SES Phase II starts gas production

Sept. 24, 2007
CNOOC Ltd. says production began on Sept. 24 from the second phase facilities of the Southeast Sumatra gas project (SES) from facilities in 30 m (98 ft) water depth about 120 km (75 mi) offshore West Java.

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HONG KONG -- CNOOC Ltd. says production began on Sept. 24 from the second phase facilities of the Southeast Sumatra gas project (SES) from facilities in 30 m (98 ft) water depth about 120 km (75 mi) offshore West Java.

The development facilities include a production/processing platform, a gas plant, a gas compression/ processing platform, and three subsea pipelines.

The SES project is to supply 78.4 MMcf/d of gas plants owned by state power company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara.

SES phase one production began last year.

CNOOC operates the SES project with 65.5% interest. Partners are INPEX Sumatra, Ltd., KNOC Sumatra Ltd., Orchard Energy Sumatra BV, Fortuna Resources (Sunda) Ltd., Talisman UK (Southeast Sumatra) Ltd. and Talisman Resources (Bahamas).

9/24/2007