Sabah Shell awards maintenance services for 2 platforms to Petra Energy

The Gumusut-Kakap semi-submersible floating production system (pic) is on a 25-year lease.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd has hired integrated brown field services provider Petra Energy Bhd to undertake the topside maintenance services for the Gumusut-Kakap and Malikai deepwater platforms.

It said on Monday it had signed a two-year contract with an option to extend for an additional year, with Petra Resources Sdn Bhd – a unit of Petra Energy – in Kota Kinabalu.

Petra Resources will provide contract management, site execution and offshore maintenance crew to undertake maintenance activities for the platforms. 

Sabah Shell general manager Ian Lim said  the oil major  has a long history of successfully developing deepwater energy projects worldwide. 

“We believe in sharing expertise with local energy companies as well as the government to help it to develop deepwater resources and the corresponding service industry, and also to benefit local economy and livelihoods of the communities where we have operations,” Lim said. 

 Petra Energy group CEO Datuk Anthony @ Firdauz Bujang said that topside maintenance and hook up commissioning is the group’s core competency. 

“The signing today at the Sabah Oil and Gas (SOGCE) 2017 signifies the good working relationship we have with Shell in Sabah. We are proud to be recognized by a global energy company to undertake works for Malaysia’s deep-water assets,” he added.

Petra Resources will ensure local participation via its partnership with Sabah based company, Evolusi Bersatu Sdn Bhd. 

Recall that Gumusut-Kakap was built entirely in Malaysia, allowing Shell to share its deep-water expertise to boost local companies and help the government create an offshore industry hub in the country. 

It is Shell’s first deep-water project in Malaysia, which uses advanced Shell technology to safely produce oil from the Gumusut-Kakap field in seas 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) deep. 

 As for Malikai, it is Shell’s second deep-water project in Malaysia. It is the country’s first tension leg platform, a floating oil production facility moored to the seabed 500 metres underwater.