BPMIGAS finalizes drafts of PTK CBM
Wednesday, July 4 2012 - 08:55 AM WIB
Upstream Authority BPMIGAS has finalized the 4 drafts of work directives for the development of coal bed methane (PTK CBM) in Indonesia.
Awang Harun Satyana, Division Head for Non Conventional Hydrocarbon at BPMIGAS, said in Jakarta on Wednesday that currently the four drafts were being discussed with CBM PSC contractors, and later with experts. The results of the discussions will be used as inputs to improve the drafts.
?Hopefully, it can be finalized within the next three months,? he said.
He said recently that his institution decided to devise the PTK because the PTK on the conventional oil and gas could not be fully applied for the development of CBM.
He cited as an example the core drilling, which could not use the big rig like those used in the conventional oil and gas. Using the big rig will damage all of the coal.
?Therefore, the CBM development will need a special equipment. Measuring the CBM reserve is also different with that of the conventional oil and gas,? he said.
He said that based on three year experiences so far in handling the CBM, BPMIGAS has come to a conclusion that it has to devise a special work directive for CBM development. ?That?s why we?ve decided to draft the four PTK for CBM,? he added.
According to him the 4 PTK will consist of PTK for exploration and production activities, how the CB contractors propose the WP&B and AFE, how the gas handling should be before POD, and on the POD itself. ?The first three are very specific to CBM, as we cannot find them in the conventional ones,? he noted.
Editing by Benget Besalicto Tnb.