The Case Study of Gumusut Deepwater Project

Shell announced that Final Investment Decision has been taken to jointly develop the
Gumusut-Kakap field, located in deepwater, offshore Sabah, Malaysia.
Sabah Shell Petroleum Company will be operator of the development, which will
employ the region's first deepwater Floating Production System (FPS), with a
processing capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil per day. The field, which is in waters
up to 1,200 metres deep in blocks J and K, will be developed using 19 subsea wells
with oil exported via a pipeline to a new oil and gas terminal, which will be built in
Kimanis, Sabah.
The Gumusut and Kakap fields were combined into a single development under a Unitisation and Unit Operating Agreement signed by the co-venturers in 2006. Shell
and Conoco Phillips Sabah Ltd each hold 33% interests in the development PETRONAS Carigali has 20% and Murphy 14%.
The study of offshore floating structure subjected to random waves is focused on
semi submersible with cylinder column. In this study, the motion responses in surge and heave have been evaluated