Government offers oil, gas working areas to investors

By Godang Sitompul

The government announced Wednesday it was offering eight conventional oil and gas working areas via regular tender and direct offer mechanisms.

Upstream Director at the Directorate General of Oil and Gas, Djoko Siswanto told Petromindo.com that two working areas were being offered via direct offer, and six via regular tender mechanism, conducted with the use of e-tender system.

Following is the list of oil and gas working areas being offered to investors.

A. Working areas offered via direct offer

No .	Working Area	Location
1.	Southwest Bengara Onshore	East Kalimantan
2.	West Berau Offshore	West Papua

B. Working areas offered via regular tender

No .	Working Area	Location
1.	Rupat Labuhan	Offshore Riau & North Sumatera
2.	Nibung	Offshore Riau & Jambi
3.	West Asri	Offshore Lampung
4.	Oti	Offshore East Kalimantan
5.	Manakara-Mamuju	Offshore West Sulawesi
6.	Kasuri II	Onshore Papua

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak