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Petronas plans Burma pipeline fix



By Upstream staff 

A leak in a pipeline from Burma's Yetagun offshore gas field will be fixed in five days by Malaysia's Petronas, Thai Energy Minister Poonpirom Liptapanlop said today.

Petronas, operator of the offshore field in the Gulf of Martaban, had found two cracks in the onshore part of the pipeline near the Thai-Burmese border, Poonpirom told reporters.

"They are fixing the problem and gas supply from Yetagun should be back to normal in five days," she said, Reuters reported.

Burmese natural gas accounts for about 30% of Thailand's consumption, mostly in power generation.

About 1.16 billion cubic feet per day of gas from the Yetagun and nearby Yadana fields is exported to Thailand.

Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production said yesterday the leak caused a loss of supplies to Thailand of about 400-500 Mmcf per day.

PTTEP, a subsidiary of energy company PTT, owns 19.3% of the Yetagun gas field and Petronas has a 40.9% stake. Other shareholders include Burma’s Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise and Japan’s Nippon Oil Exploration.

State-controlled PTT, a buyer of gas from the Yetagun and Yadana fields, was importing 10 million litres of fuel oil a day from Malaysia for power generation as a precaution, Poonpirom said.

The leak also prompted PTT to postpone a plan to shut down the gas pipeline to Burma for routine maintenance from 11-20 April, she said.


Thursday, 03 April, 2008, 10:23 GMT  | last updated: Thursday, 03 April, 2008, 10:23 GMT

Pipeline trouble: at Burma's offshore Yetagun field
 

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