PEP expects crude output of 2,500 bpd next year from Pondok Makmur field

By Godang Sitompul

PT Pertamina EP (PEP) expects the Pondok Makmur Field in the Tambun block, in Bekasi, West Java, to begin production next year at 2,500 bpd of crude oil and 20 mmscfd of gas.

PEP Director Doddy Priambodo told Petromindo.com Wednesday that the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works at the Pondok Makmur field has already started and progress, already covering about 3 percent of the targeted works. ?Hopefully, it could be completed before end of this year,? he said.

The EPC works are handled by the consortium of PT Raga Perkasa Ekaguna.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak