CALGARY (Indonesia Today) – Husky Energy reported, in the Madura Strait block offshore Indonesia, engineering and procurement has commenced on the shallow water platform infrastructure at the BD field and a tender for an FPSO is awaiting final government approval.

It said negotiations for a gas sales contract for the combined MDA/MBH development on the Madura Strait block are progressing, with first production anticipated in the late 2016-early 2017 timeframe.

A new natural gas discovery made on the block in the fourth quarter is now being evaluated, along with four previous discoveries made in 2012, Husky added.

Husky has a 50 percent interest in the MBF discovery, which is located west of the MBH field.