Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), a completely owned subsidiary of Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB), has secured a contract from Shell for the engineering, procurement and development (EPC) companies of the offshore platform for the Rosmari-Marjoram gasoline mission, off the coast of Sarawak, offshore Malaysia.
The platform will comprise of a topside, a 4-legged jacket and piles put in in a water depth of 140 m inside SK318 space, off the coast of Bintulu, Sarawak.
This unmanned platform shall be primarily powered by renewable power the place it should utilise energy from photo voltaic panels. With a design lifetime of 20 years, it should cater for as much as 800m normal cubic toes of gasoline per day with a start-up focused in 2026 supplying pure gasoline to the Petronas LNG Complicated in Bintulu.
Shell, because the operator of the SK318 Block, is growing the Rosmari-Marjoram gasoline mission with its companion Petronas.
Pandai Othman, managing director and CEO of MHB commented: “With the announcement of ultimate funding choice by Shell for the mission on September 5, 2022, adopted by the award of this contract to MHB additionally signifies the start of the revitalisation of the oil and gasoline trade in Malaysia that has lengthy been impeded because of the pandemic and financial slowdown inflicting oil and gasoline builders to be extra cautious in its capex spending for brand spanking new developments.
“Aside from our final purpose to ship this mission safely and well timed, we’re happy to say that this mission is aligned with our dedication in offering cleaner power options by means of the utilisation of renewable power to energy the platform.”