ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc, a unit of ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM), said it has started producing natural gas from the Telok field offshore Malaysia in the South China Sea .

The field is being developed under a gas production sharing contract with ExxonMobil as the operator, in partnership with state energy company Petroliam Nasional Bhd, ExxonMobil said in a Sunday statement.
Petroliam Nasional and ExxonMobil each own 50% in the project.