Oil, gas operations unaffected by quake
Tuesday, March 29 2005 - 12:13 PM WIB
Indonesia's key oil and gas operations on Sumatra Island were not affected by the 8.7-magnitude earthquake that damaged Nias Island late Monday, a government official said Tuesday.
"Operations at Exxon Mobil's facilities are running smoothly," said Trijana Kartoatmodjo, a deputy chairman of upstream oil and gas regulator BP Migas.
Exxon Mobil Corp. operates large gas fields and a natural gas liquefaction plant on the northern tip of Sumatra, while the local unit of ChevronTexaco Corp. operates large oil blocks in central Sumatra's Riau province.
Indonesia also has a 120,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery in Dumai, Riau.(*)