The Upstream Gas Sales Agreement (UGSA) will see the development of the three gas fields, namely F28, F14 and E6, where the gas produced from the fields will be delivered by the contractors primarily to meet the supply requirements of the MLNG Tiga plant within the PETRONAS LNG Complex in Bintulu. The F28 gas field will be developed first where first gas is expected to be produced by April 2012.

Block SK308, which is about 200km offshore Sarawak, was awarded to Sarawak Shell (50%; operator) and PETRONAS Carigali (50%) via a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in 1998. The terms and conditions of the PSC formed the basis of the agreement signed today.

The UGSA was signed at the PETRONAS Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. PETRONAS was represented by its Vice-President (Exploration & Production Business) Encik Ramlan A. Malek. Encik Mohd Anuar Taib, Managing Director of Sarawak Shell/Chairman of Shell Malaysia and Datuk Abdullah Karim, Managing Director/CEO of PETRONAS Carigali, represented their respective companies.

Source: PETRONAS