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In order to hit its Rokan well target this predetermined well drilling targets,” Satwiko
year, the regulator said last week that it had said. At present, 43 wells are being drilled.
accelerated the goods and services procure- SKK Migas’ head of goods and services, Erwin
ment process. SKK Migas said procurement Suryadi, said the regulator wanted local suppliers to
contracts for 115 wells had been completed, provide the block’s necessary goods and services in
with the contracts for the remaining 77 order to revitalise the local economy.
wells scheduled for completion by the end “The procurement of goods and services for
of April. the needs of the Rokan block is fully supplied
“In an effort to boost the rate of oil and gas by domestic companies and involves domestic
production, SKK Migas will continue to sup- workers. This will certainly reactivate the domes-
port and encourage efforts to accelerate the tic economy, especially during this pandemic,”
procurement of goods and services to meet the he said.™

Petronas picks Tanjung Offshore

for well abandonment work

PROJECTS & MALAYSIAN service provider Tanjung Off-
COMPANIES shore Services has won a $12mn contract from
state-owned Petronas for plug and abandon-
ment integrated services for the shallow-water
Pulai field.
Tanjung Offshore Services parent T7 Global
said in a May 4 filing that the MYR50mn
($12.2mn) contract had been awarded on March
29 and would run until December 28.
The Pulai field is one of five – including
Bekok, Tiong, Tinggi and Kepong – that make
up the PM9 production-sharing contract (PSC).
While T7 noted that Tanjung Offshore would
provide well services at the Pulai A platform, it
did not provide any other specifics such as the
number of wells contracted. In August 2018,
Uzma Engineering won a well abandonment Thani said the contract would cement his com-
contract that covered the completion of 22 firm pany’s position in Malaysia’s integrated well ser-
wells at Pulai-A, with some estimates at the vices market.
time suggesting the work might be worth up to He added: “Integrated well services, which
$250mn. covers both production wells and abandonment
Tanjung Offshore’s contract was awarded of old wells, will form part of our long-term
under the Pan Malaysia Umbrella Contract for energy solutions for oil majors.”
the provision of integrated well services for inter- Noting that T7 was “optimistic” about the local
vention, workover and abandonment for petro- oil and gas industry’s outlook over the next three
leum arrangement contractors (PACs). years, owing to Petronas’ commitment to boosting
Petronas appointed Tanjung Offshore as one oil production, Thani said there were plans to plug
of the panel contractors in September 2019, more than 500 wells permanently by 2030.
allowing the service provider to compete for well He said: “Over the next few years, we aim to
workover and abandonment work from PACs. win more similar jobs by providing innovative
Commenting on the Pulai A award, T7 well solutions to Petronas and other oil majors
Global chairman Nik Norzrul Thani N Hassan in the region.”™

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