FPU Joko Tole to sail to TSB fields in Kangean this month

By Godang Sitompul

Upstream authority BPMIGAS said the Floating Production Unit (FPU) to process gas production of Terang, Sirasun and Batur (TSB) fields in Kangean Block, offshore East Java is scheduled to sail to the location from Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore this month.

?The plan is that the FPU will sail from Singapore on March 17,? BPMIGAS spokesperson I Gde Pradnyana told Petromindo.com.

The FPU is designed to process 340 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas from the TSB gas fields.

The FPU, owned by Norway?s BW Offshore Ltd, is being converted at Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore.

Kangean Energy Indonesia (KEI) is the operator of the Kangean Block. The TSB fields are being developed with planned peak production of 300 mmscfd.

The gas will be delivered from the FPU through the existing 28? subsea pipeline extending some 350 km from the tie in point to the East Java gas receiving facilities and distributed to various gas buyers in East Java.

Editing by Roffie Kurniawan