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Shwe development chronology
South Korea’s Daewoo International Corp. signs production- sharing contract with Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise
August 2001 (MOGE) to explore, produce, and sell offshore natural gas.
Daewoo-led Myanmar A group spuds Shwe-1 well in offshore
January 2004
Block A-1.
Daewoo acquires adjacent offshore Block A-3.
February 2004
Daewoo completes 12-well drilling program on Block
A-1; hires UK-based Gaffney Cline & Associates to certify
September 2006 reserves (4.8 tcf most likely, 8.6 tcf max. recoverable).
Continues to drill exploratory wells at A-3.
Myanmar junta agrees on preliminary deal with China
National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) for trans-border crude oil
October 2006 pipeline.
Myanmar reaches agreement with India and Bangladesh for Shwe natural gas pipeline, then delays until offshore
January 2007 reserves in Block A-3 are certifed.
CNPC signs MoU with Shwe consortium to purchase and
June 2008 transport natural gas from Blocks A-1 and A-3.
Myanmar and CNPC sign formal agreement on crude oil
March 2009 pipeline construction.
Daewoo buys out consortium partners in licenses for offshore Block AD-7 along Myanmar-Bangladesh maritime 3 April 2009 border, adjacent to A-1.
Myanmar and CNPC sign an additional MoU over joint development, operation, and management of crude oil
June 2009 pipeline.
Oil pipeline inauguration; CNPC begins building wharf for oil import terminal at Ma Day Island, east of Ramree Island, 31 October 2009
Kyauk Phyu township, Arakan state, Myanmar.
Daewoo sets US$1.4 billion, turnkey EPCIC contract with
Hyundai Heavy Industries to build Shwe offshore natural
November 2009 gas platform, subsea production system, subsea pipelines, onshore gas terminal, a jetty and a supply base.
Daewoo fnalizes contract with HHI.
February 2010
CNPC announced two joint-venture companies cre- ated—Southeast Asia Gas Pipeline Co. Ltd. (SEAGP) and 3 June 2010
Southeast Asia Crude Oil Pipeline Ltd. (SEAOP)—and began pipeline construction.
Onshore gas pipeline route preparation begins
Mid-2010 (June – Myanmar; Sept – Yunnan Province, China).
First pipes welded.
August 2011
Daewoo drills four wells at Mya North natural gas feld.
2012
Dockwise Engineering Services installed the 22,000-ton
Shwe jacket in 110m water depth, using the world’s second-
March 2012 largest installation launch barge, the HYSY229.
Shwe topsides leave HHI dock, South Korea – largest off- 15 November 2012 shore facility made by HHI.
Dockwise installs 30,000-ton Shwe production platform topsides, in foatover, using HYSY229 barge, setting a new 8 December 2012 company record.
Shwe natural gas pipeline tested.
30 May 2013
Gas pipeline commissioned at Namkham metering station; 28 July 2013 frst gas shipped.
Daewoo estimates it will fnish drilling production wells at
Yearend 2014
Shwe complex.
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