A sustainability project towards zero continuous flaring and venting hydrocarbon of bokor betty rejuvenation project

The Bokor Betty Rejuvenation & Brownfield project involved in objective not only to increase the field production of gas and oil but the project also aligned with PETRONAS sustainability initiative and its aspiration to achieve Net Zero Carbon Emission by 2050 as part of its holistic approach to sustainability that balances Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). This project execution was starting in 2018, the rejuvenation and brownfield project of an existing field that has been produced for many years. In Malaysia, it recorded the annual CO2 emissions rate in 2020 is 272.62 million t lower than the previous year in 2019 with 278.88 million t [1]. The overall strategy developed during the front-end study of this project, the objective to achieve zero continuous flaring and zero venting, was the main objective for the project apart to sustain the production from this oil and gas field in Sarawak, Malaysia. It was a crucial project to support the international agenda and target for the zero-emission producing platform, yet still, prolong the production of gas and oil from the field. The challenges were also to work the hook-up and commissioning of the new facilities on the existing brownfield platform. This new facility needs to install a knock-out drum, flare system, EVRU, and decommissioning existing facilities such as vent platform and compressor. Through this comprehensive, detailed engineering and study, the construction commenced and translated the actual execution during the offshore works & the team successfully installed all new facilities with the existing platform and integrated the system. The integrated commissioning and start-up were structured detailed in and out to ensure the ultimate sustainability target for the project on zero venting and zero continuous flaring are achieved. Offshore execution for this project was held from 2018 until 2021, and the team achieved decommissioning of the existing old remote vent platform. This ensures the zero venting for this field that has been producing for many years, and finally, we reached zero venting for this field and supporting the PETRONAS sustainability target for net-zero emission by 2050. The project also successfully converted the vent to the flare system of the existing brownfield platform with the integration with the new Central Processing Platform (CPP). A successful project that ended the 40 years of venting gas into the atmosphere is a significant milestone for a sustainability proje