AMEC Berca Indonsia

AMEC Berca Indonesia (ABI), AMEC's Indonesian joint venture company with CCM Group, based in Jakarta, has been awarded an engineering design contract for TOTAL E&P Indonesie's Tunu Phase 12 gas and condensate field in the Mahakam river delta, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

This is the fifth contract undertaken by ABI for TOTAL in Indonesia in the past twelve months, bringing the total value of work to over £4m (US$8m)
The contract was awarded by local EPC contractor, PT KALIRAYA SARI, and involves the detailed design of three Gathering and Testing Satellite (GTS) platforms, two offshore and one onshore, including tie-ins to the existing facilities.
As design contractor, ABI will be responsible for the overall performance of detailed engineering work, including pre-engineering, survey, detailed design, tie-in engineering and final documentation. The engineering phase will be completed in June 2008.

"This is the fifth detailed design contract for Total awarded to ABI this year, and confirms the strength of our relationship with TOTAL," said Ben Dowson, ABI’s General Manager. "Our customer, PT KALIRAYA SARI, already has a great deal of experience producing GTSs for TOTAL, and we look forward to working closely with them on this project."

Media contacts:

• (UK) Frank Stokes, tel: +44 (0) 7712 008356; rank.stokes@amec.com
  Jacob Howard, tel +44 (0)207 539 5989; jacob.howard@amec.com



• (Jakarta) Ben Dowson, tel: +62 21 315 9040; ben.dowson@amec.com

Notes to Editors:

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• The Tunu field is located partially onshore in swamp areas and partially offshore in shallow waters. Since 2003, the Tunu field has been operated at medium pressure at wellhead pressures of 25-35 barg. The Tunu Phase 11 development project is intended to provide low-pressure systems to allow continued production in the face of ongoing reservoir depletion.



• PT AMEC Berca Indonesia (ABI), established in 2002, is a wholly Indonesian joint venture company with the Berca Engineering subsidiaries of local business conglomerate, CCM Group. ABI provides a broad range of services across the supply chain, from project management and consultancy, engineering, procurement, construction management and operations and maintenance to the oil, gas, petrochemical and process industries.



• ABI has executed numerous projects for TOTAL in Indonesia since 2001. Earlier this year the company completed work on two detailed design projects for Meindo Elang Indah and Punj Lloyd. In September, ABI was awarded a further two contracts in September by Meindo, both of which are scheduled for design completion in mid-2008.