SKK Boss Says Shell Wants To Invest In Sulawesi To NTB

Head of the Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) Djoko Siswanto. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) revealed that the British oil and gas giant Shell Plc plans to re-enter and invest in Indonesia.

Head of SKK Migas Djoko Siswanto said Shell had joint study together with the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec) to explore potential in five regions in Indonesia.

"Two offshore areas in West Sulawesi and 3 offshore areas in Bali and West Nusa Tenggara," Djoko said, quoted Thursday, November 13.

He continued, to explore this potential, Shell's participation rights in this project are known to be 50 percent, while the other 50 percent are narrowed by Kufpec.

"He's a join tandem, the PI," he said.

Djoko said, to show his seriousness, Shell has submitted a proposal to the Directorate General of Oil and Gas (Ditjen Migas) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) to work on the five working areas.

Djoko said that apart from Shell, there are 25 oil and gas companies that have the potential and express interest in entering and investing in Indonesia.

Djoko said, there are big names such as Chevron, TotalEnergies, and Shell who have expressed their commitment to working on Indonesian oil and gas fields.

"There is a Total. Chevron has committed to come and see which one is big, right, he will take big companies to see big ones too. Shell too Alhamdulillah, cool right," Djoko told the media crew when met on the sidelines of The 49th IPA Convention and Exhibition at ICE BSD, Tangerang, Tuesday, May 20.

Dia menjelaskan, nantinya perusahaan tersebut akan fokus pada kegiatan eksplorasi.

Bahkan, lanjut dia, terdapat perusahaan yang telah melakukan join study dan ada yang sudah merampungkan kegiatan join study.

"Ada yang sudah join study, ada yang mau tinggal jalan, dia tinggal cari, tinggal pilih lah," terang Djoko.

Lebih jauh, Djoko menyebut, banyaknya perusahaan yang hendak masuk ke industri migas Indonesia menunjukkan industri hulu migas RI masih sangat menggairahkan bagi investor asing.

He explained that later the company would focus on exploration activities.

In fact, he continued, there are companies that have joint studies and some have completed joint study activities.

"Some have joined a study, some want to just walk, they just have to look for it, just choose it," explained Djoko.

Furthermore, Djoko said, many companies that want to enter the Indonesian oil and gas industry show that the upstream Indonesian oil and gas industry is still very exciting for foreign investors.