As part of efforts to augment its oil and gas reserves, Pertamina, through its subsidiary engaged in the upstream sector, focused on five new exploration areas, Pertamina Upstream Director Dharmawan H Samsu said in a written statement released on Wednesday.
With the well spudding having been completed in early 2019, the well produces 540 barrels of oil per day, he said.
To develop the Benewangi well, Pertamina Hulu Energi has identified several prospective basement plays in working areas nearby, with prospective resources estimated at 500 million barrels of oil (MMBO).
This prospect has the same petroleum system as the Benewangi well, he said.
In February 2019, Pertamina's other subsidiary, PT Pertamina EP, also found gas reserves from the Randuwangi well in Subang district, West Java, which are projected to reach 15 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE).
In this second quarter of 2019, Pertamina EP also found gas and condensate reserves in the Pertamina EP Asset 4 in Toli sub-district, Banggai district, Central Sulawesi province.
The discovery of exploration well Morea-001 followed the discovery of reserves from exploration drilling in Wolai last year, with contingent resources of around 250 billion cubic feet of gas (BCFG) plus several million barrels of oil (MMBO).
The discovery of oil and gas reserves in Wolai last year and Morea this year will shore up Pertamina's confidence in conducting exploration either through seismic or drilling activities and speed up Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) synergy programs to increase its oil and gas reserves, he said.
Translator: Suharto
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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