BD field expected to soon start flowing gas to PGN

The liquids-rich BD field project in Madura Strait block, offshore East Java, will start flowing gas to state-controlled gas distribution firm PT PGN Tbk once the ongoing commissioning phase has been completed.

Upstream oil and gas authority SKK Migas said that the production start-up at the BD field project was started by block operator Husky-CNOOC Madura Ltd (HCML) on May 6, and is expected to be completed within one or two weeks.

?After the start-up period, initial production of BD field will be distributed to PGN at a volume of 30 mmscfd to strengthen national energy supply,? SKK Migas said in a statement on Tuesday.

Canadian firm Husky Energy Inc said on May 5 that preparations were being finalized for first production of the BD field, including plans to commission the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which was manufactured by state-owned PT PAL.

The company said in a statement as quoted by this portal that the project is expected to ramp up to its full sales gas rate in the second half of 2017, with a gross sales production target of 100 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/day) of gas (40 mmcf/day net to Husky) and 6,000 bbls/day of liquids (2,400 bbls/day net to Husky).

Husky holds a 40 percent working interest in HCML that holds the PSC for the Madura Strait block covering approximately 622,000 acres, offshore Indonesia. It is focused on the development of the BD, MDA, MBH, MDK and MAC fields.

SKK Migas said that the fields in the Madura Strait block are old field which are expected to produce a combined 441 bcf of natural gas and 18.7 mmbl of condensates for 13 years.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak