Greater Bongkot South production onstream offshore Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand – PTT Exploration and Production plc (PTTEP) has started production from the Greater Bongkot South (GBS) gas and condensate field in the Gulf of Thailand. Its partners in the development are Total and BG Group.

The GBS field is in blocks B16 and B17, 200 km (124 mi) east of Songkhla. This latest development comprises a new central processing platform, a living quarter platform, and 13 wellhead platforms.

According to Total, the processing platform has a capacity of 350 MMcf /d of gas and 15,000 b/d of condensate.

Gas heads via a new spur line to the PTT-operated grid while condensate is exported to the existing FSO vessel at the Greater Bongkot North field, 80 km (49.7 mi) to the north.

Production should reach plateau by mid-2012.