By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 8 -- Total SA confirmed an extension of Tunu gas field's southern zone with a gas discovery between Tunu and Peciko fields off East Kalimantan.
The Tunu Great South-1 well, drilled in very shallow water 8 km southwest of Tunu field's southernmost platform, encountered numerous gas reservoirs on Mahakam block.
Total E&P Indonesia plans a production test and also plans to drill appraisal wells. The extension could come on stream by 2009, it said.
Last year, Total said it planned to spend $1.5 billion on gas development in Indonesia, much of that on Mahakam block.
Total E&P Indonesia operates Tunu field in partnership with Inpex Corp., Tokyo, under a production-sharing contract (OGJ Online, Aug. 7, 2006).
