Development of the SK408 gas fields offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, is moving forward as Sapura Energy and partners have taken a final investment decision (FID) on the project.

The Gorek, Larak and Bakong fields will be developed as three separate wellhead platforms tied back to the existing processing facility and to the MLNG complex, Sapura said in a news release. Sapura’s partners are PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Sarawak Shell Berhad.

The fields are part of the discoveries made Sapura E&P during its 2014 drilling campaign. The FID follows Petronas’ approval of the field development plan and the signing of the key terms to the gas sales agreement for phase 1 of the development, the release said.

“The development of the SK408 gas fields further strengthens Sapura Energy’s position in Malaysia as a significant partner and supplier of natural gas to one of the world’s largest LNG production facilities, the PETRONAS MLNG complex in Bintulu,” Sapura Energy Berhad CEO Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Shahril Shamsuddin said in the release.

Sapura E&P is the development and production operator of the Larak and Bakong fields, while Sarawak Shell Berhad is the development and production operator of the Gorek Field.

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