SapuraOMV reports first production from SK408 gas fields

SapuraOMV Upstream, Kuala Lumpur, reported first production following the late December 2019 start-up from Larak gas field offshore Malaysia under the SK408 production sharing contract.

The SK408 gas fields are part of discoveries made by SapuraOMV Upstream in Late Miocene carbonate build-ups during a drilling campaign that began in 2014. The fields are tied back to an existing processing facility and gas is transported through existing pipelines for onward gas processing at Petronas LNG complex in Bintulu. Development of SK408 aims to commercialize gas reserves from Gorek, Larak, and Bakong fields to help meet growing gas demand in Asia. The fields are on the 4,400-sq-km SK408 production-sharing contract area in the Central Luconia Gas Province in shallow water off Sarawak. The area is 130 km northwest of Miri.

SapuraOMV’s partners under SK408 PSC are Sarawak Shell Berhad (30%) and Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd (30%).

Following the full ramp-up of the first phase of SK408, comprising the Gorek, Larak and Bakong fields, SapuraOMV’s production is expected increase to more than 30,000 boe/d, with the majority being gas.

SapuraOMV Upstream, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, is a partnership between Sapura Energy Bhd. and OMV Exploration & Production GmbH, a subsidiary of OMV Aktiengesellschaft.