First Gas from Beryl Field of Block SK10 Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia
Wednesday 24 October 2018
Mr. Hiroshi Hosoi, President and CEO of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation announced that its subsidiary JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Limited, the Operator of Block SK10 offshore Sarawak, Malaysia together with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, commenced commercial gas production from Beryl Gas Field in September 2018.
Beryl Gas Field lies in the shallow zone in Block SK10 offshore Sarawak. The produced gas will be supplied through subsea pipelines to the MLNG Tiga Sdn. Bhd. liquefaction plant in Bintulu, Sarawak, which is partly owned by JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation. The natural gas will be sold as LNG after liquefaction to its customers including buyers in Japan.