On 5 October 2013, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, or PTTEP, held a Sail Away Ceremony for Zawtika Processing and Living Quarters Platform (ZPQ) at SMOE Yard in Singapore. The ZPQ will be sailed from SMOE Yard in Singapore to its destination at the Zawtika field in the Gulf of Mottama, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, on 10 October 2013, to produce and supply natural gas for Myanmar and Thailand. 

     H.E. Mr. U Zay Yar Aung, Minister of Energy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, jointly presided over the sail-away ceremony with Dr. Norkun Sitthiphong, Chairman of the Board of Director of PTTEP, along with H.E. Mr. Marut Jitpatima, Ambassador of Thailand to Singapore as an honorable witness. Mr. Tevin Vongvanich, President and Chief Executive Officer of PTTEP, and other PTTEP executives were also at the Ceremony to welcome the honorable guests. PTTEP estimated that the Zawtika Project was expected to start gas production by the end of 2013 with targeted production rate of 345 million standard cubic feet per day.

     ZPQ is an integrated platform which combined both natural gas processing facilities and living quarters into a single platform. Its topside weighs 16,500 metric ton and was designed and constructed over a period of 28 months. ZPQ has already achieved a remarkable 9.5 million man-hours without any lost time incident.