The depletion compression platform was the first to be designed and completed in the Philippines and lies adjacent to the existing Malampaya shallow-water platform.
The new substructure is 7750 tonnes, with 3300-tonne topsides and two Siemens compressors and is linked by 43-metre bridge to the original Malampaya platform.
The new platform was built under the third phase of development at the field to help maintain the level of gas production to fulfil commitments under existing gas sales agreements.
The development provides between 35% and 40% of the energy supply to Luzon province, which includes Metro Manila and its roughly 12 million inhabitants.
Malampaya lies in Service Contract 38, off north-west Palawan, and has been producing for more than a decade.
The Malampaya gas-to-power project is...
