Tangguh Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: BP
- Country: Indonesia
- Location: Irian Jaya, Eastern Indonesia
- Production start: 2009
- Partners: BP / Pertamina
- Type: Gas
- Estimated Reserves: 13 Trillion ft3 (Original)
- Production Volume:
Description
- Tangguh is a collection of gas fields in the Wiriagar, Berau and Muturi production sharing contracts (PSCs)
- The field used to be named **Vorwata**
- The field is the main supplier of the Tangguh LNG Terminal
- It utilises 3 offshore platforms
+++ Contractors
- **Saipem:**
- Engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of two platforms and two pipelines
- **KWSubsea:** Preliminary design of the wet insulated 20km pipeline
- **Tripatra:** FEED for Tangguh Gas Production Facilities
+++ History
- 1987 - Production-sharing contract signed for Berau block
- 1995 - ARCO discovered the field
- 1996 - Arco discovers Wiriagar
- 1996 - Reserves were estimated to be 13 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas
- 2005 - Saipem awarded platform contracts
- 2007 - BP begins drilling production wells
- 2009 - First production
- 2022 - PSC extended from 2035 to 2055
+++ Geology
Links
- Saipem Fixed Offshore Production Facilities Project References
- KWSubsea Subsea References
- Tripatra Platform References
- Atlantic Richfield Berau Tests Natural Gas in Bintuni Bay, Indonesia
- ARCO Announces Successful Test of Wiriagar Deep-3 Appraisal Well in Indonesia
- ARCO Confirms At Least 13 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas Reserves in Eastern Indonesia; Discovery is Third Largest in ARCO's History
- Saipem wins 550 million USD offshore contracts
- Bp To Drill 15 Wells In Tangguh
- bp looks to further developments at Tangguh with PSC extension