SKK Migas Claims To Find 15.02 Million Cubic Feet Of Gas On Seram Island, Maluku

Illustration (Photo: Doc. Antara)

AMBON - The Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business (SKK Migas) and Cooperation Contract Contractors (KKKS) Citic Seram Energy claim to have found 15.02 million cubic feet of gas on Seram Island, Maluku.

"So we carried out a retest intended to test and evaluate the potential for hydrocarbons in carbonate rocks of the Manusela formation," said SKK Migas Head of Drilling and Well Treatment Division Surya Widyantoro, as quoted from Antara, Sunday, 12 February

The discovery of the 'treasure' on Seram Island, to be precise in the Lofin-2 (re-entry) exploration well, Seti Village, North East Seram District, Seti, Central Maluku Regency.

After retesting the lining test of the Lofin-2 exploration well (re-entry), which has the main objective in carbonate rock of the Manusela formation, a gas flow of 15.02 million cubic feet of gas per day or MMSCFD was found in the non-choke 64/64 inches.

Re-testing the exploration well lining test to determine the character or behavior of the reservoir for future development of the Lofin structure.

Furthermore, currently the SKK Migas and Citic Seram Energy teams are still working and are at the location, to monitor and test the strength of the hydrocarbon bursts.

"Flaring during well testing has been carried out and the gas burst is quite good," said Surya.

According to Surya, the discovery of gas on Seram Island poses considerable challenges in the operational testing of exploratory wells, because they are located in a remote area, so it takes quite a long time.

"Especially for mobilizing drilling equipment and materials, wells with relatively deep depths and high reservoir pressure," Surya explained.

Plt Head of Program and Communication Division of SKK Migas Mohammad Kemal said the gas findings were a breath of fresh air for massive, aggressive, and efficient exploration which continues to be carried out by SKK Migas and KKKS.

Kemal added that the potential for oil reserves on Seram Island, Maluku is still quite large and at least the potential reserves can reach five billion barrels.

"We have potential oil reserves, namely Seram Island and Warim Papua, and thank God there are already investors who are interested in seeing the data," said Kemal.

Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities are state/government activities, PSC Contractors only become operators and are supervised and controlled by SKK Migas, so that they are different from private plantation and mining activities in general.