PALEMBANG, GESAHKITA COM-PT Pertamina Hulu Rokan (PHR) – Regional Sumatra Zone 4 discovered new oil and gas reserves in the Wilela (WLL)-001 export exploration well.
The well is located in Paduraksa Village, Tanjung Agung District, Muara Enim Regency, South Sumatra Province, located 15 km from the Merbau Collecting Station (SP) and 25 km from the Limau SP.
Well WLL-001 was drilled on 28 March 2022 and reached a final depth of 1,358 meters Measured Depth (mMD) on 19 April 2022.
President Director of PHR-Regional Sumatra Jaffee Arizon Suardin said the well was able to find gas and condensate through the first Drill Stem Test (DST#1) which was carried out on the sandstone reservoir of the Air Benakat Formation at intervals of 880-886 m.
Jaffee said the findings were a manifestation of Pertamina’s commitment to increasing reserves and efforts to meet the increasing demand for gas, along with increasing industrial growth in South Sumatra, and supporting the achievement of national oil and gas production targets.
“With the Spirit of SUMATERA (SUstainable, MAssive, To grow, Efficient, Resilient, Aggressive), PHR-Regional Sumatra will continue to carry out safe and superior oil and gas operations so that it can contribute significantly and sustainably,” said Jaffee.
Director of Exploration of PT Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE)-Subholding Upstream Medy Kurniawan said this achievement was a trigger for Pertamina workers in the Sumatra Region to keep trying to find new oil and gas reserves.
Medy said the upstream subholding has a massive and aggressive work plan in 2022, including 29 exploration wells, as well as 813 development wells drilling and 500 wells of which are in the PHR area.
“With the full support of all stakeholders, the company’s operational activities in finding and producing oil and gas can run smoothly and Indonesia’s energy needs can be met. So that the drilling of the WLL-001 exploration well runs smoothly and successfully finds oil and gas reserves,” added Medy.
The Head of SKK Migas Sumbagsel Representative Anggono Mahendrawan said that the findings were a very good achievement as a result of the efforts that had been made by PHR.
“As one of the Cooperation Contract Contractors (KKKS) that has the most drilling targets this year, PHR must indeed make more efforts to find oil and gas reserves in the operating area,” explained Anggono.
Anggono said that SKK Migas would then provide support for the drilling plans carried out by all KKKS, especially in the Sumbagsel area, including PHR.
“This discovery will contribute to the achievement of the national oil and gas production target, it is hoped that all the targets given can be met and production continues to increase. We must be optimistic that the production target is 1 million barrels of oil per day (BOPD) and 12 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day (BSCFD). ) in 2030 can be realized,” said Anggono.
Exploration drilling for the Wilela-001 well is carried out while maintaining high HSSE performance, implementing strict COVID-19 prevention protocols, and implementing operational excellence.
