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Thailand
BG Group’s investment in Thailand is focused on
upstream activities, including an interest in the large
offshore Bongkot field, which supplies approximately
20% of the country’s gas demand.
Areas of operation
New information
• Increased equity interest in
Blocks 7, 8 and 9
• Gas Sales Agreement for Bongkot
South signed
Key dates
ANDAMAN SEA
Key to operations
Gas
Oil
Gas pipeline
Oil pipeline
Gas and Oil/
Condensate
0 250km
1990 Participation and Operating
Agreement (POA) with partners
entered into
1993 Bongkot first production
2001 Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) between Thailand
and Cambodia for a Joint
Development Area
2007 Supplementary Petroleum
Concession Agreements signed
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MYANMAR
BG Groupoperated
block
BG Group
non-operated
block
RATCHABURI
Block 9A
KHANOM
12
9
6
3
0
THAILAND
BANGKOK
RAYONG
Bongkot
Oil & liquids
Gas
Blocks 7, 8, 9
GULF OF
THAILAND
B13/38
9.8
2006
CAMBODIA
Thailand: BG Group 3 year production
Total production mmboe (net)
9.9
2007
9.8
2008
BONGKOT GAS FIELD
BG Group has a 22.22% interest in the
Bongkot field in the Gulf of Thailand, which
came onstream in 1993. The field is operated
by PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP).
Production to date is from Bongkot North
where the DCQ has risen to 550 mmscfd
(from an initial 150 mmscfd) through
phased development. The Bongkot North
development consists of a central complex
for gas gathering, processing, export and
accommodation; a condensate floating
storage and offloading vessel; and 22
remote wellhead platforms.
In 2007, the Thai Government granted an
extension of Bongkot’s production periods for
Blocks B15, B16 and B17 until 2022 and 2023.
Further development is planned to extend
the life of the field: in 2008 the partnership
successfully drilled three exploration wells on
Bongkot North to define the next phase of
development, and further exploration drilling
in 2009 and beyond is aimed at discovering
reserves for additional development phases.
Bongkot South is an important part of the
development plan and is being developed
independently from the existing Bongkot
North facilities. It will comprise a central
processing facility, a quarters platform
and 13 wellhead platforms. The Gas Sales
Agreement for Bongkot South was signed
in July 2009. First gas is scheduled for 2012.
EXPLORATION
BG Group is the operator of Blocks 7, 8 and 9
in the Gulf of Thailand, in an area subject to
overlapping claims by Thailand and Cambodia.
In March 2009, BG Group completed the
acquisition of Rio Tinto’s 16.67% interest in
Blocks 7, 8 and 9. The acquisition increases
BG Group’s equity in the blocks from 50%
to 66.67%.
In 2001, a MoU was signed by the governments
of Thailand and Cambodia aimed at concluding
an agreement for the exploration and
development of hydrocarbons in the
overlapping claims area. A Joint Technical
Committee is working to agree a mutually
acceptable basis for resolution.