The two wellhead platforms for the Shell-operated Laila and D12 fields off Sarawak are targeted to be loaded out by the middle of the year.

Gas will be exported through a five-kilometre, seven-inch flexible pipeline and a 10-kilometre, 12.8-inch pipeline.

Shell has awarded the Malaysian unit of France’s Technip a separate turnkey contract for two new gas export pipelines due to be installed in the first half of next year.

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