Weststar awarded five year contract for two AW139s

Weststar awarded five year contract for two AW139s

1-Apr-2015 Source: HeliHub.com

Weststar Aviation Services has today started a new contract operating two AW139 helicopters to expand operations for oil and gas exploration under the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority.  Weststar are providing the helicopters to Carigali Hess Operating Company and Carigali PTTEPI Operating Company Sdn Bhd.

The contract is worth 370 million Malaysian Ringgit ($100M), and will see the pair of helicopters based at Kota Baharu, Kelantan – the northerly most point on the Malaysian coastline, and close to the Thai border.  That will provide a typical sector length of 150km to the centre point of the Joint Development Area in the Gulf of Thailand.

Carigali Hess Operating Company Sdn. Bhd is equally owned by Petronas and Hess Oil Company.  Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company Sdn. Bhd. is equally owned by Petronas and PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited.

John Burcote – HeliHub.com

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