Sapura Exploration & Production (Sarawak) Inc., Kuala Lumpur, has started production from B15 natural gas field off Sarawak, East Malaysia. The field, discovered in December 2010, is on Block SK310.
The field, discovered in December 2010, is on Block SK310. It produces through a processing platform linked by a 35-km pipeline to an existing system carrying gas to the Malaysia LNG plant at Bintulu.
The company expects B15 production to peak at 100 MMcfd.
Sapura E&P (Sarawak) operates the Block SK310 production-sharing contract with a 30% participating interest. Other interests are state-owned Petronas Carigali, 40%, and Diamond Energy Sarawak Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., 30%.
