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,…
Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), has decided to open an area of Malaysian offshore waters to the multi-client model for the first time, according to PGS. A consortium comprising of PGS, TGS and Schlumberger WesternGeco…
A consortium comprising of three major seismic data companies have won a tender for rights to carry out a seismic program offshore Malaysia. The program, to be run by PGS, TGS and Schlumberger WesternGeco, will be the first time the waters…
Lundin Malaysia signed farm-out agreements (FOA) with certain wholly owned subsidiaries of DYAS for part of its working interests across three production sharing contracts (PSC) in Malaysia. The FOA covers Blocks PM328, SB307/308 and…
Lundin Malaysia commenced drilling of the Maligan exploration well in Block SB307/SB308, offshore East Malaysia. The Maligan prospect is in shallow water and lies to the north of a major producing field in offshore East Malaysia. The well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands…
Swedish exploration and production firm Lundin Petroleum is to sell the floating production vessel Bertam to Malaysian state-backed M3nergy for US$265 million. The deal, expected to complete in Q1, is subject to certain completion conditions…
Aqualis Offshore opens an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Kuala Lumpur office will offer the group’s full range of services with support from other group offices. However, its initial focus will be on transportation and installation…
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. to deliver the subsea production system for the Rotan deepwater natural gas development offshore Malaysia. The delivery includes hardware for four subsea wells…
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will support the Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Co. (KPOC) in pipeline engineering and flow assurance engineering studies for the Kamansu East (KME) field offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The scope of work will include…
Kebabangan Production Oil Co. (KPOC) began gas production from the Kebabangan (KBB) gas field, approximately 60 mi. offshore Sabah, Malaysia, according to ConocoPhillips Sabah Ltd. The CHIKYU vessel. From Jamstec…
Shell has started work drilling production wells on Malaysia's third deepwater development, the Malikai field, offshore Malaysia. The Malikai development involves 17 wells drilled from a 23,500 tonne tension leg platform production facility…
PETRONAS and Shell have made an oil discovery offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The discovery was made via the Limbayong-2 well during the appraisal of the Limbayong gas field by Shell. The appraisal well encountered 136 metres of oil bearing sands…
Laissez les bons temps rouler. Deep in the heart of Louisiana oil country, US representatives from two Asian trade organizations made the case for local investment at the 2013 Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition (LAGCOE), held in Lafayette…
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. entered into a production sharing contract (PSC) for deepwater block 2F offshore Sarawak with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) effective September 19. Deepwater block 2F is located in the northwest of Sarawak…
Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering (MMHE) shows how the Gumusut-Kakap semi-FPS, which was delivered to Sabah Shell Petroleum Company in July, came together from beginning to load out at its Pasir Gudang yard.