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Bala-1, Siab-1 (Samanasuk) and Siab-1 (Lum- In addition to the new discoveries, the
shiwal/Hangu) in KPK’s Kohat district, Lakhi company said it had brought online an addi-
Rud X-1 in Balochistan’s Musakhail district and tional 12 producing wells in an effort to offset
Sial-1 in Sindh’s Hyderabad district. natural field declines.
“The preliminary reserves estimates OGDCL said: “Decline in the production was
attributable to the discoveries are 53.03bn partially mitigated by injection of 12 operated wells
cubic feet (1.5bn cubic metres) of gas and in the system, including Mela-7, Pasakhi-11, TAY
0.84mn barrels of oil, a combined 10.32mn South West-1, Saand-1 & 2, Umair-1, Mangrio-1,
barrels of oil equivalent [boe],” local news- Togh Bala-1, Nashpa-10, Pasakhi Deep-6, Pasakhi
wire APP quoted the company’s report as West Deep-2 and Qadirpur-62, which cumula-
saying. The five discoveries produced an tively yielded gross crude oil and gas production
estimated 18 mmcf (509,760 cubic metres) of 371,918 barrels and 6,769 mmcf [191.7mn cubic
per day of gas and 849 bpd of oil. metres] respectively.”
SOUTHEAST ASIA
SKK Migas unveils exploration plans
PROJECTS & INDONESIA’S upstream regulator SKK Migas Pertamina spokesperson Achmad Setiadi told
COMPANIES has unveiled plans to launch its own onshore the newswire that the major would implement health
exploration project in East Java Province’s Lam- and safety guidelines during the project to prevent the
ongan Regency. coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission.
SKK Migas’ local office intends to begin “We as operators will carry out various very
drilling in the area in August, SKK Migas strict procedures related to the health of the
Jabanusa head Nurwahyudi revealed follow- workers, so as not to create new clusters [of infec-
ing a meeting with Lamongan Regent Yuhro- tions],” Setiadi said. He added that workers must
nur Efendi on July 26. quarantine for 14 days and pass an antigen test
“This is the first time that upstream oil and prior to entering Lamongan.
gas exploration will take place in Lamongan. In other news, SKK Migas has also signed off
There are lots of opportunities in Lamongan on a new offshore development in East Java.
Regency for exploration, very high,” Nurwahy- SKK Migas acting deputy Julius Wiratno said
udi told local media outlet Kompas. on July 21 that the regulator had approved Husky
Nurwahyudi said Pertamina would drill the CNOOC Madura Ltd’s (HCML) plan of devel-
KSE-001 Gold Cassowary well near Beru Village opment (POD) for the MBF field in the Madura
on SKK Migas’ behalf and that the land was cur- Strait block on July 19. HCML is a joint venture in
rently being prepared for this work. which China’s state-run CNOOC Ltd and Cana-
The official noted that SKK Migas had dian developer Husky Energy each own 40%, while
secured an exploration permit from both Indonesia’s Samudra Energy holds the remainder.
the Environment Service and the Transpor- Wiratno said the partners had committed to invest-
tation Service. ing $88mn in the field.
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