Energi Tata Persada secures drilling contract from Kulczyk

By Puspita Maylana Devi

Jakarta-based drilling firm PT Energi Tata Persada has secured a contract to provide drilling rig for Kulczyk Oil Ventures Inc., a global upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, for its drilling program in Brunei.

Kulczyk said in a statement that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, AED South East Asia Limited, has signed a drilling contract with Energi Tata Persada for the use of their ETP-03 drilling rig on the Brunei Block L Phase 2 drilling campaign.

It said that to meet the Phase 2 drilling commitments for Block L, AED SEA will drill two exploration wells, subject to receiving regulatory approvals, prior to the end of August 2013. The spud date of the first well is anticipated for early April 2013.

The rig is currently in Sulawesi, Indonesia, preparing to mobilize to Brunei. It is estimated that the rig will arrive in Brunei in early March and will be transported to the first drill site after customs clearance.

Editing by Dadan Wijaksana