In a statement today (Feb 4), it said the NMB Integrated Gas Development Project is a phased development project with Phase I comprising of an early production system and a full-field development project, which achieved first gas in 2013 and 2017 respectively.
Phase II includes the development of the Zetung and Anggerik fields located south of the Bergading Central Processing Platform (CPP), approximately 300km offshore Peninsular Malaysia.
“We are extremely proud to have delivered the first gas for NMB Phase II safely and on schedule.
“NMB is an important resource for Malaysia and will help meet increasing natural gas demand across the country,” vice-president of Hess Asia, Zhiyong Zhao said.
He said the next milestone for NMB will be the delivery of first gas from the Anggerik wells, expected to come onstream in April.
Hess recently sanctioned Phase III of the NMB development, with first gas planned for the fourth quarter of 2021.
NMB is a long-life natural gas asset comprising nine discovered natural gas fields with an estimated gross recoverable resource of more than 1.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and more than 29 million barrels of condensate.
Hess Malaysia, a subsidiary of Hess Corporation, is the operator and holds a 50% interest in the NMB project together with Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, which also holds a 50% interest. – Feb 4, 2020, Bernama
