comprise of a wellhead platform connected to a floating production…

JX Nippon gears up for Malaysia drilling campaign

Jun 28, 2016

Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) is gearing up to drill three wells offshore Malaysia after agreeing a contract for the rig for the campaign.  JX Nippon is to hire the semi-tender drilling rig SKD Berani from a SapuraKencana Petroleum subsidiary…

Petronas launches hull for PFLNG2

May 10, 2016

Malaysia’s Petronas has launched the hull for its second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, the Petronas Floating LNG2 (PFLNG2) at the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea. Late last month,…

Floating prospects

Jun 01, 2016

Laurentino Rangel, a consultant with Poten & Partners, provides an overview of current floating LNG projects around the globe. PFLNG SATU. Photo from Petronas. A floating LNG…

FEEDing recovery in Asia Pacific

Jun 01, 2016

The downturn is forcing operators to go back to the drawing board in order to advance projects. EIC Analyst Angeline Elias provides an overview of activity in Asia Pacific. Dockwise loading out the SHWE platform…

Petronas close to Suriname drilling

Apr 22, 2016

Malaysian state oil firm Petronas is due to start drilling offshore Suriname next month, the country's state oil firm says.  Staatsolie says Petronas, with partner DEA, a German company, has lined up the Rowan Company's Ralph Coffman…

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