SapuraKencana strikes gas at final SK408 Block well offshore Malaysia

November 20, 2014

Dateline 2014-08-29, Oil & Gas Technology:

SapuraKencana Energy Sarawak (SKE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum, has made another gas discovery from Bakong-1, the fifth and final well in its 2014 drilling campaign within the SK408 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Malaysia

SapuraKencana strikes gas at final SK408 Block well offshore Malaysia

Bakong-1 is a significant discovery with a gross gas column in excess of 600 metres in the primary target reservoir within the Late Miocene Carbonates.

This discovery augments the earlier announced four well discoveries made on 9 June 2014 and completes the five well drilling programme slated for this year as part of the SK408 work campaign.

SKE is the operator with a 40 per cent working interest with partners Petronas (30 per cent) and Sarawak Shell (30 per cent) holding the remaining interest.

SK408 Block is located in shallow waters approximately 120 kilometres offshore Sarawak covering an area of approximately 4,480 square kilometres in the prolific Central Luconia Gas Province.

 


SapKen sees gas output in 2017

September 2, 2014

SapKen, haha, snort.

Dateline 2014-06-26, The Star:

SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhd expects to see the first production of gas from the assets it acquired from Newfield Malaysia in the first quarter of 2017, said president and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Shahril Shamsuddin.

Last October, SapuraKencana paid RM2.85bil for the Malaysian oil and gas fields that Newfield sold via a bidding process. These assets are now called SapuraKencana Energy Malaysia Inc (SKEM).


SapuraKencana Touts Four Gas Finds Offshore Malaysia

July 31, 2014

Dateline 2014-06-09, Rigzone:

SapuraKencana Energy (SKE) announced Monday four significant gas discoveries in the SK408 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.

All four wells have discovered non-associated natural gas within the primary target Late Miocene Carbonate reservoirs. The first well, Teja-1, located southeast of the Cili Padi gas field encountered 719 feet (219 meters) of gross column whilst the Gorek-1 discovery, southeast from F23 gas field encountered a gross gas column of 771 feet (235 meters).

The third well, Legundi-1, located south of F23 gas field was drilled in a down-flank location and encountered a 456 feet (139 meters) gross gas column, and the fourth well, Larak-1, located south of F6 gas field, also drilled in a down-flank location encountered a gross gas column of 1,093 feet (333 meters).