Paku Gajah well flows gas

PT Pertamina EP (PEP), an upstream subsidiary of state owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina (Persero), discovered gas during drilling at Prabumenang (PMN)-10 well in South Sumatra.

The PMN-10 well was spudded on Oct. 26, 2015 using Rig EMSCO D-2/M PDSI. On Dec. 22, 2015, the well reached the depth of 1,646 m.

Production test at depth intervals of 1,538-1,544 m in the Baturaja limestone formation resulted an average flow of 5.7 mmscfd of gas and 74 bpd of condensate, Pertamina said in a statement recently.

The well, located in Prabumenang, Muara Enim regency, around 60 km south of the oil town of Prabumulih, is part of the Paku Gajah Development Project (PGDP). PEP managed to drill three wells there in 2015, including Pagardewa (PGW)-07, Pagardewa Selatan (PDS)-02 and PMN-10.

Aside from drilling the three development wells, PEP also carried out workover in six wells, KAG-8, SPR-1, TSM-3, PDW-4, KAG-14, and PMN-6 throughout 2015. Paku Gajah at present produces 45 mmscfd and 1,000 bpd of condensate from 14 active wells.

Editing by Johannes Simbolon