KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak Shell Bhd, a subsidiary of Shell plc, marks the start of the onshore plant development for the Rosmari-Marjoram project with a ground-breaking event in Bintulu.
Rosmari-Marjoram gas fields are situated 220 kilometres off the coast of Bintulu.
The fields will be primarily powered by renewable energy.
The offshore platform will use power from 240 solar panels, while the onshore plant will leverage on hydropower provided through Sarawak power grid system.
Diesel generators and batteries will be used as backup.
"Rosmari-Marjoram demonstrates our Powering Progress strategy in generating value and reducing emission through utilisation of renewable energy in a reliable, responsible, and efficient manner," said Siti Sulaiman, country chair of Shell Malaysia and senior vice president of upstream Malaysia.
The Rosmari-Marjoram development is one of the strategic projects to ensure a sustained gas supply to the Petronas LNG complex.
The project comprises a deep-water subsea facility, a remotely operated offshore platform, and an onshore gas plant.
It also includes one of the longest sour wet gas offshore pipelines in the world stretching more than 200 km.
Rosmari-Marjoram project is designed to produce 800 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMscf/d). Gas production is expected to start in 2026.
Petronas senior vice president of Malaysia Petroleum Management Mohamed Firouz Asnan said the OGP-1 project and the associated Rosmari-Marjoram development is a testament of how the company and its petroleum arrangement contractors consistently push boundaries towards maximising value from its hydrocarbon resources.
