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Malaysia : OPSB awarded EPCIC contract of a Wellhead Platform to Muhibbah Engineering
Publish Date : 01-Dec-2015
50 percent owned Malaysian joint venture company of Octanex N.L., Ophir Production Sdn Bhd (OPSB), has awarded a contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) of a Wellhead Platform for the Ophir oil field offshore Peninsular Malaysia to Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd (Muhibbah).
This contract was awarded following a successful tender by Muhibbah, a large engineering company, with a track record of platform construction and installation.
Fabrication of the Ophir platform will be at the Muhibbah yard at Klang around 25 miles (40 kilometers) south west of Kuala Lumpur, and would later be installed in the Ophir field.
As per the schedule for the EPCIC of the Ophir platform, the platform will be installed in the field during the third quarter of 2016.
Then, a jackup will be mobilized to site and development drilling will begin. As per the existing schedule, the Ophir field would begin oil production in late 2016.
