BJ win in Indonesia

Aberdeen, UK – BJ Tubular Services of Aberdeen has won a major contract with Hess Indonesia (Pangkah) Ltd to provide a series of rigless conductor installation operations offshore Indonesia, the Scottish company said 6 March.

Under the three-year contract, BJ is to carry out these services on 14 wells located offshore in Block PSC of the Pangkah Development. BJ completed operations on the first platform in January.

The company used conventional pile driving methods to install the 14 x 30-inch conductors on the first platform as the rig arrived at the same time that Hess completed platform construction.

However, BJ will carry out operations on the remaining platforms without a rig, using several of its fleet of hydraulic hammers to pre-install the conductors with deviated drive shoes. This, it said, means the conductors will be driven prior to the arrival of the drilling rig, thereby reducing time and expense to Hess.

In addition to the conductor installation work in Indonesia, BJ is providing casing and chrome tubing running services for Hess in the Phu Horm field onshore Thailand.