Platong Gas Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Chevron
  • Country: Thailand
  • Location: * Location: Gulf of Thailand
  • Production start:
  • Partners: Chevron - 69.9 %, Mitsui - 27.4 % and PTT - 2.7 %
  • Type: Gas and Condensate
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

Description

  • Condensate is stored in the Pattani Spirit FSO, which is shared with a number of other fields
  • In 2011, a new phase, Platong II Gas Field, came on stream
    • The New facilities, which were connected to the exisiting processing infrastructure at the Platong Field, included a central processing platform, pipelines, four initial wellhead platforms, and living quarters for 200 people.
  • The US$3.1 billion project was designed to ramp up production to 330 million cubic feet per day and is also expected to produce 18,000 barrels per day of natural gas liquids
  • The development, located in shallow water 120 miles (200 kilometers) from Thailand's southern coastline, is one of Southeast Asia's largest offshore structures.


Contractors

  • HHI: Topside, L/Q Deck, L/Q Building & Bridge
  • Chabang: Platong Deck & Jacket
  • Worley Parsons: Upgrade both the Platong Gas Processing platform and the oil processing facility

Platong II

  • J. Ray McDermott: engineering, procurement, construction and installation ("EPCI") for the central processing platform & living quarters platform
  • Process Group: 2 x 250MMSCFD TEG Dehydration Packages - TEG Circulation Rate 65 USGPM
  • Kavin Engineering: Fuel Gas and Seal Gas Package


History

  • 2003 - Processing facility expansion started
  • 2005 - Chevron acquires Unocal becoming a partner
  • 2008 - Development plan approval received for Platong II
  • 2011 - Chevron Announces First Gas from Platong II

Geology

Links

  1. Hyundai Heavy Industries Platform References
  2. Kavin Engineering Oil And Gas Processing References
  3. McDermott Platform References
  4. Process Group Oil And Gas Processing References
  5. Worley Thailand awarded two Unocal projects
  6. ChevronTexaco Announces Agreement to Acquire Unocal
  7. J. Ray McDermott Awarded Chevron Platong Gas II Project
  8. Chevron Announces Green Light for Multi-Billion Dollar Gas Project in Thailand
  9. Chevron Announces First Gas from Platong II Project in Gulf of Thailand