Petronas has announced the first oil production from the East Cendor field in Block PM304 located 140 km offshore Peninsular Malaysia
East Cendor represents the fourth in a series of developments in Block PM304, after Cendor, West Desaru and Irama. The project comprises developing a wellhead platform and installing a 6.3-km pipeline linking the field to FPSO Cendor.
Production is expected to peak at over 7,000 barrels of oil per day which will further extend the economic life of Block PM304.
Petronas senior vice president of Malaysia Petroleum Management Mohamed Firouz Asnan said, “East Cendor’s first oil success proves the Malay Basin is by no means a mature hydrocarbon province. Block PM304 started as a small field development with first production from the Cendor field back in 2006. However, the total oil-in-place volume grew through continuous efforts in appraising the block’s potential, which turned out to be large.
“Known for its light and sweet quality, Cendor crude was billed as the most expensive in the world at one time. With the success of East Cendor, more active development activities are expected in the future to monetise the large remaining resources within Block PM304.”
Block PM304 is operated by Petrofac, and the field was developed by Petrofac, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company and Petronas under a production-sharing contract.
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