Jambaran-Tiung Biru drilling due next year

Nov. 12, 2018
Drilling will start in next year’s second half at the Jambaran-Tiung Biru natural gas project in Bojonegoro Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Jamsaton Nababan, president director of Pertamina EP Cepu, the operator, said at a press briefing that drilling of two of six planned wells will begin in July, according to the Jakarta Post.

Drilling will start in next year’s second half at the Jambaran-Tiung Biru (JTB) natural gas project in Bojonegoro Regency, East Java, Indonesia.

Jamsaton Nababan, president director of Pertamina EP Cepu (PEPC), the operator, said at a press briefing that drilling of two of six planned wells will begin in July, according to the Jakarta Post.

The project results from unitization of Jambaran and Tiung Biru gas fields, which former partner ExxonMobil estimated ultimately can produce 1.6 tcf of natural gas. ExxonMobil Corp. withdrew from the project, in which it held a 45% interest, last year.

JTB production is to reach 192 MMscfd, excluding a carbon dioxide cut of about 30%, according to the press report.

About 100 MMscfd of the sales gas will feed the state electricity generator. The rest will flow to industrial customers in East Java.

According to PEPC’s web site, the JTB project is part of a gas development that also will include Cendana field.

PEPC last year let a contract to JGC Corp. of Japan for construction of the 330-MMcfd JTB gas processing plant (OGJ Online, Dec. 6, 2017).