Petronas uses ICES to access deepwater oil

December 6, 2012

Dateline 2012-11-21:

PETRONAS announced that the Gumusut-Kakap field, Malaysia’s second deepwater development, achieved oil production on 18th November.

This first production was achieved via an interim crude evacuation system (ICES) where two production wells from the Gumusut-Kakap field are tied back to the existing Kikeh field’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.

The production is expected to reach a maximum of 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) upon ramping up of the two wells.

The Gumusut-Kakap field is the second deepwater field development in Malaysia after the Kikeh field.


IEM Shout Out – Talk on Gumusut-Kakap Project

December 9, 2011

This is a shout out for the IEM. My Technical Division (Not) will be  hosting a talk on the 17th December, 2011. It’ll start at 9:00am and is worth 2 CPD hours. You still gotta climb those steps at Wisma IEM.

If you wanted to heckle G-K team members, now’s the chance.

The Gumusut-Kakap Project is one of the largest deepwater oil and gas developments in Malaysia. In this talk, an overview of the Gumusut-Kakap Project will be given. The Development Concept will be shared and the key technical features and challenges of the Subsea Infrastructure and the semi-submersible Floating Production System will be explained. The speaker will also update current progress pictures and brief the participants on the HSE requirements.

Mr. Milan Hendrikse (MSc. Eng.) is currently the Gumusut-Kakap Project Manager. In June 2007 he joined Shell in Malaysia and managed HSE and the Offshore Part of Gumusut-Kakap, before he took over as Project Manager in December 2010.

Mr. Milan completed his Aeronautical Engineering study in Delft and National Service in the Air Force before he joined Shell in 1990 as a Field Engineer. He had various assignments in project engineering/management, business development, HSE and Construction. He has more than 15 years working experiences in related field.  Key career highlights are listed below:-

  • Pohokura Project Manager, New Zealand
  • LNG & Domestic Gas Supply Co-ordinator, Australia
  • North Rankin B Opportunity Manager, Australia
  • Angel Lead Engineer, Australia
  • Head of Corporate HSE Audit, Oman
  • Head of Construction, LNG Upstream Facilities, Oman
  • Various Project Engineering Positions, UK

Register here or download the form here. A map to Wisma IEM is presented here.