Petronas great discovery.

Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, drilling and production arm of Petroleum Nasional Bhd (Petronas), said two gas discoveries in the shallow waters off the west coast of Sabah was found.

The first discovery made ​​in Zuhai East-1, located in Block SAMARANG Asam Paya, about 130 miles southwest of Kota Kinabalu.

"Current estimates of gas content is 550 billion standard cubic feet,"

A similar reservoir in the lake near about 5 kilometers east of the East Zuhai discovery contains gas flow tested at a maximum rate of 21 million standard cubic feet per day, he said.

while the second discovery in the well Menggatal-1 found in Block SB312, about 110 kilometers northeast of Kota Kinabalu.

"PSC Block SB312 is a joint venture between Petronas Carigali holds 60 percent equity and Kufpec Malaysia (SB 312) Ltd, a subsidiary of Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co., which holds the balance of interests," he said.
source-utusan