JAKARTA - PT Pertamina (Persero) through Pertamina EP Regional Sumatra discovered a new source of oil reserves in the Sungai Gelam Timur-001 Exploration Well (SGET-001) located around the Jambi Field, Sungai Gelam District, Muaro Jambi Regency.
Through the first drill stem test (DST#1) which was carried out on the sandstone reservoir of the Air Benakat Formation at an interval of 1,622-1,624 meters (mMD), oil resources with a flow rate of 434 barrels per day (Barrel) were found. Oil Per Day/BOPD) and gas 0.18 million standard cubic feet per day (Million Standard Cubic Feet per Day/MMSCFD).
"All of these efforts are a form of our commitment to increase oil and gas reserves and production in Sumatra and support the achievement of national oil and gas production targets," said President Director of PT Pertamina Hulu Rokan as Pertamina's Regional Sumatra Subholding Upstream, Jaffee Arizon Suardin, quoted on Sunday, January 16.
The Head of SKK Migas Representative for Southern Sumatra, Anggono Mahendrawan, appreciated all parties who took part in efforts to find oil and gas reserves in all upstream oil and gas working areas, especially in Southern Sumatra.
He added that this achievement can be a motivation to encourage the enthusiasm of all parties, both the government and the community in supporting the upstream oil and gas industry in seeking more aggressive oil and gas reserves in the future. The SGET-001 well is located approximately 8 km from the existing production facility SP GS-02 and 14 km from the SP Ketaling production facility.
According to the plan, a second DST (DST#2) will be conducted at an interval of 1,491-1,495 meters (mMD) in the Air Benakat Formation.
Jafee hopes that this success will ignite the enthusiasm of Pertamina Officers in the Sumatra Region to continue trying to find new oil and gas reserves.
Furthermore, it is planned to conduct a second DST (DST#2) at an interval of 1,491-1,495 meters (mMD) in the Air Benakat Formation.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
