The Largest Petroleum Producting Area In Indonesia, Candidates For New Capitals Also Including

Illustration of oil mining (Photo: Doc. Antara)

YOGYAKARTA Indonesia is known as a country with a large natural resource (SDA) wealth. In addition to precious metals and coal, Indonesia also has natural resources in the form of oil and gas. There are several largest petroleum-producing areas in Indonesia that have the potential to be developed.

Quoted from Katadata, Trading Economics explained that oil production in Indonesia is in the top 10 among other G20 countries. Indonesia even occupies a 9th position below the United Kingdom with crude oil production of 644 thousand barrels per day for the September 2021 period.

Although the potential for oil is quite large, not all regions in Indonesia have oil. The areas that have the potential for natural resources in the form of petroleum are as follows.

Riau people should be proud. Not only beautiful, Riau Province also has considerable oil potential because it is capable of producing 365,827 barrels of oil per day. The oil is produced from the Natuna Islands which has 6 mining blocks, namely Rokan, Mountain Front Kuantan, Siak, Coastal Plains & Pekanbaru, Malacca Strait, and the Long Strait.

Even throughout 2021, SKK Migas KKKS Riau Region succeeded in drilling 263 wells.

"There are 263 wells that have been drilled during 2021. This number comes from drilling carried out by PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia, PT Pertamina Hulu Rokan, flatty Bentu Ltd, BOB PT BSP Pertamina Hulu, Malacca Strait SA and Texcal Mahato," said Head of SKK Representative Migas Sumbagut Rikky Rahmat Firdaus in Pekanbaru, quoted from Riau.go.id, Monday, September 5, 2022.

The oil SDA owned by West Papua turned out to be one of the largest. This area is capable of producing 14,811 barrels of oil per day. A large source of petroleum was found in Sorong City, namely in Klamono, Linda, Salawati, or around Bintuni.

The huge potential for petroleum in West Papua has made the company Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea Petroleum Maatschappij (NNGPM) carry out oil drilling activities in 1935. As a result, West Papua was able to produce 8.243 barrels of crude oil and 6.568 barrels of condensate.

This province has coal, natural gas, and petroleum. Some areas produce petroleum in South Sumatra such as Plaju, Sungai Gerong, and Muara Enim. This province is capable of producing 30,718 barrels of petroleum per day and 10,339 barrels of condensate.

Most recently, PT Pertamina Hulu Rokan (PHR) - Sumatra Regional Zone 4 managed to find new oil and gas reserves in Paduraksa Village, Tanjung Agung District, Muara Enim Regency, South Sumatra Province.

Who would have thought, East Java became a province that contributed crude oil to Indonesia. In fact, oil production in East Java reaches 305,000 barrels per day. Regions in East Java that have natural resources are Kangean, Tuban, Cepu, Brantas, Gresik, Madura Barat, and Bawean.

Quoted from kominfo.jatimprov.go.id, East Java is one of the largest producers of petroleum in Indonesia. This is evident from the many discoverys of oil and gas fields in East Java.

Throughout history, one of the largest oil and gas mining discoveries was the Cepu Block which was in Bojonegoro Regency because it contained oil and gas reserves of 7.7 trillion cubic feet of petroleum or the equivalent of 650 million barrels. The potential for oil in East Java is known to be 583,475.5 million barrels.

The existence of petroleum in East Kalimantan contributed to petroleum from Indonesia. Even oil and gas are the largest export commodities in East Kalimantan.

In Balikpapan, for example, Pertamina conducts oil drilling with a capacity of 260 thousand barrels per day and supplies 26% of fuel in Indonesia, especially in the Eastern part.

Those are some of the largest petroleum-producing regions in Indonesia. To get other interesting information, visit VOI.ID.