Naming of Oil & Gas Fields


Fields tend to be named after a certain theme:

  • Mountains (Lawit, Larut, Bintang (not hill!), Jerneh, Seligi) – ExxonMobil convention.
  • Flowers – Bunga Orkid, Bunga Raya, Bunga Kertah (I think Bunga Kertas is the name of a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facility, FPSO).
  • Fish – Kikeh.
  • Birds – Helang, Layang
  • Precious Stones – Ruby, Pearl, these are Vietnamese fields.
  • Storms (I’m guessing here) – Patricia, South Furious  (or could it be ladies?)

Let me know if you see other regional trends.

9 Responses to Naming of Oil & Gas Fields

  1. Jabbathehutt says:

    Talisman – in addition to the ones you have, we also have Bunga Kekwa (BK-A/B/C). Bunga Raya (BR-A/B/E) i think

    ConocoPhillips in Natuna Sea (part of Kikeh ops region) – Belida, Belanak, Belut, Kerisi, Bawal. Smaller ops have Tiram, Udang, Kepang, (i don’t know the rest but natuna sea is full of seafood).

    CNOOC in Jawa names after woman (Karmila, Milla, Sundari, Yvonne, Kartini, Yani, Titi, Banuwati, Wanda, Gita, Suratmi, Lita, Zelda, Nora) and character from Ramayana (Cinta, Rama, Krisna)

    Santos is vegetarian (Oyong, Wortel(carrot in Indonesian))

    Premeir is exotic animals (Gajah Baru, Gajah Putri, Naga, Iguana, Pelican etc)

  2. Wata says:

    Jabba: thanks for the info. I’m curious, what vegetable is Oyong?

  3. jabbathehutt says:

    oyong – loofah / snake gourd

  4. Leong says:

    I always wondered what was Lawit, Seligi, Semangkuk etc were 🙂

  5. Yokes says:

    Some fields offshore Sarawak are named after spices – Jintan, Serai, Cili Padi (?)

  6. jo says:

    i wonder what is SAA mean for Talisman:)

  7. jo says:

    oic..tq
    if i’m not mistaken angsi is a hill located in N9..is it?lol
    what are other field name after hills/mountains eh?
    and 1 more thing..
    Mr Wata
    can I have ur email:)
    TQ

  8. Anoni says:

    Ha..ha…
    Mr. Wata… Some of those fields are after their secretaries la…. Patricia, Betty

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