J Ray scoops Platong prize
US supermajor Chevron has tapped offshore engineering group J Ray McDermott to
build the central processing and accommodation platforms for its Platong Gas
2 development in the Gulf of Thailand.
The contract includes engineering, procurement, building and installation
services for the platforms, which will lie about 200 kilometres off Thailand.
Work on the platforms is expected to start in the fourth quarter of this year
with installation expected in 2010. Start-up of the project is expected in
2011.
The value of the contract was not disclosed. Chevron said the total
development cost of the project would be about $3.1 billion.
The Platong Gas 2 project is expected to process more than 330 million cubic
feet of natural gas per day through facilities designed to handle up to 420
Mmcfd. The new capacity is expected to boost Chevron’s operated production
from wells in the Gulf of Thailand to more than 2 Bcfd.
Chevron said the 19,000-tonne central processing platform would be connected
by bridge to a 200-person accommodation unit.
The platform will initially be tied into five wellhead platforms.
“Platong Gas 2 has the potential to satisfy approximately 7% of Thailand’s
projected 2011 total natural gas consumption, or almost 14% of the natural
gas used for power generation,” said Tara Triadnakorn, president of Chevron
Thailand Exploration & Production.
26 March 2008 07:25 GMT
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26 March 2008 08:15 GMT
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