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His Royal Highness The Crown Prince Pengiran Muda Haji
Al-Muhtadee Billah officially launched the opening up of
offshore Blocks J and K within the Brunei Darussalam
Economic Zone on 29 January 2001.
Blocks J and K are situated in the deepwater areas of
Brunei Darussalam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in
water depths ranging from 1,000 to 2,750 m. Both blocks
are sited about 100km northwest of the coast of Brunei
and each covers an area of approximately 5,000 sq. km.
Two consortia were each awarded deepwater Blocks J and K
on 28 January 2002.
Block J was awarded to a consortium made up of Total,
BHP Billiton and Amerada Hess. Block K was awarded to a consortium made up of Shell Group,
ConocoPhillips and Mitsubishi Corporation.
The
Production Sharing Agreement for Block J was signed on
10th March 2003. |