Status of petroleum exploration in the offshore areas of Indonesia

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1973 · Ecafeccop Tech. Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6645979

Supraptono,

Offshore exploration for petroleum in Indonesia began in 1967, except for a prewar discovery off Seram. Twenty one companies are presently exploring Indonesian offshore areas in cooperation with Pertamina on a production-sharing system in 27 contract areas totalling 2,227,965 sq km. Intensive geophysical exploration has been carried out by 16 oil companies, including marine seismic, gravity and magnetic work totalling 76,221 line-km in 1971 and 21,912 line-km in the first half of 1972. A further 116,000 line-km was surveyed by research vessels. Ninety-one offshore exploratory wells in 16 contract areas were drilled in 1971, and 32 in the first half of 1972/ of these, 14 were oil wells and 4 were gas wells. Total metreage drilled was 243,638 for those periods. Five new oil structures and 3 new gas structures were discovered. Total crude oil production from offshore fields was 4,065,135 bbl, from 43 producing wells, and 971,538 Mcf of natural gas. In the first half of 1972, offshore oil production rose to 10,932,000 bbl, 5.7% of Indonesia's total crude production.

• OSTI ID: 6645979
• Journal Information: Ecafeccop Tech. Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Ecafeccop Tech. Bull.; (United States) Vol. 7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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