EMP: Slight increase in Bentu block output

By Febry Silaban

IDX-listed PT Energi Mega Persada Tbk(EMP) said that gas output at Bentu block in Riau reached 51.3 mmscfd in the first half of this year, a slight increase compared to the corresponding period of last year.

?There was a slight increase (in production) which is about 51.3 mmscfd,? President Director ofEMP, Imam Agustino said to Petromindo.com.

In the first semester of last year,Bentu PSC block produced an average of 48 mmscfd.

EMP owns 100 percent of Bentu PSC.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak