Petronas hits the gas pedal at SK 316

Cargo: a worker loads palm oil fruits on to a lorry at a plantation in Bintulu, in the Malaysian state of Sarawak

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By Tan Hwee Hwee Singapore

 12 July 2012 22:59 GMT

Malaysia’s Petronas Carigali is set to call a design competition soon for the fast-track development of a pair of gas discoveries in Block SK 316 to feed the ninth train to be brought into production by the end of 2015 at the liquefied natural gas complex in Bintulu, Sarawak.

Petronas is eyeing feed gas from NC3 and NC8SW, two of the three announced discoveries in the offshore block.

The proposed development on the table for the pair of gas fields is understood to include a central processing platform and two wellhead platforms plus some 210 kilometres of pipelines.

The design competition, which is expected to start in late July or early August, will likely involve the award of front-end engineering and design contracts to two engineering outfits.

Sources said the dual-FEED process will take up to six months to complete, leading to the…

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