PEP to drill Puspa Asri-1 well in March

By Godang Sitompul

Pertamina EP Asset 1, a subsidiary of state owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina, has scheduled to drill Puspa Asri-1exploration well in field Jambi, Jambi province in the second week of March, the firm?s Exploration VP Nanang S Manaf said on Tuesday.

He said the preparation of drilling was in progress at the well, while the firm was waiting for the arrival a 1000 HP rig owned by PT Pertamina Drilling Services Indonesia (PDSI) in March.

?This month, we start mobilization. The drilling is scheduled to start in March, probably in the second week of the month since the rig is still in West Java,? Nanang said.

Nanang also said this month, the firm will drill Akasia Bagus-2 well in West Java, Kuansu-1 well in Papua and Kenari Raja-1 well in Southeast Sulawesi.

Editing by Johannes Simbolon