CNOOC commences production at MDA gas field in Indonesia
CNOOC Limited announced that it commenced production at the MDA Gas Field, the largest gas field of聽3M聽project in聽Indonesia, on Nov. 15.
3M聽Project is located approximately 75 km (46 miles) southeast of聽Madura Island聽in the Madura Strait,聽East Java, with an average water depth of around 80 m (262 ft). The project contains three gas fields with a total of nine gas-producing wells. The main production facility is a floating production unit (FPU) which will undertake the natural gas production and treatment process. The FPU was constructed in聽China聽with a design capacity of 175 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d).
The MBH gas field of聽3M聽project commenced production in October. Once the five gas-producing wells of MDA are put on stream, a peak daily production from聽3M聽project of approximately 127MMcf/d is expected.
The聽3M聽project in聽Indonesia聽is operated by HCML. As a joint venture partner, CNOOC Southeast Asia Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Ltd., holds 40% interest in HCML, Cenovus Energy Inc. holds 40% interest and Samudra holds 20% interest.