OceanMight’s completion of first ECP project a testament

Another Sarawakian proud firm, OceanMight Sdn Bhd ( OceanMight) officially completed its first Engineering Construction and Procurement ( ECP) project on Wednesday named the Kinabalu Redevelopment Wellhead Topside and Jacket.

The platform is expected to contribute to a combined production of 15,000 barrels of oil per day and non-associated Gas of 30 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfd) for the Kinabalu field.

According to OceanMight, first oil is expected to be seen in the subsequent financial quarter. The project was awarded to their group back in July 2015 by Repsol Oil and Gas Malaysia Ltd (Repsol).

Subsequently, the group received another contract award from Repsol in May 2016 for the ECP works of its Bunga Pakma wellhead riser project.

Speaking during a ceremony held at OceanMight’s fabrication yard, Datuk Kho Kak Beng, chief executive officer (CEO) and director of OceanMight thanked Repsol for allowing the group to continue their foray into the oil and gas (O&G) industry which begun two years ago during OceanMight’s inception.

“I am very thankful to Repsol for their trust in us and their award of these two projects to us as the undertaking of the projects has allowed us to improve ourselves further within the O&G industry in a short amount of time.

“Additionally, the two projects have also helped us contribute to making Sarawak a developed state as we have hired over 800 local Sarawakians to work on the projects.”

Kho, who is also the group managing director of KKB, added that the subcontractors employed were also mostly Sarawak-based companies which further added to the enrichment of the local economy that the projects have brought.

Despite the works being new to OceanMight, the group was able to complete works on schedule with a safety record of 1.3 million man hours with zero lost-time injury.