Britain’s Duke of Gloucester Visits BSP’s Champion 7

Bandar Seri Begawan - The prolific offshore platform Champion 7 of Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad (BSP) was honoured with the visit made by His Royal Highness Prince Richard (Duke of Gloucester) yesterday afternoon.

HRH Prince Richard was accompanied by Mr Andrew Caie, British High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam, and Mr Martin Walley, his deputy.

Upon arrival at Brunei International Airport, HRH Prince Richard was greeted by Mr Mark Came, Managing Director of Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd.

At Champion 7, HRH Prince Richard was greeted by Mr Peter Slaiby, East Asset Manager of BSP, and Pg Maszidi Pg Hj Abd Hamid, East Head of Operations Support.

The programme started with an introduction by Mr Mark Came and a presentation of the activities and performances of East Asset Unit, which includes Champion fields and its contribution to BSP's overall production by Pg Maszidi.

The East Asset Unit has developed six fields since 1970 namely Champion, Magpie, Iron Duke, Champion West, Peragam and Bugan.

The Champion field was discovered in 1970 and comprises of 89 structures, one manned complex and six production stations. Its daily production for oil is 103,000 barrels per day and 9mln cubic metre of gas per day.

Following the advent of technology, it has developed its Smart wells since 2000.

Before leaving the platform, HRH Prince Richard had a closer look at some of the offshore operations during a guided tour round the platform. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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