Eni announces the approval
of the Plan of Development (POD) for the Merakes field located offshore East
Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The Indonesian Minister
for Energy Mr. Ignasius Jonanhas,
granted the approval and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia, in April 2018.
Eni subsidiary Eni East
Sepinggan is the operator of the East Sepinggan PSC and holds 85% interest in
the site, while Pertamina Hulu Energy holds the remaining 15%.
The Merakes field was
discovered by the Merakes 1 well, which was drilled in October 2014 in 1,372m
of water.
The well was drilled to a
depth of 2,732m in 1,269m of water. It encountered a 17m gas column in clean sandstones
of the Pliocene age.
The gas field is expected
to have a plateau production rate of 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day.
More information at:
https://www.eni.com/docs/en_IT/enicom, /media/press-release/2018/04/PR_Eni_Merakes.pdf
