THE Conrad Petroleum-led joint venture that owns the Mako gas project offshore northern Indonesia is zeroing in on a new development concept as it aims for a final investment decision late this year. The favoured concept is understood to be a mobile offshore production unit (MOPU), otherwise known as a jack-up production unit, and a 16-kilometre subsea pipeline that will connect to the nearby West Natuna pipeline system, a third-party owned trunkline. Jakarta-based market sources said the project in the Natuna Sea is in the pre-front end engineering and design phase, and a local engineering house is performing that work. MOPUs are usually upgraded jack-up drilling rigs converted for production through the addition of processing equipment. The advantage is that they can be relocated to another location. Several companies in Indonesia have the capability to deliver an MOPU, which a joint venture would ordinarily lease from the supplier, according to Indonesian sources. Certain contractors have received invitations from Conrad to express their interest in supplying a MOPU. The previous Mako development concept included an offshore wellhead platform. A spokesperson for Jakarta-headquartered Conrad confirmed to Upstream that the joint venture is finalising a revision to the Mako plan of development with regulator SKK Migas.
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