Dateline 2011-07-28:
Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas on Thursday said it has made two significant gas discoveries in the shallow water areas off the west coast of Sabah state on Borneo island.
The company said its first discovery was at the Zuhal East-1 well, located in the Samarang Asam Paya Block southwest of Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah.
“The current estimate of gas-initially-in-place is about 550 billion standard cubic feet (bscf),” the company said.
Petronas Carigali, the exploration and production arm of Petronas, is the sole equity holder of the production sharing contract of the Samarang Asam Paya block.
The second discovery, at the Menggatal-1 well, is located in Block SB312, near Kota Kinabalu. The company estimates the gas-initially-in-place of about 650 bscf.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 