Total starts up Badamyar gas field offshore Myanmar

May 2, 2017
Total has produced first gas from the Badamyar field offshore Myanmar, 220 km (137 mi) south of Yangon.

Offshore staff

PARIS – Total has produced first gas from the Badamyar field offshore Myanmar, 220 km (137 mi) south of Yangon.

Development involved installation of a new wellhead platform connected to the existingYadana production facilities, drilling of four horizontal wells on Badamyar, and the addition of a new compression platform.

The project, launched in mid 2014, will extend plateau output from Yadana to 8 bcm/yr beyond 2020.

Total’s partners in the project are Chevron-Unocal, PTTEP, and Myanmar’s state-owned MOGE.

05/02/2017