Platong Gas Field

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

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