BLOCK B Joint Venture (BBJV) operated by Total E&P Borneo BV (TEPB) celebrated another historical milestone with the start of the first well from the newly completed platform MLJ3 from Maharaja Lela Jamalulalam Field (MLJ) on July 10, 2016.
Located in Block B approximately 50km offshore in 65m of water and adjacent to the two existing MLJ1 and MLJ2 platforms, the MLJ South project involved the installation of a new platform (MLJ3), the installation of new in-field subsea pipeline, the debottlenecking of the existing onshore gas processing plant (OPP) in Lumut and the drilling of high pressure wells at record depth of more than 4,500m TVDSS for the region. Thanks to this project, MLJ field production capacity increases from 40,000 to reach 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
“The MLJ South Project is an investment from BBJV in Brunei’s future. Two major goals were achieved: the extension of MLJ fields’ gas production for many years by at least to 20 more years as well as the development of local competencies with the construction of the platform jacket on PB Services’ (PBS) Muara yard and involving more than 60 young local trainees. These young local talents were given the opportunity to learn new skills in areas such as lifting, scaffolding, welding or painting operations,” said Yves Grosjean, General Manager of TEPB. “I’m also particularly proud of the track record in terms of safety with zero lost time injury during the whole execution of the project and therefore since the start of the Field in 1999, which represents more than 16 million man hours worked in total.”
The MLJ, located in Brunei Block B, was discovered in February 1990 and has been producing gas and condensates since 1999. BBJV is comprised of TEPB (37.5 per cent) Shell Deepwater Borneo Limited (35 per cent) and PB ExPro (27.5 per cent).
MLJ3 platform. – PHOTOS: TOTAL E&P BORNEO BV
File photo shows Pehin Datu Singamanteri Colonel (Rtd) Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Awang Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar, Minister of Energy and Industry at the Prime Minister’s Office, in a group photo with Yves Grosjean, outgoing General Manager of Total E&P Borneo BV, and local trainees
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