LNG

July 12 (LNGJ) - Malaysia’s Jerun natural gas field operated Sapura-OMV Upstream has achieved first gas to boost LNG supply prospects at the Bintulu liquefaction plant in Sarawak. UK major Shell has a 30 percent equity stake in the field, through its Malaysian subsidiary.

   The field is located about 160 kilometres northwest of the Bintulu LNG plant. “Comprising an integrated central processing platform, Jerun will export gas through a new 80km pipeline into the E11RB production hub, for onward delivery to Bintulu-based customers including Malaysia LNG,” said Shell.

Air Products, the leading global supplier of LNG equipment and a growing global player in industrial gases and large-scale green fuel and power projects, reported an increase in fiscal fourth-quarter net income as annual net profits again soared over $2 billion.

Oct 31 (LNGJ) - Air Products has been contracted by Malaysian energy company Petronas to provide main cryogenic heat-exchanger (MCHE) technology as part of an upgrade of the Bintulu LNG liquefaction and export plant in Sarawak, the Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. The US company said replacements were part of a program being implemented to “extend the life and continue the superior performance and high reliability” of the MLNG Dua LNG facility in Bintulu.

   Air Products, whose headquarters are in Allentown, Pennsylvania, said that this would be the second and third MCHE replacements provided by the company at this facility for the original units completed almost three decades ago. “Air Products is honored that our equipment’s reliability, performance and longevity have led our valued customer to remain with our leading technology yet again,” said Samir J. Serhan, Chief Operating Officer of Air Products. The company's LNG heat exchangers currently operate in over 100 LNG Trains in 20 countries around the world.

Technip Energies, the French-listed energy and LNG engineering company, said it was awarded a contract by a unit of Thailand’s national energy company for a gas plant near the Malaysian LNG export facilities at Bintulu in the state of Sarawak.

Sept 5 (LNGJ) - Energy major Shell said its subsidiary in Malaysia, Sarawak Shell Berhad, had taken a final investment decision with national oil and gas company Petronas to develop the Rosmari-Marjoram natural gas project. The Rosmari-Marjoram fields are located 220 kilometres (137 miles) off the coast of Bintulu where the Petronas LNG export plant is located.

   The project is designed to produce 800 million standard cubic feet of gas per day from 2026. “The Rosmari-Marjoram development is one of the strategic projects to ensure a sustained gas supply to the Petronas LNG complex,” said Shell.

Mubadala Petroleum, the international energy company based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and with natural gas assets in the Eastern Mediterranean and LNG feed-gas resources in Malaysia, has reported a surge in annual production.

Thailand’s energy exploration and production company PTTEP, a shareholder in Mozambique LNG, has announced a second successive natural gas discovery at a field in Malaysian waters offshore Sarawak as the nation also aims to expand LNG imports because of growing power and industrial demand.

The nations of Malaysia and Indonesia, the largest Asian liquefied natural gas exporters, are also increasing their own domestic LNG deliveries on growing demand requirements and will indirectly help to balance the over-supplied global market.

PTTEP of Thailand, the oil and gas producer and a shareholder in LNG projects offshore Malaysia and Mozambique, remained confident of moving forward with its 2020 business plan under the current challenges, underpinned by Gulf of Thailand natural gas resources.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his wife have attended the naming ceremony near the port of Busan in South Korea of the second liquefied natural gas production vessel being built for Malaysia’s state-backed energy company Petronas.