SKK Migas And Harpindo Mutra Kharisma Tujak Sumur Exploration Sugih-1 In Central Lampung

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JAKARTA - As an effort to meet national energy needs, PT. Harpindo Mitra Kharisma, which is contracted with the Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas), carried out the Sugih-1 Exploration Well tax.

Sumur Sugih-1 terletak di Wilayah Kerja Lampung III, tepatnya di Desa Tanjung Ratu Ilir, Kecamatan Way Pengubuan, Kabupaten Lampung Tengah, Lampung.

Representative of the Southern Sumatra Oil and Gas SKK (Sumbagsel) Anggono Mahendrawan said the exploration well will be drilled using a vertical hole design using the #01 (550 HP) Eagle Rig with a planned final depth of wells at 920 mTVDKB. This exploration drilling is intended to test and evaluate the potential of oil and gas content contained in the Lahat and Talang Akar formations.

Anggono said that exploration well drilling activities in Lampung have a strategic meaning, not only in order to find oil and gas resources in this province.

However, more than that, the success of finding oil and gas reserves in Lampung will open up oil and gas discoveries outside the provinces of Jambi and South Sumatra, which have been the backbone of oil and gas production in South Sumatra.

"This will strengthen energy security and supply for the industry," said Anggono, Friday, November 17.

He hopes that with this tax, hydrocarbon reserves can be found in this area, so that in the future it can become a source of development in the Central Lampung area, increase local revenue (PAD), create multiplier effects for the community and employment opportunities,

Meanwhile, Head of the SKK Migas Program and Communication Division, Hudi D Suryodipuro, said that SKK Migas continues to encourage the implementation of massive exploration drilling, including in potential areas that have not been widely used in the lyrics, namely Lampung.

He explained, in the midst of the increasing need for oil and gas, to maintain the sustainability of the upstream oil and gas industry, in addition to efforts to increase production from existing reserves, the discovery of new oil and gas reserves is very important so that this industry can continue to provide support for national and regional development.

"For 2023, it is targeted that exploration drilling programs will continue to increase compared to the realization of exploration drilling in 2022 which will reach 30 wells. As of October 2023, the realization of exploration well drilling has reached 29 wells or has almost reached the realization of a similar program in 2022. Therefore, we are optimistic that the realization of drilling exploration wells in 2023 will be higher than last year," he explained.

Of the 29 taxed exploration wells, nine provided hydrocarbon reserves, with a total of 430 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE) of resources found, 14 wells are still in the drilling process and the rest are dry wells.

"Looking at the existing developments, we are optimistic that the discovery of this year's hydrocarbon reserves will be greater than in 2022. In the long term, the discovery of new reserves will be the backbone for efforts to achieve the 2030 target, namely oil production of 1 million barrels per day (BOPD) and gas 12 billion cubic feet per day (BSCFD)," said Hudi.