Development drilling is planned to start in the first half this year at the Madura satellite wet gas fields off Indonesia owned by Husky and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), while the foundation BD field is slowly ramping up, writes Russell Searancke.

The Madura BD field, which anchors the overall development, has been on stream for some months and production "is ramping up albeit at a bit slower pace than we would have liked.