Partners to install truss spar off Malaysia

May 4, 2005
Murphy Oil Corp. and Petronas will install a truss spar in Kikeh field on Block K in 1,330 m of water off Malaysia.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 4 -- Murphy Oil Corp. and Petronas will install a truss spar in Kikeh field on Block K in 1,330 m of water off Malaysia.

Murphy (Kikeh field's operator) and Petronas will install the 142 m deep and 32 m wide truss spar; a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel; fluid transfer lines between the FPSO and the spar; subsea production systems; and pipelines.

The Kikeh spar is scheduled for delivery late in 2006. Production is to start in the second half of 2007. Construction and completion work will be carried out by Malaysia Shipyard & Engineering's facility in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia.