On March 3, Malaysia Maritime and Heavy Industries Holdings Berhad (MHB) announced via its official website that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE), has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract for the Marginal Field Design Platform (MFDP) project by PTTEP Sarawak Petroleum Company Limited and PTTEP Hong Kong Petroleum Company Limited, subsidiaries of the PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP).
The scope covers wellhead platform (WHP) facilities, supporting the accelerated development and commercialisation of discovered marginal and sub-marginal oil and gas fields off the coast of Sarawak, offshore East Malaysia.
Under the contract, MHB will fabricate up to 11 wellhead platforms, with the overall programme scheduled for execution over a four-year period. Upon completion, the facilities will be deployed offshore Sarawak to support PTTEP’s field development plans. To date, work order for four wellhead platforms have been awarded.
The MFDP framework adopts a fit-for-purpose, standardised WHP design with a catalogue of-items approach to drive consistency, efficiency and replicability across multiple developments. By integrating all required facilities under a bundled execution strategy, it delivers cost optimisation, schedule certainty and economies of scale – enhancing project viability across offshore blocks.
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB) is a globally recognised energy and marine solutions provider, serving a broad spectrum of offshore & onshore facilities and vessels. Strategically located in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia, MHB operates the largest fabrication yard in the country and one of the largest in
Southeast Asia.
With over 50 years of proven industry expertise, MHB continues to evolve its capabilities in offshore energy construction, delivering sustainable, high performance engineering solutions for deepwater facilities, fixed platforms, turrets and various modules for the oil and gas segment.
Backed by a comprehensive track record in fabricating offshore structures, MHB is now at the forefront of new energy segments with the building of offshore carbon capture facility and HVDC for wind farms projects. MHB is also a leading marine repair and upgrade specialist, renowned for its LNG carrier repair and floater conversion capabilities, including FPSOs and FSOs.