Fugro has won a geotechnical contract for KrisEnergy’s Apsara oilfield in Block A, offshore Cambodia, as part of the nation’s first hydrocarbon development.
Fugro has won a geotechnical contract for KrisEnergy’s Apsara oilfield in Block A, offshore Cambodia, as part of the nation’s first hydrocarbon development.
Fugro will carry out a geotechnical investigation to support the design and installation phases of the Apsara Mini Phase 1A development. The work will be performed using its dedicated drill ship, the Fugro Mariner, and will comprise shallow gas pilot-hole drilling, and geotechnical sample boreholes and cone penetration tests.
‘Our involvement in the Block A exploration goes back to 2006, when we supported the drilling of the initial exploration wells,’ said Jerry Paisley, Fugro’s business line director, Asia Pacific Region. ‘Part of our success is owed to our ‘Triple A’ approach, where we acquire, analyse and advise on Geo-data across the full project life cycle’.
Vladimir Lavie, senior geophysicist for KrisEnergy, said: ‘We’ve already completed our geophysical surveys, and Fugro’s geotechnical investigation will provide the final set of geomechanical information needed to derisk the design, installation and operation of our project.’
The Apsara field lies over the Khmer Basin, an unproduced geological basin in Cambodian waters in the Gulf of Thailand.
