PEP to increase Paku Gajah gas output

By Bernard Loebs

PT Pertamina EP (PEP), a subsidiary of state owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina (Persero), will raise the gas production of its Paku Gajah field in South Sumatra to 40 mmscfd in the middle of next year.

PEP?s President Director Adriansyah said the production of associated gas from the field already started using Early Production Facility (EPF). The field also produces oil now at the rate of 3,000 bopd.

The buyers of the Paku Gajah gas is public utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) and state-owned gas distributor PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN), he said.

Editing by Johannes Simbolon