Tantawan Oil And Gas Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Chevron
- Country: Thailand
- Location: Blocks B8/32 & 9A, 265 miles south of Bangkok
- Production start:
- Partners: Chevron, PTTEP, Mitsui
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- Blocks B8/32 (oil and gas production) and B9A cover a combined gross acreage of 2,402 sq km in the Gulf of Thailand over the northern Pattani Basin where water depths range between 42 metres and 113 metres.
- As well as the Tantawan Field it includes Benchamas, Chaba, Jarmjuree and Maliwan
- The Tantawan Explorer FPSO was designed to handle 50,000 bpd of oil and 150 MMSCFD of gas compressed to a pressure of 1850 psi
Contractors
- Sembawang Shipyard: Conversion of the 136,960 dwt tanker TANTAWAN EXPLORER , ex BAYERN , into a Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO) vessel
- Saipem: Pipeline Installation
History
- 1996 - Sembawang Shipyard awarded FSPO contract
- 1997 - FSPO conversion completed
- 2003 - Chevron acquired stake in Block 9A
- 2005 - Modeco & PTTEP acquire a 46.34% interest in the B8/32 Concession from Pogo for US$820 million in cash
Geology
Links
- PTTEP, Thailand and Overlapping Areas
- Saipem Asia Pipeline References
- Sembawang Shipyard Clinches FPSO Conversion Contract
- ChevronTexaco Acquires Block 9A Close to Existing Production Offshore Thailand
- MOECO agrees to purchase Thailand Oil and Gas Assets from Pogo
- Sembawang Shipyard Completes Major FPSO Conversion
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