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KUCHING, Aug 21: Sarawak Shell Berhad has awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for standard lightweight wellhead platforms to two companies in Sarawak, namely Brooke Dockyard and Engineering Works Corporation (Brooke Dockyard) and OceanMight Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of KKB Engineering Berhad.
The platforms include Shell’s ongoing activities within all the shallow water Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) in Sarawak with the first application for F27, Selasih, and F22 fields under MLNG PSC.
The fields are located approximately 180km north of Bintulu off the coast of Sarawak with a water depth of around 90m.
In a statement today, Shell Malaysia said the price agreement enables Sarawak Shell Berhad to shorten the project lifecycle by enabling faster gas onstream through the replicability of a standard wellhead platform.
“The development funnel over the five-year course is estimated at nine standard wellhead platforms,” it said.
Meanwhile, Siti Sulaiman, Country Chair of Shell Malaysia and Senior Vice President of Upstream Malaysia, said the contract marked a milestone in driving the development of local contractors’ and performance improvement.
“Under the stewardship of Malaysia Petroleum Management, Petronas, Shell Malaysia as the Petroleum Arrangement Contractor continues to enable participation of local players in the industry and assist in enhancing their capabilities.
“This strategy is also aligned with the company’s plans over the next few years to develop gas fields off Sarawak,” she reportedly said.
As one of the pioneers in the country’s energy industry, Shell Malaysia is proactively pursuing competitive upstream investments and developing local potential in navigating the energy transition. — DayakDaily
