Pertamina News


Java Sea Oil Spill Clean-up Continues

Aug 08, 2019

Clean-up efforts after an oil spill from a well in Indonesia's Java Sea will take until at least March next year, state energy firm Pertamina said on Thursday as it struggles to plug the underwater leak.The spill started on July 12 when Pertamina…

Neptune Acquires Interests in Offshore Indonesia

Jul 29, 2019

Neptune Energy East Sepinggan, subsidiary of the European exploration and production company Neptune Energy has agreed to acquire interests from the Eni East Sepinggan Limited, a unit of Eni in the Kutei basin production sharing contracts (PSC) offshore Indonesia…

ADNOC, Pertamina Ink Development Pact

Jul 24, 2019

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement on Wednesday with Indonesia's state-owned energy company PT Pertamina for oil and gas collaboration in both countries and globally, ADNOC said in a statement.The comprehensive strategic…

Asia: Pertamina, Petronas Join Forces

Mar 03, 2019

Indonesian state-owned energy company PT Pertamina and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) of Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop oil and gas business – upstream and downstream, not only in Indonesia or Malaysia but also in other countries…

Exxon to Be Indonesia's Top Oil Producer

Jan 16, 2019

Exxon Mobil Corp unit Exxon Mobil Cepu Limited is expected to produce 216,000 barrels per day of crude oil in 2019, making it Indonesia's biggest oil producer, the country's upstream oil and gas regulator (SKKMigas) said.In second place Chevron…

Indonesia's Oil Output Rises

Jan 04, 2019

The Indonesian unit of Chevron Corp produced 209,400 barrels of oil per day (bpd) from the Rokan block in 2018, down from 223,000 bpd a year earlier, Dwi Soetjipto, chairman of upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said.Exxon Mobil produced 209…

Indonesia Grants New Oil Blocks Contracts

Dec 27, 2018

Indonesia has announced the winner of its third bidding round that will operate oil and gas blocks in three locations, Deputy Energy Minister Arcandra Tahar, said on Thursday.The winners are Pearloil (Theralite) Ltd. for South Andaman block…

Eni Makes Discovery Offshore Indonesia

Dec 19, 2018

Italian oil and gas company Eni has discovered more gas near the Merakes field offshore Indonesia.Eni said on Wednesday it successfully drilled a well in the East Sepinggan block offshore Kalimantan to a depth of 3,400 m MD in 1,592 m of water…

Indonesia Approves Eni’s Merakes Project

Dec 18, 2018

Italian energy giant Eni announced that Indonesia has approved its investment plan for the Merakes project, located in the Kutei Basin, offshore East Kalimantan.Eni will now start work on developing the project, which will involve drilling and constructing subsea wells in water depths of 1…

Eni's Indonesia Gas Project to Start Up in 2021

Dec 04, 2018

Energy company Eni aims to start output of natural gas from its offshore Merakes project in Indonesia in 2021, the country's deputy energy minister said on Tuesday.Initial production at Merakes would be 155 million cubic feet of natural gas per day (mmcfd)…

Natuna under pressure

Apr 01, 2017

Steve Hamlen profiles the East Natuna gas field offshore Indonesia. Image from iStock. The huge East Natuna gas field in Indonesia’s Natuna Sea is considered to be the largest undeveloped gas prospect offshore Asia…

Extending asset operational lifetimes

May 19, 2015

Aging offshore production systems and infrastructures can be given extended lifecycles with today’s creative methods of remediation, standardization, and preventative techniques, say a group of engineers presenting at the recently held Offshore Technology Conference in Houston…

Rowan drillship down for repairs

May 28, 2014

Rowan Companies plc said the Rowan Renaissance drillship has been pulled from service off West Africa after experiencing equipment problems, the company announced in its monthly fleet status report released on 27 May 2014. Rowan said…

Hess sells Indonesian assets

Jan 16, 2014

PTTEP and Pertamina agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture to buy Hess’ assets offshore Indonesia for US$1.3 billion. The companies will gain 75% stake in Pangkah field and 23% in the Natuna Sea A field. The Pangkah transaction will be finalized in Q1 2014…

Hess sells Indonesian assets

Dec 02, 2013

PTTEP and Pertamina signed a 50:50 joint venture to buy Hess' assets off Indonesia for US $1.3 billion. The companies will gain 75% stake in Pangkah field and 23% in the Natuna Sea A field. The Pangkah transaction will be finalized in Q1 2014…

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