Hess starts third-phase production at Malaysian offshore gas project
Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia BV began gas production at North Malay Basin (NMB) Phase III in Block PM302, 290 km offshore Malaysia, said partner PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd in a Sept. 26 release.
NMB Phase III was sanctioned in 2019 and is part of a multi-phase development. It includes installation of the new Bergading-B wellhead platform that adds another 100 MMscfd of gas from the block, bringing total production to 400 MMscfd.
Phase I comprised an early production system and full-field development which achieved first gas in 2013 and 2017, respectively. Phase II began gas production in February 2020 (OGJ Online, Feb. 20, 2020).
NMB is a long-life natural gas asset comprised of nine discovered natural gas fields with an estimated gross recoverable resource of more than 1.5 tcf natural gas and more than 20 million bbl condensate.
Hess operates the block with 50% interest. PETRONAS holds the remaining 50%.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
