Asia Offshore Oil & Gas Production News

Petrofac has started modification and upgrade works to the FPF5 mobile operating production unit (ex-Ocean Legend).

Rolls-Royce has won a $30-million order from Shell to supply two industrial RB211 gas turbines to boost gas output from the Malampaya deepwater natural gas project in the Philippines.

Technip (Paris:TEC) has won a pipeline installation contract from Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. for the Liwan 3-1 project in the Pearl River Mouth basin of the South China Sea.

PTT Exploration and Production plc (PTTEP) has started production from the Greater Bongkot South (GBS) gas and condensate field in the Gulf of Thailand.

Petronas has signed a heads of agreement (HOA) with Total for joint study into the potential of the K5 gas field offshore Sarawak.

Gazprom and Petrovietnam have signed agreements on staff training and on Gazprom International’s involvement in joint development projects offshore Vietnam.

Galoc field production has restarted offshore Palawan, Philippines following FPSO refurbishment.

SOCO says the TGT development in block 16-1 off southern Vietnam has been delivering more than 40,000 b/d of oil, with no significant impact on the main reservoir performance parameters.

Gas production has started from Wortel in Indonesia.

CNOOC is targeting net production in 2012 of 330-340 MMboe, slightly up on last year’s level.

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia has ordered gas turbine and compression equipment for Tapis field from Rolls-Royce.

CNOOC has brought onstream the offshore Lufeng (LF) 13-2 adjustment project.

Fred. Olsen Production, in a joint venture with Marubeni Corp., has signed a letter of intent with PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp. for construction and installation of an FPSO for Thang Long and Dong Do fields.

The achievement of first oil from the Peregrino heavy-oil field in Brazil in April marked a major milestone for Statoil, the operator.

EMS Energy Co. has completed a second order for a mobile modular workover unit from Vietsovpetro.

Petronas Carigali and Shell Malaysia have signed a heads of agreement (HOA) concerning enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects offshore Sarawak and Sabah.

PA Resources (PAR) expects first production from the Aseng field off Equatorial Guinea before year-end.

Chevron Corp. has started natural gas production from its Platong II project in the Gulf of Thailand.

Gas production has started from the Gajah Baru field in West Natuna Sea block A offshore Indonesia.

COSCO Corp. (Singapore) Ltd. has delivered the converted FPSO Radiant Jewel to its Japanese owner.

The FPSO Lewek EMAS has produced first oil from the Premier Oil-operated Chim Sáo field off southern Vietnam.

Premier Oil has received a Ready for First Oil Certificate from the FPSO contractor for the Chim Sáo oil field in the Nam Con Son basin offshore southern Vietnam.

Coastal Energy has contracted the jackup Seafox 3 for services in the Gulf of Thailand.