Pertamina EP Discovers Gas in South Sumatra

Pertamina EP, the upstream business unit of PT Pertamina, has discovered new gas reserves in the PAFE Pagardewa area in South Sumatra.

The company announced on Monday that the Lavatera-1 exploration well in the area could produce 5.7 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas, Jakarta Post reported.

The company planned to directly prepare a put on production (POP) scheme for the Lavatera-1 well in early 2013 to allow the well to produce 3 mmscfd.

The same POP schemes had also been implemented for 7 other wells in Pagardewa, Tasim and Prabumenang with combined production of 17 mmscfd of gas and 450 barrels of condensate per day (bpd).

The gas will all be supplied to PT PGN for the South Sumatra-West Java pipeline.