Moran

The Moran field is located in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is around 16 kilometres north of the Kutubu development, and 50 kilometres southeast of the Hides gas field. Production commenced via an Extended Well Test (EWT) in January 1998. Full field development (FFD) was carried out in 2001 and 2002, at a cost of US$182.2 million (nominal). The FFD included the expansion of the Agogo Processing Facility (APF) and EWT facilities to 24,000 b/d capacity, and the construction of a 20 kilometre road. From the APF, which is part of the Kutubu Area, oil is transported via the Kutubu export pipeline to the offshore Kumul Marine Terminal. Production peaked in 2007 at approximately 21,100 b/d. The Moran field straddles PDL 2, PDL 5 and PDL 6. The initial unitisation of the field was 45:55 between PDL 2 and PDL 5. Upon discovery of the northwestern part of the field crossing into PDL 6, this was amended to 44:55:1 between PDL 2, PDL 5, and PDL 6.