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Shwe (ZPQ), and a 230km-long, 29in. pipeline 2 and MD-7 and MD-8 for possible future Reliance Industries, Blocks M-17 and

Shwe is in 110m water depth, in blocks to shore for export. According to operator development,” PTTEPI said. M-18; Oil India, Mercator Petroleum, and

A-1 and A-3, in the Rakhine offshore PTTEP, Zawtika will initially produce at Oilmax Energy, Block YEB.

The future • area, in the Bay of Bengal. Its reserves 300MMcf/d. Deepwater are estimated at 4.5Tcf. Offshore facili- Technip performed front end engineer- Chevron, BG Group, Statoil, Woodside BG Group and Woodside Energy, block ties comprise a processing platform with ing on the M-P project. Larsen & Toubro Energy, Shell, and ENI, were among the AD-2; Ophir Energy, block AD-3; 11 wells, and the Mya-North subsea well fabricated the wellhead platforms. The preferred bidders in the 2013 Offshore Woodside Energy and BG Group, head, with four wells. Gas export is via a 16,500-tonne ZPQ topside was contracted Licensing round, announced in March. block AD-5; Shell and MOECO, blocks 110km-long, 32in. pipeline. to SMOE Pte in Singapore. More than 60 proposals from 30 AD-9, AD-11, and MD-5; Statoil and

First gas from Mya-North, part of the In Q4 last year, operator PTTEP companies were submitted for the round, ConocoPhillips, Block AD-10 (Bay of

Shwe development, was in summer last completed a ? oatover installation of the comprising 42 proposals for shallow Bengal); ENI, Blocks MD-2 and MD-4; year. On 16 January, operator Daewoo ZPQ topside, performed by Saipem using water blocks and 22 proposals for deep Total, Block YWB.

International announced ? rst gas from the S45 barge, with an ACE Winches’ water blocks. Statoil said its deepwater Block AD-10,

Shwe, from the ? rst of 11 production ? oatover installation package. PTTEP In total, 30 production sharing con- awarded in 50/50 partnership with wells. Daily production was recorded then started hook-up and commission- tracts for offshore blocks had been due ConocoPhillips, covers more than 9000sq at 200MMcf, this is due to increase to ing works, construction work of onshore to be awarded in the round. In March, km, about 200km offshore, in about 500MMcf as the other wells come on pipeline and facilities, and a develop- 20 shallow and deepwater blocks were 2000m water depth. The award repre- stream. ment drilling campaign. First gas of the offered, with rati? cation expected fol- sents a new country entry for Statoil,

Dockwise was the transport and instal- Zawtika project was expected by the end lowing detailed agreements with the which now operates in 34 countries.

Statoil has committed to environmental lation contractor for the 22,000-tonne of 2013, but is now expected this year. Ministry of Energy, and more blocks and social impact studies and acquiring

Shwe jacket, with distributed systems Partners on Zawtika are PTTEPI (80%) expected to be offered. new 2D seismic during the ? rst study foundation, and 30,000-tonne topsides, and MOGE (20%). Those selected were: • period of 2.5 years. After this the partner- constructed at Hyundai Heavy Industry’s PTTEP said in January it plans to drill Shallow water ship will decide whether or not to enter a fabrication yard in Ulsan, South Korea. more appraisal wells on Zawtika and BG Group and Woodside Energy, block three-year exploration period, the ? rm said.

Dockwise installed the topside through a carry out exploration activities in Block A-4; Chevron, Block A-5; Woodside ? oatover using COOEC’s HYSY229 instal- M3, where a discovery has already been Energy and BG Group, Block A-7; Oil BG Group and its bidding partners said lation launch barge. made and is earmarked for domestic India Limited and Mercator Petroleum, it was committed to a 3D seismic acquisi-

Cable supplier JDR delivered a supplies, according to a MOGE presenta- Block M-4; ROC Oil Co. and Top Oil, tion program in each block, expected to 13,650m-long production control tion. “The company will also continue its Block M-7; Berlanga Holding, Block M-8; start in 2014/15, with options for future umbilical for the Mya-North tieback, exploration activities in M11, PSC G & EP Transcontinental Group, Block M-15; drilling. manufactured at JDR’s Sattahip, Thailand facility. FMC provided a subsea control system on the ? ve-slot subsea manifold, in 186m water depth, 12km from the

Shwe platform. In June last year, KCA

Deutag secured a two year operating and maintenance drilling services contract

Because ensuring for the Shwe platform with Daewoo

International. a leak-free solution

Partners on Shwe are Daewoo

International (51%), ONGE (17%), GAIL is critical.

(8.5%), KOGAS (8.5%), and MOGE (15%).

According to a note by KDB Daewoo

Securities, dated December 2013,

Daewoo International plans to start exploring the AD-7 Block, in the Rakhine offshore area, in 2015. The note says: “If the block’s recoverable reserves are at least 3-4Tcf, a gas liquefaction plant may be built (or a piped natural gas facility if production is smaller).”

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