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Mubadala makes gas find off Malaysia

PROJECTS & UAE-BASED Mubadala Petroleum and its part- (14,158 cubic metres) per day of gas and 9,500
COMPANIES ners Shell and Malaysia’s Petronas have made a barrels per day (bpd) of condensate at plateau
sizable natural gas discovery at Block SK320 off capacity.
Mubadala has made the coast of Bintulu, Sarawak, in Malaysia, Petro- Mubadala has made six discoveries to date
six discoveries since nas said on September 20. since entering Malaysia in 2010, giving it a suc-
entering Malaysia in The discovery was made with a well drilled to cess rate of 75% – significantly higher than the
2010. a depth of 1,680 metres. The well encountered a industry average.
gas column more than 110 metres in length, in The latest discovery, Cengkih, could be used
good-quality carbonate reservoirs. to provide additional feedstock to the Petronas
Mubadala operates the block with a 55% LNG complex at Bintulu, where Pegaga’s gas is
stake, while Petronas has 25% and Shell has 20%. already processed.
In a statement, Petronas said the find added Mubadala Energy CEO Mansoor Mohamed
to “a string of exploration successes in the Cen- Al Hamed said the find cemented the company’s
tral Luconia region,” and confirmed the “large position in Malaysia.
potential” of the region’s carbonate play. “Gas demand in Southeast Asia continues to
The discovery is in close proximity to exist- grow and we look forward to helping meet those
ing infrastructure, including that at the Pegaga energy needs, in line with our strategy to play an
discovery that was put into production in active role in the energy transition,” he said.
March. Pegaga contained 1 trillion cubic feet More than 90% of the resources in Mubada-
(28.3bn cubic metres) of additional initial gas la’s portfolio are already in production, making
in place. It is expected to flow 500,000 cubic feet the discovery of new fields a priority. ™

OCEANIA

Australian court creates setback

for Santos' Barossa project

POLICY AUSTRALIA’S federal court on September 21 consulted with each person that it was required
ruled in favour of a challenge put forward by an by the regulations to consult with,” Judge More-
Santos is appealing indigenous group against the drilling permit that decai Bromberg said in his ruling. “The accept-
against the decision. was issued to Santos’ Barossa gas project, raising ance [or permission] given by NOPSEMA was
fresh concerns over the development’s fate. legally invalid. NOPSEMA’s decision to accept
Traditional landowners from the Tiwi Islands the drilling environmental plan must therefore
led by Dennish Tipakalippa asked the court in be set aside.”
June to overturn the drilling decision for the Announcing that it would appeal against the
project, situated near islands off north Austral- “disappointing” ruling, Santos said in a stock
ia’s coast. The decision was issued by the indus- exchange statement that the decision should be
try regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum reviewed by a full federal court, given its signifi-
Safety and Environmental Management Author- cant implications.
ity (NOPSEMA). “This is a disappointing outcome,” Santos
This is Santos’ biggest project, and will be said, noting that the site where the drilling was
essential to maintain output at the Darwin LNG due to take place was in the Timor Sea, some 140
plant, which will lose supply from its primary km north of the Tiwi Islands.
source of gas, Bayu Undan, later this year. “Project approval uncertainty is a public pol-
“Mr Tipakalippa has established that icy issue that should be urgently addressed by the
NOPSEMA … failed, in accordance with the Australian government to reduce risk for trade
regulations, to assess whether the drilling and investment in projects around the country,”
environmental plan demonstrated that Santos Santos said. ™

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