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 Contents May June 2013

regional updates
4 Briefs
Asia-Pacific oil and gas news and views.

shipyards
10 Jackups Evergreen
Newbuilding for offshore drilling rigs has
taken a marked turn toward jackups.

Early-May CPC/IRI
Geology & Geophysics
13 Seismic roundup
4 Probabilistic ENSO
Offshore seismic activity is concentrated
in Oceania and Southeast Asia, while 100
some companies experience difficulty.
CLIM
90
Weather 14 EN
14 Mild West Pacific typhoon season predicted 80
Meteorologists examined sea surface temperatures and atmospheric
patterns across the Pacific Ocean to develop the 2013 West Pacific 70
tropical forecast, suggesting activity will be below normal during the
upcoming typhoon season.
60

Probability (%)
contracts
50
19 Petrofac Abu Dhabi double
Petrofac-Emirates won two contracts in Abu Dhabi for the Upper
Zakrum, UZ750 oilfield development. Other features include 40
contracts of interest and recent rig moves.
30
Company news
22 Activity 20
A roundup of the latest news from companies
in the region. 10

Products & Technology 0

AMJ MJJ JJA JAS A
24 Solutions 2013
New tools and techniques help Time
industry overcome challenges.

People
25 On the Move
The latest news of people and business
leadership changes.

Facts & Figures

24
26 Numerology
A capsule view of interesting Asian and
industry statistics.

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Regional Briefs
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Senior Editor
Victor Schmidt
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Associate Editor Australia
Audrey Leon
aleon@atcomedia.com Fletcher Finucane startup Statoil stakes
Statoil has concluded a farmin with
Design & Layout
Bonnie James BP to acquire a 30% share in four Ex-
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ploration for Petroleum Permits (EPP)
REPRESENTATIVES offshore South Australia. EPPs 37, 38,
Australia & Singapore 39, and 40 are located in the frontier
June Jonet
Tel: (+65) 8112 6844 Ceduna sub-basin within the Great
junejonet@thesilverback.com Australian Bight, off South Australia,
Malaysia and cover more than 24,000sq km.
Koh Earn Soo
Tel: (+603) 6280 4136
Once processing and evaluation of
Cell:(+601) 2389 6075 a 12,000sq km, 3D seismic survey is
kes.marketintelligence@gmail.com Santos, as operator, commenced oil completed. BP, operator, anticipates
Italy
Fabio Potesta
production from its US$490 million drilling up to four exploration wells.
Tel: (+39) 10 570 4948 Fletcher Finucane project in the Car-
info@mediapointsrl.it
narvon Basin off Western Australia.
Netherlands/Belgium/Germany
Arthur Schavemaker
The development consists of a three-
Tel: (+31) 547 275005 well subsea tieback to the existing
arthur@kenter.nl
Santos-operated, Mutineer Exeter
Scandinavia
Brenda Homewood
FPSO vessel MODEC Venture 11.
Tel: +44 (0) 1732 459683 Gross and probable reserves are
Brenda@aladltd.co.uk estimated at about 14MMbo with the
Uk/France
Mike Cramp
field expected to produce 15,000bo/d
Tel: +44 (0) 1732 459683 for the first year of production.
mike@aladltd.co.uk
North America
Bill Krull
Elfin-1 makes 21 Browse LNG on hold
Tel: (+1) 713 535 1521 Chevron has made a discovery with Woodside Petroleum has decided
bkrull@atcomedia.com Elfin-1 in the Exmouth Plateau area to not proceed with the proposed
John Lauletta of the Carnarvon Basin, their 21st onshore development of the Browse
Tel: (+1) 713 874 2220 discovery offshore Western Australia LNG project at James Price Point near
jlauletta@atcomedia.com
since mid-2009. Drilled to a depth of Broome, Western Australia (WA).
Rhonda Warren 11,909ft in 3570ft water depth, the Woodside, as operator and 31.3%
Tel: (+1) 713 285 5072
rwarren@atcomedia.com well encountered 132ft of net gas pay interest holder in the joint venture
Publisher in a sandstone within permit WA- with Shell, BP, BHP Billiton and Japan
Brion Palmer 268-P. It is about 106 miles northwest Australia LNG, stated that the de-
Tel: (+1) 713 874 2216
bpalmer@atcomedia.com of Barrow Island. velopment concept did not meet the
Associate Publisher WA-268-P participants include commercial requirements for a final
Neil Levett Chevron Australia, operator, 50%, with investment decision. In addition to
Tel: +44 (0) 1732 459683
neil@aladltd.co.uk Shell and Mobil each holding 25%. rising infrastructure costs, influenc-
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 ing factors include increasing costs
from environmental and administra-
tive compliance requirements.
The 12MMt/y Browse LNG project,
formerly estimated to cost in excess of
$42 billion, is being re-evaluated with
development options that include
floating production, a pipeline to
existing LNG facilities in the Pilbara
region of WA or a smaller onshore
option at the proposed Browse LNG
precinct near James Price Point.
New Zealand
Canterbury leads
New Zealand Oil & Gas has acquired
50% interest and operatorship in PEP
52717 from Beach Petroleum (NZ) ,
a subsidiary of Beach Energy. The
permit is off the east coast of South
Island, New Zealand in the Canter-
bury Basin, and contains the Clipper
prospect.
Beach was recently granted an
extension to PEP 52717 that largely
incorporates the Barque structure and
a related lead. An area of low prospec-
tivity in the northwest of the original
PEP 52717 was surrendered and the
southern boundary of the permit was
extended to approximate the area of
the former permit. The partners have
committed to acquiring at least 600sq
km of 3D seismic by the 4Q of 2014.
PNG
Antelope and Elk discussions
InterOil and joint venture partner
Pacific LNG Group have entered into
negotiations with ExxonMobil Papua
New Guinea for the development of
onshore Petroleum Retention License
15 (PRL 15), comprising the Elk and
Antelope fields in the Gulf Province of
Papua New Guinea.
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Items under consideration include:
- The purchase by ExxonMobil PNG
of an interest in PRL 15 sufficient to
supply gas to develop an additional
LNG train at their Konebada site.
- InterOil and Pacific LNG funding to
drill additional delineation wells in
the Elk and Antelope fields, followed
by recertification of the resource.
- An option for InterOil and Pacific
LNG to develop independently either
a second LNG project in the Gulf
Province, which may use gas from
PRL 15 and other discoveries (such
as Triceratops), or to pursue further
development with ExxonMobil PNG.
Osaka Gas eyes PNG
Osaka Gas reached agreement with
Horizon Oil for Osaka to acquire
interests in three onshore petroleum
retention licenses (PRL) in Papua
New Guinea (PNG), currently held by
Horizon Oil and partners, to develop
condensate and natural gas resources.
The transaction reportedly involves
Osaka Gas paying US$74 million for
40% of Horizons PNG assets, result-
ing in stakes in adjacent PRLs 4,
21, and 259 of 20%, 18%, and 10%,
respectively. Osaka Gas plans to par-
ticipate in exploration and intends to
examine opportunities for developing
an LNG project in PNG with Horizon
and partners.
Timor Sea
New Inpex PSC in JPDA
Inpex Offshore Timor-Leste signed
a new production sharing contract
(PSC) with Eni and Timor Gap EP, the
Timor-Leste national oil company,
for JPDA 11-106. This block is a joint
petroleum development area admin-
istered by Timor-Leste and Australia
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that is located about 240km south of
Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, and
500km northwest of Darwin, Australia.
Participants in JPDA 11-106, cover-
ing 66sq km with a water depth rang-
ing from 100m to 500m, include Eni
(operator, 40.53%), Timor Gap (24%)
and Inpex (35.47%).
Japan
Sea of Japan hopes
The Natural Resources and Energy
Agency of Japan began a three-month
test drilling program for oil in the
Sea of Japan about 30km southwest of
Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture. The
drilliship Chikyu (Earth) will drill a
well up to 2700m below seabed.
This is the first time in nearly nine
years that Japan has conducted test
drilling for oil and gas at the govern-
ments initiative. It is hoped that
deposits could hold as much as a
medium-size, Middle Eastern oil field.
The project has been contracted to
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration and
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National
Corp.
Malaysia
Sarawak
breakthrough
Newfield
Exploration has
made a signifi-
cant natural gas discovery in PSC SK
310, which covers around 1.1 mil-
lion acres 50 miles offshore Sarawak,
East Malaysia in an about 250ft water
depth. This is their second pinnacle
reef natural gas discovery in the
region.
The B-14 well encountered 1585ft
of net natural gas pay in the main
carbonate objective. A drill stem test
confirmed the reservoirs commercial-
ity, estimated to have gas initially in
place (GIIP) from 1.5-3Tcf.
B-14 is less than three miles from
the first pinnacle reef gas discovery,
B-15, also in SK 310 with estimated
recoverable gas reserves of 265bcf. The
two fields will be jointly developed.
Block SK 310 interests include New-
field, operator (30%), Diamond Energy
Sarawak, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi
Corp. (30%), and Petronas Carigali
(40%).
Lee Boothby, Newfield chairman,
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 president and CEO, commented that
there are multiple reef prospects to be
tested. Additional drilling is expected
to resume in 3Q 2013, beginning with
the B-17 prospect within SK 310.
Myanmar
Myanmar gas sought
CPC Corp. of Taiwan has purchased
a 30% stake in 12,000sq km onshore
Myanmar Block D from SIPC Myan-
mar, a Sinopec subsidiary, for an
undisclosed amount.
Located near Mandalay, the block has
had three oil and gas discoveries out
of six wells drilled.
Indonesia
Bedug a gas discovery
Salamander Energy determined the
Bedug-1 exploration well in the Bon-
tang PSC, off the east coast of Kali-
mantan, Indonesia, is a gas discovery.
Bedug-1, drilled using the Diamond
Offshore semisubmersible Ocean Gen-
eral, reached a TD of 1693m TVDSS
(true vertical depth subsea). The well
encountered a gas-bearing sandstone
interval 5m thick in a primary target,
confirmed by log data, and oil shows
in a thinned sandstone interval that
was well developed at South Kecapi.
Although increasing formation pres-
sure and limited equipment led to
early suspension, there is potential
for commercial oil and later investiga-
tion of the up-dip extent of the South
Kecapi oil discovery.
James Menzies, Salamander CEO,
commented, Finding over 10m of gas
Malaysia
Cendor surges
Petronas has achieved success with the Cendor Graben-2
appraisal well within permit PM304. The permit is located about
100km offshore Terengganu,
Malaysia.Undertaken by Petrofac
(Malaysia PM304), operator, the
well was drilled to a depth of over
1000m, confirming oil- and gas-
bearing reservoirs.
The Cendor field was discov-
ered by Amerada Hess in 2001and
initially was considered a marginal
find, with only 12MMbbl of recov-
erable oil. It has subsequently
been determined to have around
200MMbo, making it one of the
largest discoveries in Malaysia.
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pay on the crest and 11m of oil pay
on the flank of the Bedug structure is
very encouraging. Each of the three
wells has provided evidence of all the
elements of the petroleum system, and
we are now evaluating results, while
determining the next steps in the
program.
Philippines
KUFPEC joins Galoc JV
Kuwait
Foreign
Petroleum
Exploration
Co. (KUFPEC)
has become a
partner in
Galoc oil field
development,
taking nearly
a 27%
working
interest in the
Galoc joint venture following acquisi-
tion of Risco Energy, parent of Galoc
Production Company No. 2. The field
is in Service Contract 14C, 65km off
the northwest coast of Palawan Island,
The Philippines.
The Galoc JV has approved Galoc
Phase II development, due to com-
mence drilling mid-year with first oil
expected in 4Q 2013.
Principal Galoc JV partners are
Galoc Production Co., (Otto Energy
subsidiary and operator), 33%; Galoc
Production Company No. 2 (KUFPEC
subsidiary), 26.84473%; and Nido
Production (Galoc), 22.87952%.
Cendor was developed using a leased mobile offshore produc-
tion unit (MOPU), the first use of an MOPU in the country. Oil
output began in 4Q 2006 and, as the Cendor field performed
Cendor field MOPU.
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Singapore
Qatar LNG first for Singapore
First Qatargas LNG for Singapore.
Singapore has received its first ever
cargo of LNG, a 200,000cu m (7MMcu
ft) delivery from Qatargas, transport-
ed from Ras Laffan Port in Qatar by
the Q-Max LNG carrier UMM SLAL to
Singapore LNG Corp at their terminal
on Jurong Island.
The Singapore LNG Terminal is the
second such facility in southeast Asia
to procure commissioning cargo from
Qatargas. It is preceded by the Map
Ta Phut LNG Terminal in Thailand,
which opened mid-2011, and is the
tenth LNG terminal worldwide receiv-
ing LNG cargoes from Qatargas.
Vietnam
Two Viet fields tapped
Talisman
Energy and
PVEP have
first oil from
the Hai Su
Trang and Hai Su Den (HST/HSD)
development, 75km offshore southeast
Vietnam. Gross output is expected to
reach 15,000bo/d.
HST and HSD are oil fields discovered
within block 15-2/01 on the western
edge of the Cuu Long Basin.
above expectation, further explo-
ration resulted in Cendor Phase
2 and other new developments in
PM304. Estimated reserves conse-
quently received a 16-fold boost.
These and other fast-tracked
developments in PM304 are ex-
pected to start producing in stages
throughout 2013, rising to around
30,000bo/d by year end.
Cendor field joint venture partic-
ipants include Petronas, KUFPEC,
and PetroVietnam Exploration
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 The development, located in a 45m
water depth, consists of two wellhead
platforms tied back to the existing Te
Giac Trang oil field FPSO. Four wells
for HST and two at HSD were com-
pleted by Thang Long Joint Operat-
ing Co. (TLJOC), using the Vietnam
contractor PV Drilling. Both platforms
were constructed in Vietnam by PTSC
Mechanical and Construction, a sub-
sidiary of PetroVietnam.
Block 15-2/01, operated by TLJOC,
is held by Talisman (Vietnam 15-2/01)
with 60% interest and PVEP with
40%.
Bangladesh
Tullow departs Bangladesh
Tullow Oil
sold its
Bangladesh
subsidiary,
Tullow Oil
International,
to KrisEnergy
Asia Holdings
for US$42.4 million. Tullow had a
30% stake in 1770sq km onshore
Block 9, located about 50km east of
Dhaka. It operated the block on behalf
of partners Niko Resources, holding
60%, and Bangladesh Exploration and
Production Company (BAPEX), 10%.
Block 9 includes the Bangora gas-
producing facility and the Lalmai
discovery.
Tullow carried out a three-well
drilling program in 2003 and 2004
that resulted in the Bangora and Lal-
mai gas discoveries.
During 2012, gross production from
the Bangora field averaged around
100MMcf/d of gas and 300b/d of con-
densate.
Aidan Heavey, Tullow CEO, com-
mented, This sale is part of a process
of portfolio management and asset
monetization, which forms a key part
of our exploration-led strategy....a
process that is continuing...with the
proposed sale of gas assets in Pakistan
and the UK and Dutch North Sea.
Central Asia
Caspian prospects revisited
The State Oil Company of Azerbai
jan Republic (SOCAR) and Statoil
have agreed to a memo for joint
exploration and development of the
Zafar and Mashal fields in the
Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.
The memo was signed by SOCAR
President Rovnag Abdullayev and
Statoil CEO Helge Lund. Negotiations
are to be conducted within a year to
define basic commercial principles for
the permit area, located about 40km
south of the huge Shah Deniz gas field
in water depths of about 550 to 900m.
Meanwhile, also in the Azerbaijan
sector of the Caspian Sea, Hess com-
pleted the sale of its 2.72% interest in
the Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli (ACG)
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 associated BTC (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan)
pipeline to ONGC Videsh for US$1
billion.
Middle East
Shell gets Bab green light
Shell has been selected by Abu
Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) to
develop the onshore Bab sour gas field
in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Shell is a 40%
stake holder in the 30-year joint
venture, with ADNOC retaining 60%.
The technically challenging project,
estimated to cost around USS$10
billion, will have to contend with gas
containing hazardous, corrosive con-
tent of 15% sulfur and 50% CO2.
Located 150km southwest of Abu
Dhabi, the Bab field will supply gas to
the domestic market.
Manifa oil field.
Manifa online early
Saudi Aramco has started first phase
production three months ahead of
schedule at the Manifa oil field in the
northern sector of the Arabian Gulf.
Production of the Arabian heavy
crude, aided by water injection along
the perimeter of the field, is expected
to reach 500,000bo/d by mid-year and
full design capacity of 900,000bo/d
by end 2014. The oil will feed refiner-
ies in Saudi Arabia currently under
construction, one a joint venture with
Total and another with Sinopec.
Laffan Refinery-2 accord
Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed a joint
venture agreement for the new US$1.5
billion Laffan Refinery 2 (LR2) Project.
Ownership is composed of QP (84%),
Total (10%), Idemitsu (2%), Cosmo
(2%), Marubeni (1%), and Mitsui (1%).
The LR2 condensate refinery is
similar to the first Laffan Refinery
(LR1), which started operations in
3Q 2009 with a processing capacity
of 146,000b/d. LR2 will be operated
by Qatargas Operating Co. (Qatargas)
with a daily production capacity of
60,000bbl of naphtha, 53,000bbl of jet
fuel, 24,000bbl of gasoil, and 9000bbl
of LPG. LR2 is expected to be com-
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Patrick Pouyanne of Total at Laffan
Refinery-2 signing.

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 Shipyards
Jackups evergreen design, harsh-environment, semisub-
mersible drilling rig for US$755 mil-
The market for newbuild offhsore drilling rigs has lion, with delivery in 4Q 2015.
taken a marked turn toward jackups with the natural The semi, rated for 10,000ft water
depths, has a three-year contract with
gas carrier sector also particularly active.
BP. It will operate off Australias south
Although construction contracts for both semisubmersible drilling rigs and coast earning US$585,000/day.
drillships have diminished, bookings for new jackups are on the upswing, un-
derscored by an ultra-high specification jackup order. Axis Offshore has begun con-
Floating production was given a boost with Chevron contracting a US$1.9 bil- struction of a DP3 accommodation
lion FPSO and highlighted by the keel being laid for the Prelude FLNG FPSO. semisubmersible by Cosco (Qidong)
Support vessel newbuilding is noteworthy for three seismic vessels, inclusive Offshore in China, with delivery ex-
of two large Ramform-Titan-class units for PGS. pected in 1Q 2015.
Demand for LNG carriers is robust with multiple newbuild orders being Wrtsil will supply an integrated
placed principally, but not exclusively, with South Korean yards, underpinned power, propulsion, and positioning
by technologies from Wrtsil and GE. system.
In the Middle East, Drydocks World, a Dubai, UAE-based shipyard, has launched
a new arm of their Global Offshore Services division in Fujairah, UAE.
Global Offshore Services (GOS) is able to field technical teams at short notice
24/7 to service and repair marine vessels as well as undertake underwater work.

Jackups FTS Derricks, a subsidiary of

Noble Corp. has placed an order for
an ultra-high specification jackup drill-
ing rig from Jurong Shipyard in Singa-
pore for an unprecedented US$596 mil-
lion with an option for a second unit.
The Gusto MSC CJ70-based design,
scheduled for completion in 1Q 2016,
Singapore-listed Falcon Energy Group,
has ordered a KFELS Super B Class
jackup drilling rig, able to drill to
35,000ft in water depths up 425ft, to
be constructed in Singapore at a cost
Semi work barge Explorer Lifter.
of US$226 million.
CIMC Raffles Offshore com-

will have a 69m air gap and be capable
of drilling to 10,000m in water depths
up to 150m.
BOT Lease Co., an affiliate of The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, has
contracted PPL Shipyard, a subsidiary
of Sembcorp Marine, to construct
a Pacific Class 400 design jackup
drilling rig in Singapore with the
collaboration of Japan Drilling Co.
Costing US$220 million, the rig is to
be delivered in 1Q 2015.
Ensco has contracted Keppel FELS,
Grupo R, a Mexican drilling compa-
ny, has secured contracts to have four
KFELS Class B jackup drilling rigs
constructed in Singapore by KFELS
for a total of US$820 million, to be
delivered between 2Q and 4Q 2015.
Rig Masters was contracted by
Coastal Energy to provide project
management services in the conver-
sion of jackups Energy Producer 5 (ex-
Hercules 259) and Energy Producer 6
(ex-Hercules 257) into mobile offshore
production units (MOPU).
The work will be accomplished by
pleted sea trials in China for their
newbuild semisubmersible Explorer
Lifter, a 618-personnel accommoda-
tion and crane barge. The vessel will
work in the Gulf of Mexico.
COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard
in China has been contracted by an
undisclosed customer in Singapore to
construct a 102m long semisubmers-
ible tender capable of accommodating
169 crew.
Drillships
Pacific Drilling expects to take

a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore &
Marine (Keppel O&M), to construct a
KFELS B Class jackup drilling rig,
Ensco 110. The US$225 million rig will
be capable of drilling to 30,000ft in
400ft water depths. The jackup, the
fourth Bigfoot design with enlarged
spud can, will be completed in 1Q 2015.
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MMHE (Malaysia Marine and Heavy
Engineering) at their yard in Pasir
Gudang, Johor, Malaysia.
Semisubmersibles
Diamond Offshore Drilling
has contracted Hyundai Heavy Indus-
tries (HHI) to construct a Moss CS60E
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delivery of the Pacific Khamsin drill-
ship from Samsung Heavy Industries
(SHI) in Korea in 2Q 2013 for deploy-
ment to the Gulf of Guinea under a
two-year contract with Chevron.
The Samsung 12000 design includes
a dual derrick and can drill to 35,000ft
in up to 12,000ft water depths.
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 Floating production COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard
in China has won an order for a 150m
long pipelaying barge, as well as a
152,000dwt, 276m-long, DP2 shuttle
tanker, the latter for Knutsen NYK
Offshore Tankers. These are break-
through orders for the yard.
transport 155,000cu m of LNG using
four Moss-type hemispherical tanks.
From 2020, the new vessel will carry
LNG produced by the Ichthys Project
for delivery to Osaka and Kyushu.

Rosebank FPSO.
Chevron North Sea has con-
tracted HHI to build an FPSO vessel at
a cost of US$1.9 billion, with delivery
in 4Q 2016. The 292m-long unit will
be able to produce 100,000bo/d and
190MMcf/d of gas, and have storage
capacity for 1.05MMbo. Deployment
will be in the Rosebank field, north-
west of the Shetland Islands.
SHI at their Geoje shipyard in South
Korea laid the keel for Shells Prelude
FLNG facility, to be completed in 2017.
The 488m long by 74m wide,
600,000t vessel will be moored and
hooked up to subsea infrastructure
about 475km northeast of Broome,
Western Australia. It will receive pro-
duction from Prelude and Concerto gas
fields, located in permit WA-44-L in
the Browse Basin.
The US$12 billion project is expect-
ed to produce 3.6MMt/y of LNG.
Construction
Nam Cheong, a Malaysian support
vessel builder, has been commissioned
to build two accommodation work
Support
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS)
has placed an order with Mitsubi-
shi Heavy Industries (MHI) for two
Ramform Titan-class vessels. The
104m-long by 70m-wide ships permit
deployment of up to 24 lines. These
two units, to be delivered in 1H and
2H 2015, bring the total of MHI-built
seismic vessels for PGS to four.
China Oilfield Services has
commissioned Shanghai Shipyard
Co. to construct the 3D seismic ac-
quisition vessel HYSY721. It will be
capable of towing 12 streamers, each
8000m long, and be equipped with
dual-source, eight-gun arrays, and
a diesel-electric propulsion system;
delivery is in 2H 2014.
Hanjin Heavy Industries and
Construction (HHIC) of Korea
signed a letter of intent (LoI) to build
an OSV valued at US$300 million at
their Yeongdo Shipyard for an undis-
closed European client.
Vroon Offshore Services, a
Netherlands global shipping company,
took delivery of VOS Prudence, the
Samsung carrier design.
The SK Marubeni Joint Venture
ordered two 180,000cu m LNG carri-
ers from SHI for a combined total of
US$410 million, to be delivered in 2H
of 2016 and 2H 2017, respectively, for
operations with Total. One vessel
will transport Ichthys Project LNG to
Korea. These bring the SHI-construct-
ed total for such vessels to 108 out of
374 ordered since 1996, a 29% share.
Evergas has placed an order with
Wrtsil to provide a comprehen-
sive solutions package for a series of
environmentally sustainable Dragon
27,500cu m LNG carriers being built
at Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering
(SOE) shipyard in Shanghai, China, to
be delivered from 2015 onward.
Hanjin Heavy Industries and

barges worth US$59 million for a sub-
sidiary of Perdana Petroleum Berhad, a
Malaysian marine services provider.
The two 100m long, ABS classed
barges are to be fabricated in China. The
vessels are equipped with 300t crane
and can accommodate 300 personnel.
Delivery is scheduled for 1H 2014.
first of two 75m-long PSV from Fujian
Southeast Shipyard in China.
LNG carriers
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has con-
tracted MHI to build a Sayaendo se-
ries, new generation, 75,000dwt LNG
carrier. The 228m-long vessel will
Construction (HHIC) of Korea is
preparing to enter the gas-carrier
market having signed an agreement
with Exmar, an independent Belgian
LNG and LPG carrier owner and
operator, to build a 38,000cu m LPG
carrier at their Subic shipyard in
The Philippines.AOG

Support
Armada Offshore MPSV, a subsidiary of

Bumi Armada Berhad,a Malaysian-based international

offshore oilfield services provider and owner/operator
of the OSV, has engaged Wrtsil to design a series
of four 89m-long, multi-purpose platform support
vessels (MPSV), as well as supply a comprehensive
solutions package for each vessel.
The vessels will be built by a subsidiary ofNam
Cheong, a Miri, Sarawak, East Malaysia-based
shipyard, in one of its China subcontracted yards,
Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding. n Wrtsil MPSV for Bumi Armada.

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 Geology & Geophysics
Seismic roundup
Offshore seismic activity is concentrated in Oceania
and Southeast Asia.
In this uncertain economic climate,
some seismic data acquisition compa-
nies have experienced difficulty.
In the Asia Pacific region, Reflect
Geophysical Pte. Ltd., a seismic vessel
operating subsidiary of Singapore-
based Otto Marine Ltd., is under a
winding-up order in Singapore as its
creditors seek recompense.
On the international stage, Geo-
kinetics announced its emergence from
Chapter 11 bankruptcy after securing
including four new 6000m-long solid
streamers and recording packages.
In the Taranaki Basin, off New Zea-
lands North Island, both the Karoro
3D survey over the 3500sq km Taranaga
permit PEP 52593 and the Kokako 3D
survey over the adjacent 850sq km
Takapou permit PEP 53473 have been
completed. Each was gathered by West-
ern Gecos Western Monarch seismic
vessel. PEPs are held 50:50 by NZOG,
operator, and Octanex NZ.
and around 900km of prospect-specific
infill lines were acquired.
In Malaysia, Asian Geos Sdn Bhd.
has a letter of award (LoA) from an
undisclosed, production-sharing con-
tractor for 2D geophysical site surveys
offshore Sarawak and Sabah, over a
period of three years. This work is to
be done by its vessel Dayang Sari, and
subsequently by the recently acquired
AG Surveyor.
Furthermore, Asian Geos is plan-
ning to conduct a geophysical survey
off Indonesia by 3Q 2013 using an
Indonesia-flagged vessel, to comply
with that nations cabotage law.
In Oman, Circle Oil Oman Offshore

lines of credit.
On a positive note, Singapore-based
Nordic Maritime Pte. Ltd. acquired a 3D
seismic vessel from Norfield, based in
Austevoll, Norway. The vessel is being
upgraded at Jurong SML shipyard
In Indonesia, MCG (MultiClient Geo-
physical) has completed a multi-client
2D survey off northeast Sumatra, using
the DMNG (Dalmorneftegeophysica)
vessel Akademik Fersman. About
4500km of long-offset, regional data
has tendered for a 2D infill seismic
survey in Block 52 over a shallow near-
shore area of Sawqirah Bay. Farm-out ef-
forts are underway for the block, which
covers 90,760sq km off the southeast
coast in water 200-3500m deep. AOG

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 MILD
West Pacific
typhoon season
predicted

After a look back

at the below normal
2012 West Pacific

tropical season,

Aaron Studwell T he West Pacific typhoon season

forecast examines the impact
of factors ranging from sea surface
Figure 1: Tropical cyclone and typhoon
tracks for 2012. Source: NASA & Joint
Typhoon Warning Center.
of Wilkens Weather temperatures across the central and
West Pacific Ocean to a variety of Review of the
Technologies atmospheric patterns across the entire 2012 Typhoon Season
Pacific Ocean. All of these factors The 2012 West Pacific typhoon season
discusses the point to a below normal West Pacific was less active than the long-term
tropical season. normal with 25 total storms, 11 of
details of the which only reached tropical storm
Table 1: Western Pacific typhoon 2012 strength (39-73 mph, 63-118 kph),
2013 season.
season tropical season was less than the while 14 storms became typhoons
46-year average activity. with sustained winds of 75 mph (119
kph) or greater, Table 1.
Period Total storms Typhoons
This below normal season is the
2012 25 14 continuation of a trend experienced
since 1998. While it is presently not
19652010
(mean) 27 17 verified, this pattern may be associ-
ated with long-term temperature
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 cycles across the central Pacific
Ocean. These long-term cycles are
more than just El Nio-Southern
Oscillation (ENSO), which generally
occurs on the order of 1-2 years. This
phenomenon is not well understood
and is still being studied. However, it
is a factor in the seasonal forecast.
Sea surface temperatures
One of the primary factors in the
West Pacific forecast is the sea surface
temperature (SST) across central
Pacific (Nio 3.4, 120W to 165W) and
portions of the western Pacific (Nio
4, 150W to 160E). The variations
in SST across the equatorial Pacific
Ocean are known as the El Nio-
Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The two
ENSO phases are El Nio (warmer
than normal) and La Nia (cooler than
normal).
Long-range climate models predict
typhoon season, Figure 3. While the define ENSO patterns. The SOI uses
Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is a mathematical method similar to
associated with the ENSO pattern, the the EQSOI calculation; however, the
EQSOI has less dependency on ENSO SOI uses atmospheric pressure mea-
and experiences a longer-term cycle. surements from Tahiti and Darwin,
The Southern Oscillation Index Australia.
(SOI) is used as a reference value in While there are no explicit EQSOI
this analysis and, historically, this forecasts, recent patterns indicate that
index has been one of several ways to this variable will be normal to above
Early-May CPC/IRI Consensus
Probabilistic ENSO Forecast
100 La Nina Neutral El Nino
CLIMATOLOGICAL PROBABILITY
90 La Nina Neutral El Nino
ENSO state based on NINO3.4 SST Anomoly
80
Neutral ENSO: -0.5C to 0.5C
70
60
Probability (%)

that the Pacific Ocean will remain

at an ENSO-neutral state during the 50
spring months that will continue
into the summer months, shown in 40
Figure 2 as JAS (July, August, and
September). The graph shows the 30
probabilistic output from 24 forecast
models for the Nio 3.4 region. For the 20
peak three months of hurricane sea-
son, August through October (ASO), 10
there is 78% probability that the Nio
3.4 region will be in either a neutral 0
AMJ MJJ JJA JAS ASO SON OND NDJ DJF
or La Nia state. This maintenance 2013 2014
Time Period
of cooler SSTs across the equatorial
Pacific partially contributes to slightly Figure 2. The Nio 3.4 probabilistic forecast model outputs for 24 forecast models indi-
less activity than a climate-normal cate an ENSO-neutral state during peak typhoon season, August-October (ASO).
typhoon season, and this is a primary Source: International Research Institute for Climate Prediction at Columbia University.
factor in the west Pacific tropical sea-
son forecast.
3
EQ_SOI
Atmospheric patterns SOI
2
In addition to SSTs across the equato-
rial Pacific Ocean, two atmospheric 1
patterns are considered in the
forecast, the Equatorial Southern 0
Oscillation Index (EQSOI), and the
strength of the subtropical high over -1
the western Pacific.
EQSOI represents the departure -2
difference from normal of sea level
pressure between the eastern Pacific -3
Ocean (80130W) and Indonesia Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan
(90140E). Since 1998, the EQSOI has 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
generally been above normal; it also Figure 3. A 20-year history of the Equatorial Southern Oscillation Index (red) and the
coincides with a period of below nor- Southern Oscillation Index (blue) shows a similar pattern between 2000-2002 and
mal activity during the West Pacific 2011-2013. Source: International Research Institute for Climate Prediction at Columbia University.
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 normal through most of the 2013 West that was seen in 2000-2002. During less active season than normal.
Pacific typhoon season. The pres- the 2002 season, there were 25 total Similar to the ENSO pattern, the
ent SOI pattern is similar to the one storms and 14 typhoons, i.e., a slightly EQSOI pattern could be an indicator
of a slightly less than climate-normal
2013 WWT 45-yr median
2012 season tropical season.
forecast (1961-2010)
The strength of the subtropical high
Tropical systems 25 27 25
is also used as a predictor for the West
Typhoons 14 17 14 Pacific typhoon season. In cases where
Table 2: Wilkens Weathers 2013 West Pacific typhoon season forecast expects a less the subtropical high is weaker than
active than normal season, similar to 2012. normal in the winter months, it has
indicated more active typhoon seasons.
The pattern was slightly weaker than
normal for the first three months of
2013, Figure 4. These lower pressures
could lead to an early and slightly
more active typhoon season.AOG

Aaron Studwell is
a senior meteorolo-
gist with Wilkens
Weather Technolo-
gies. He earned a
BS degree in
aerospace engineer-
ing from University of Michigan and
a MS degree in meteorology from
Texas A&M University. With over
10 years of experience in energy
weather forecasting and natural gas
analysis, Studwell focuses daily on
worldwide tropical forecasting,
conducting research to improve
Operational Data tropical forecasts, and coordinating
500mb geopotential heights (dom) 90-day anomaly for: business development. Prior to
Wed., Jan. 02, 2013 Mon., Apr. 01, 2013 joining Wilkens Weather, Studwell
was senior manager, Research and
Operational climatology data: 1985-1996, smoothed with a 5-day running mean) Development at Weather Insight.
Figure 4. The subtropical ridge over the equatorial Pacific region was slightly weaker He has also worked in senior
than normal for the first three months of 2013 (upper left quadrant), seen in this 90- research and forecasting roles at
day departure from normal for the 500 mb geopotential height. Reliant Resources, CMS Energy, and
Source: NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory. Avant Capital Management.

Typhoon Bopha caps 2012 season

Of the 14 typhoons that developed during the 2012 in early December, passing south of Palau. By the time it
West Pacific season, Typhoon Bopha was the worst (see hit The Phillipines, winds had risen to 175mph. The storm
cover). Total damages from flattened villages, washed
the storm were estimated out roads and bridges, and
at US$1.04 billion, mak- left thousands homeless.
ing it the costliest storm in The 2013 season is already
Philippine history. The storm underway with two storms in
also claimed 1,146 lives in the record book, Sonamu and
The Phillipines, making it Shanshan, with a dozen more
2012s deadliest storm as to follow, if all 14 predicted
well. The typhoon developed typhoons occur.

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 Contracts
Bayu Undan III
ConocoPhillips Australia contracted
FMC Technologies to supply subsea
trees, wellheads, jumper kits, and as-
sociated control systems valued at
US$26 million for the Bayu Undan
gas and condensate project in the
Timor Sea, located within the
Australia/Indonesia Joint Petroleum
Development Area (JPDA).
Bayu Undan, in production since
2Q 2004, is undergoing a third phase
of development which will focus on
procuring long-lead items and secur-
ing a semisubmersible drilling rig in
1H 2013. A final investment decision
is expected mid-2013, followed by fur-
ther detailed engineering and procure-
ment activities. Drilling will begin in
2Q 2014.
Bayu Undan feeds the Darwin LNG
plant, Northern Territory, Australia,
which supplies Tokyo Electric and
Tokyo Gas in Japan, selling 148 billion
gross cubic feet of LNG in 2012.
Bayu Undan participants: Cono-
coPhillips 57% , Eni 11%, Santos
11.5%, Inpex 11.3% and Tokyo Elec-
tric Power and Tokyo Gas 9.2%.
ABB is MEC for Ichthys FPSO
DSME appointed ABB its main electri-
cal contractor (MEC) for a new floating
production, storage and offloading
(FPSO) vessel at the Ichthys oil and
gas field in the Timor Sea off Western
Australia. The order is worth $30
million. DSME, is the engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC)
contractor for the Ichthys FPSO.
ABB is also responsible for design,
Ichthys field facilities.
engineering, installation, commission-
ing and project management.
The Ichthys field is estimated to con-
tain with 12.8Tcf of gas and 527MMbbl
of condensate and to have an op-
erational life of over 40 years. Initial
production capacity will be 8.4Mt/y of
LNG and 1.6Mt/y of LPG, with about
100,000b/d of condensate at peak.
Gas from the field will undergo
preliminary processing at the offshore
central processing facility (CPF) to
remove water and raw liquids, includ-
ing a large proportion of the conden-
sate, the latter pumped to an FPSO
for transfer to tankers. The gas will be

Petrofac Abu Dhabi double The Sarb Project is a new field development involving drilling
Petrofac has won two contracts in the Persian Gulf, offshore conducted from the two artificial islands Sarb 1 and Sarb 2, with
Abu Dhabi, worth about US$3.4 billion. production sent by subsea pipeline to a facility on Zirku Island for
Petrofac-Emirates, a joint venture with Mubadala Petro- processing, storage and export. Work includes delivery of 80km
leum, in consortium with DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding & of subsea pipelines for well fluid, water injection, gas injection,
Marine Engineering) has garnered a $3.7 billion ($2.9 billion to and subsea power and communication cables. Offshore, two riser
the company) supply contract for the Upper Zakrum, UZ750 platforms and four flare platforms with four interconnecting bridges
oil field development. and a single point mooring (SPM) buoy north of Zirku Island will be
The Upper Zakum project comprises engineering, procure- provided.
ment, construction transportation and commissioning of Onshore, work includes utilities and accommodation modules.
surface facilities on four artificial islands
Drilling on the Sarb Project will be from an artificial island.
inclusive of wellhead control, manifolds,
crude oil process facilities, water injection,
gas lift and utilities, facilities to commence
operations in 2016.
The Satah Al Razboot (SARB) package
3 oil field project granted Petrofac by Abu
Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-
OPCO) entails an engineering, procure-
ment, installation, and commissioning
(EPIC) contract valued at $500 million.
Completion is scheduled for 2Q 2016.

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 transported from the CPF through an
885km pipeline to an LNG processing
plant near Darwin, Australia.
Seabed geophysics
Asian Geos, a seismic and geotechni-
cal survey company with offices in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Loyang
Offshore Supply Base in Singapore,
has won two regional contracts.
In east Malaysia, 2D analog and
digital geophysical site surveys are
being conducted for Petronas to locate
drill sites off Sarawak in the Temana,
Jemuduk -A and Tahan -1 fields using
the Asian Geos vessel Dayang Sari in
water depths of 30 to 145m.
The survey is part of a US$25
million long-term contract for the
Rig Moves
In Australia, the Transocean ultra
deepwater (UDW) drillship Deepwater
Millennium received a two-year contract
through February 2016 by an unnamed
operator at a day rate of $605,000.
Transocean also gained a three-month
contract through October fordeepwater
semisubmersible drilling rig Jack Bates
from an undisclosed operator, also off-
shore Australia.
In Vietnam, Eni has contracted
the Songa Offshore semisubmersible
Songa Mercur to drill at least one well,
expected to take 45 days and cost $14
million.
Eni has an agreement with KrisEn-
ergy and Neon Energy for exploration
blocks 105-110/04 and 120 in the Song
Hong and Phu Khanh basins, which cover
about 15,600sq km in the Gulf of Tonkin
off Vietnam.
Eni also has an accord with Essar for
a 50% interest and operatorship of Song
Hong Basin exploration block 114.
Mubadala Petroleum has extended
the contract for the semisubmersible
Songa Venus to drill two more wells
at a cost of around $19 million in
Vietnam, where it now has six firm and
two optional wells that will see the semi
occupied through 2013.
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provision of marine geohazards
investigation services involving
Petronas oil and gas fields in Sabah
and Sarawak.
In The Philippines, a geotechnical
survey is underway near shore Batan-
gas, on the southwest coast of Luzon
Island, for an E&P operator using the
Asian Geos LCT vessel Bima Sembi-
lan, a landing craft equipped with a
motion-compensated marine drill rig,
downhole CPT (cone penetration test-
ing) equipment, and a four-point moor-
ing system to secure the vessel in water
depths of a few meters out to 65m.
UAE platforms
McDermott International won two
projects worth $900 million from an
Mubadala has a 25% stake in block
07/03 where appraisal drilling has
begun in Ca Rong Do (CRD) field off the
Songa Venus.
Atwood Orca.
undisclosed client in the Arabian Gulf.
Engineering will be carried out at its
Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai
offices with construction to be handled
via the Jebel Ali fabrication facility,
UAE, and offshore installation using
McDermott vessels.
The first project includes engineer-
ing, procurement, construction and
installation (EPCI) of a tie-in plat-
form with a 3200t topside, auxiliary
platforms, 72km of pipelines, subsea
cables and platform upgrades. Comple-
tion will be in 3Q 2015.
The second award includes the fabri-
cation, transportation, and installation
of five drill support structures weigh-
ing a total of 7993t. Completion
is expected in 1Q 2014. AOG
southeast coast of Vietnam. Premier
Oil is operator.
Mubadala is also engaged in
exploration permit 135/136-3,
located adjacent to CRD and in which
it has a 20% interest, along with
Talisman and PetroVietnam, each
holding 40%.
In The Philippines, Otto Energy
wis mobilizing theDiamond Offshore
Drilling semisubmersible Ocean
Patriot from Singapore to theGaloc
oil field, off the northwest coast of
Palawan Island in service contract
area SC 14C, where it will drill
development wells Galoc-5H and
Galoc-6H.
Subsequently, the DOF subsea
multipurpose construction vessel
Skandi Hercules will install subsea
equipment and hook-up both wells
to the Rubicon Intrepid FPSO vessel
as part of Galoc Phase II, expected to
commence production in the 4Q at
12,000bo/d.
In Thailand, Mubadala Petroleum
has entered into a two-year contract
for the just completed newbuild
Atwood Oceanics jackup drilling rig
Atwood Orca for operations in block
B5/27 in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Singapore
LNG startup...
Singapore marked a
milestone with com-
mencement of commer-
cial operations of their
LNG terminal, having
received the first LNG
Singapore LNG terminal.
cargo from Qatar.
The new US$1.35 billion LNG termi- facility will be a first for GE in the
nal, located on Jurong Island, is a key
element of the island republics energy
diversification strategy.
The LNG terminal will have an
initial capacity of 3.5MMt/y with two
tanks,increasing to 6MMt/y by 4Q 2013
when a third tank, additional jetties
and re-gasification facilities are com-
pleted. A fourth LNG tank is planned,
raising throughput to 9MMt/y.
...and energy ambitions
Temasek Holdings, a
Singapore-based
investment company
with a US$1.58 billion and Caterpillar. Chevron is leading
portfolio, has set up
Pavilion Energy to
invest in the LNG
Hassan Marican,
industry with initial
Pavilion Energy
capital of US$800
board member
million to tap into
and former
the growing energy
Petronas CEO.
demand in Asia.
Pavilion Energy aims to partner with
energy industry leaders and may also
co-invest alongside Temasek, which
has been stepping up its investments
in the energy and resource sectors over
the last few years.
Pavilion Energy appointed former
Petronas CEO Hassan Marican as chair-
man of its Board and will also enlist
the expertise of other high profile
industry professionals.
Subsea tree first
GE Oil & Gas has embarked on the
largest expansion of its Batam Island,
Indonesia manufacturing facility with
construction of a high bay for a new
line of subsea wellhead equipment.
Vertical subsea trees from the Batam
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Asia Pacific. Completion of the bay is
scheduled for mid-2013 with produc-
tion to start in 3Q 2013. GE, in Indone-
sia since 1940, has invested more than
US$1billion in Indonesia.
US Australian focus
The United States has opened a com-
mercial service division within its
consulate in Perth, Australia comple-
menting similar offices in Canberra
and Sydney.
American companies investing in
energy projects in Western Australia
include ConocoPhillips, Apache, GE,
development of the Gorgon and Wheat-
stone LNG projects in Western Aus-
tralia state worth a combined US$80
billion. Moreover, Exxon is looking to
develop the offshore Scarborough gas
field, potentially using the worlds larg-
est floating LNG vessel.
Asset assurance
Intertek, a global provider of industry
asset solutions, has inaugurated its
energy exploration and production
facility in Malaysia. It has invested
about US$1.75 million in the Kuala
Lumpur-based regional center.
Tom Whitfield, E&P manager, and Raymond
Pirie, VP global upstream business, at
Intertek regional center in Kuala Lumpur.
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Operational since 4Q
2012, the new estab-
lishment includes two
laboratories, one for oil
and gas analysis and
the other to provide
production chemistry,
microbiology and cor-
rosion testing services,
as well as host training courses.
Singapore surfactant surge
Solvay, a Belgian specialist in surfac-
tants, polymers, amines, guar, and
phosphorus derivatives, is to complete
a large scale alkoxylation facility in
Singapore by 2015. It will serve the
Asian market inclusive of coatings,
the oil and gas industry, and agro-
chemicals. The Solvay Novecare plant
will be connected to the Shells new,
high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO)
unit located on Jurong Island, the na-
tions integrated petrochemical hub.
Through the alkoxylation process, key
monomers are produced that serve
downstream surfactant development
and manufacturing.
Flow calibration first
Emersons new flow calibration lab.
Emerson Process Management has
opened its Southeast Asia Flow
Calibration and Service Center, an
ISO17025 compliant, first-in-region,
internationally-traceable calibration
facility, located within the their
existing Southeast Asia Service
Center in Singapore. The original
facility opened in 2008.
China fluid control lab opens
MacDermid Offshore Solutions, a
worldwide provider of oil and gas
industry products and services
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 specializing in
water-based fluids
for hydraulic
control of valves
in offshore drill-
ing and produc-
MacDermid lab, Panyu, China. tion systems, has
opened a new laboratory in Panyu, Guangdong Province,
China for production and drilling control fluid monitoring
and testing. The new lab will serve production operators,
drilling contractors, OEMs, and service companies in China,
complementing seven other MacDermid global facilities that
include Melbourne, Australia, and Singapore.

India heavy lifting

Rickmers-Linie, a
Germany-based
global operator of
specialist vessels
Rickmers Chennai. for transportation
of break bulk,
heavy lifts, and project cargoes, has enhanced its Europe
to India services with charter of the 19,100dwtPacific
Winter, a sister ship ofBaltic Winter, originally chartered
in by Rickmers in 4Q 2011. The vessels were renamed
Fueling Sponsorship opportunities
are now available.
Global Visit
Rickmers ChennaiandRickmers Dubai, respectively.

SEA mapping move

lagcoe.com/sponsorships
DAT/EM Systems International, an Alaska-based devel-
oper of photogrammetric software and hardware products Energy for more information.
and services specialized in 3D feature data collection, is
expanding into southeast Asia through DAT/EM Systems
Indonesia. In addition to customer support, the new office
Solutions
will offer a training center.
LAGCOE showcases
RFE LNG prospects cutting-edge innovation
Marubeni Corp. of Japan and OAO Rosneft, the Russian
in the onshore and
state oil company, have signed a memorandum to construct
an LNG plant in the Russian Far East and to jointly explore offshore industry as
and develop oil and gas fields. well as offering award-
Rosneft is also considering building a gas liquefaction
plant with Exxon Mobil on the Pacific coast of Russia.
2013 winning cuisine, music
and hospitality at every
October 22-24 turn. We look forward to
Middle East expedited
Bechtel, a global engineering, construction, and proj-
Lafayette, Louisiana USA seeing you in 2013!
ect management company, is to establish a center in the
United Arab Emirates that will initially focus on rail, port,
and marine projects. It will open in the 3Q 2013. GLOBAL
Bechtel has been involved in more than 80 marine proj-
ects around the world including Khalifa Port and Kizad COLLABORATION
industrial zone in Abu Dhabi , and King Fahd Industrial
Port in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. LOCAL
Oman HR MoU RESOURCES
Petrofac and Takatuf, the human resources unit of Oman
Oil Co. (OOC), have agreed to a memorandum of under- LAGCOE.COM
standing to establish a technical training center of excel-
lence (COE) that will be the largest in Oman. The COE will be
designed and managed by Petrofac Training Service. AOG
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 Solutions
Wrtsil Moss nitrogen generator.
Inert safety
Finland-based Wrtsil will supply inert
gas systemsfor a floating storage unit
(FSU) and two shuttle tankers that will
support the FSU. The three vessels are
being constructed by Samsung Heavy
Industries in South Korea.
These inert gas systems are used
to prevent the gas mixture in
cargo tanks or bunkers from
reaching an explosive range,
the inert gas maintaining tank
atmosphere oxygen content
below 8%.
Inert gas can also be used to
purge a tank of volatile com-
ponents in preparation for gas
freeing, such as replacing the
gas mixture with breathable
air. Nitrogen generators are
then used to supply dry air and oil-free
Smooth BOP control
GE Oil & Gas released SeaONYX, its
next-generation blowout preventer
(BOP) surface control system and
operator interface for rapid and reli-
able operation in deepwater drilling.
SeaONYX incorporates GE Mark Vle
hardware, an industry configuration
installed in more than 2000 thermal,
wind, hydro, and nuclear facilities,
with more than 400 additional deploy-
ments every year.
The Mark Vle control platform of
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inert gas for purging, pressurizing, and
blanketing functions.
The FSU, to operate in the North Sea
until at least 2045, is owned by Statoil;
the tankers are owned by AET Tanker
Holdings, a Singapore-based petroleum
transportation company.
www.wartsila.com
Wrtsil Moss inert gas generators.
SeaONYX is designed for obsolescence
management, for a product expected
to operate at least 20 years. SeaONYX
uses a standard footprint for the major
components that will be used in future
Mark Vle releases.
Mark Vle architecture also has the
ability to hot swap certain compo-
nents while the system is running,
the new replacement booting up and
configuring itself in typically a matter
of minutes.
The SeaONYX human machine
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Internet-free learning
Oilennium, a Petrofac Training
Services company, launched
ConTrainer, a system that offers
eLearning modulesoffshore and in
remote locationsthat do not require
an internet connection.
ConTrainer is a standalone learn-
ing management system (LMS) that
features content on a small computer
system, created in response to demand
from oil and gas companies seeking to
provide interactive learning for person-
nel working in isolated locations.
ConTrainer is populated with an
on-site version of the Oilennium LMS
database with interactive learning
modules that can connect to a client
network or stand alone.
LMS modules are in four broad
categories: introduction to oil and gas,
HSEQ, technical courses, and leader-
ship and management.
The LMS database functions like
an online version, recording learning
results, which are fed back to a master
database for reporting to a training
manager, achieved via a graphical
dashboard that supplies snapshot and
long-term results.
Oilennium, founded in 2000, pro-
vides learning systems for the interna-
tional energy sector that include risk
management, human resources soft-
ware, drilling, safety and equipment
operations, among many others.
www.oilennium.com
interface software, based on the GE
WorkstationST and Intelligent
Platforms Proficy Cimplicity tools,
integrates touchscreen displays that
enable management of all system func-
tions, alarms and events.
www.ge-energy.com
The SeaONYX BOP
surface control system.
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 On the Move
Andrew Mackenzie ogy manager. Both men Petroleum and renewable energy
joins BHP posted from the UK to work Corporation industries.
Billiton as at the new Intertek regional (KPC),
CEO, suc- E & P center in Kuala replacing Pierre-Franck
ceeding Lumpur. Faruq al- Valentin has been
Marius Zanki. This appointed
Kloppers Siri Wennevik has change is part of a senior Asia Pacific
when he retires from the joined the management reshuffle at the VP and GM
group on 1 October 2013. Singapore national oil firm. of Solvay
Tim Cutt has been named office of Novecare, a
President of the BHP Wikborg Frank Nelson has been specialty
Petroleum and Potash Rein, a promoted to chemicals
division, following the Norway- CFO and business unit of Belgian-
retirement of Mike Yeager based law firm involved in appointed an headquartered Solvay.
from the company this ship, project and lease executive Solvay Novecare special-
July. finance, contract negotia- director of izes in surfactants which
tion, offshore and con- the board for are, in part, employed in
Ken Borda has been struction projects and Lamprell, a the oil and gas industry
named international dispute UAE-based provider of and for which a new
Chairman of resolution. engineering and contract- Singapore alkoxylation
Santos, suc- ing services to the onshore facility will commence
ceeding Peter Tunku Ali Redhauddin and offshore oil and gas operations in 2015.
Coates, who ibni Tuanku Muhriz
will remain is to assume
as a non-executive direc- the office of
tor. Coates has taken up a Chairman of
full-time executive position the Board of
with the merged Glencore/ Directors of join eni on an amazing deepwater journey
Xstrata group. Bumi
Armada, a Malaysian
Seah Moon Ming has owner and operator of
been appoint- offshore support vessels,
ed CEO of succeeding Datuk Seri
Pavilion Mahamad Fathil
Energy, newly Mahmood.
incorporated
in Singapore Ronald Hoogenboom
by Temasek Holdings to has been
help meet regional gas appointed
demand. Seah was most Kuala
recently Deputy CEO of ST Lumpur,
Engineering. Malaysia-
based Asia
Tom Whitfield joins Pacific regional subsurface
auditing and manager for Senergy, a
inspection Scotland-headquartered
services global provider of integrat-
provider ed project and asset
Intertek as development services
its E&P across the energy industry.
manager in Malaysia.
Intertek also named Nezar al-Adasani has
Douglas Bennet microbiol- been named CEO of Kuwait
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 Numerology
$1.35 billion
The price (US dollars) of Singapore LNGs new
terminal, which began commercial operations this
May. See Activity page 22.

14 Storms that became typhoons during the 2012 West Pacific

season. See Weather Forecast page 14.

1 st First production began on CNOOCs Beibu Gulf project

WZ 6-12 began in March 2013. (Source: Roc Oil)

10,000 The depth, in meters, to which Nobles Gusto MSC

CJ70-designed jackup can drill. See Shipyards page 10.

The year ConocoPhillips Bayu Undan field, in the Timor Sea,

2004
went into production See Contracts page 19.

30km Test drilling began 30km southwest of Sado Island in the Sea of Japan.
See Regional Briefs page 5.

2021 First oil expected from the Dolginskoye field in the Pechora Sea. (Source: Gazprom)

4,500,000
Hours dedicated to developing Shells
Prelude FLNG vessel. (Source: Shell)

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