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2025
Mar 2025: Sabah Shell produced first oil production from the Phase 4 Gumusut-Kakap-Geronggong-Jagus East (GKGJE) development offshore Sabah and Brunei. The project involved 4 new wells, 2 in Sabah and 2 in Brunei, tied back to the Gumusut-Kakap semisub FPS in 1,200m of water.
Feb 2025: Two offshore blocks have been offered for bidding in an Offshore Licensing Round. Block A and Block D lie in water depths of 10 to 500m. Nearby fields include Maharaja Lela Jamalulalam (Block B) and Ampa, Champion, Fairley and Iron Duke (BSP 1 & 2 Offshore Agreement Area). The Round is the 1st for a decade (Blocks N, P and Q) and prior to that in 2001 (Blocks J and K plus onshore/shallow-water Block L).
2024
No significant news in 2024.
2023
No significant news in 2023.
2022
No significant news in 2022.
2021
Apr 2021: Petronas has formalized a unitization agreement with Brunei for the Gumusut-Kakap and Geronggong-Jagus East fields which straddle the maritime boundary. Shell’s Gumusut-Kakap field in Malaysia is in 1,200m of water. Production began in October 2014.
2020
Aug 2020: Maersk Drilling has secured a 20-month extension for the Maersk Convincer jack-up rig with Brunei Shell starting from May 2021 at a contract value of around US$47 mm. The rig is currently drilling development wells on the Seria field.
2019
Dec 2019: Fugro has completed a geophysical survey and interpretation for Shell in 600 m of water which will be used for planning a drilling program and aid pipeline routing and design of subsea structures for future deep water developments.
Nov 2019: The Kelidang and Keratau fields are at the finishing stages of pre-FEED work, conducted by Aker Solutions. Both fields will begin FEED soon, with Petronas (operator, 45%) expected to tender for an FPU and subsea facilities in 2020.
2018
No significant news in 2018.
2017
Apr 2017: Brunei Shell Petroleum Company made its first significant onshore discovery in 37 years with the Layang-Layang well in the Lumut area. It is a shale diapir trap within the Seria Field.
2016
No significant news in 2016.
2015
No significant news in 2015.
2014
Nov 2014: Shell has awarded McDermott a 3-year contract to install pipelines and umbilicals for the offshore Champion and Ampa fields after installing 4 jackets for the Champion Waterflood B2/3 development.
Feb 2014: Technip has been awarded a contract by Total for engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning (EPSCC) to modify onshore facilities and construct a new onshore pipeline to transport Maharaja Lela & Jamalulalam South (MLJS) gas to the Brunei Liquefied Natural Gas (BLNG) plant. The project is scheduled to complete in the second half of 2015.
2013
Dec 2013: A discovery has been reported in deep water Block CA-2 in the Baram Delta. The Keratau-1 well targeted a Pliocene turbidite on trend with discoveries in Sabah. The well is 8kms SE of the Kelidang NE-1 well, an earlier discovery in the block. Petronas is operator (45%) with Murphy (30%), Shell (12.5%), ConocoPhilips (6.25%) and Mitsubishi (6.25%).
Jun 2013: Kulczyk Oil Ventures (KOV) has announced that the exploratory well on its Lukut Updip Prospect on Brunei Block L has commenced and is expected to take 40 days to drill. The well is operated by AED with a 90% interest which is a subsidiary of KOV. The remaining 10% is owned by a private Brunei company. Block L covers onshore and offshore areas. The first 2 exploration wells, Lempuyang-1 and Lukut-1, were drilled in 2010 in the onshore south and both encountered hydrocarbons.
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