Sunday, August 5, 2018

ENI Merakes Gas Field, East Kalimantan



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.

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More information at:
https://www.eni.com/docs/en_IT/enicom, /media/press-release/2018/04/PR_Eni_Merakes.pdf

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