Having Wealth Of Up To 1 Billion Barrels, KESDM Urges Pertamina To Develop An Economy Field

Director General of Oil and Gas Tutuka Ariadji (Photo: Maria Trisnawati/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) through the Director General of Oil and Gas Bum9 (Dirjen Migas) Tutuka Ariadji asked PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ) to immediately work on the fire field.

"I suggest Pertamina exploit it. It's really big," said Tutuka when met by media crews at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Building, Thursday, March 14.

According to Tutuka, the oil field, which is located in the Thousand Islands (DKI Jakarta) to North Cirebon (West Java), has an oil resource volume of 800 million to 1 billion barrels of oil.

He argues that this field must be worked on immediately in order to pursue the oil lifting target of 1 million barrels per day (BOPD) by 2030.

Moreover, he said, the big oil and gas man is currently dominated by the findings of the gas giant field.

"The volume is bis800 million to 1 billion barrels of oil resources. That can be managed," added Tutuka.

Tutuka said, this field needs to be worked on immediately considering that this field has a heavy oil (HO) character and requires special equipment.

"The equipment is big, so there must be other technologies, for example with surfactants to dilute. So we encourage Pertamina to exploit it," concluded Tutuka.