PEP to start EPC for Paku Gajah project soon

By Bernard Loebs

PT Pertamina EP (PEP) Asset 2, an upstream subsidiary of state owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina (Pesero) will soon kick off the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) works for the Paku Gajah Development Project (PGDP) in Muara Enim regency, South Sumatra.

Asmudin, PHE Asset 2?s HSSE Operation Manager, said campaign to inform the local community and the government on the project has been completed.

?With the socialization having been completed, the EPC for PGDP will soon kick off. The project is expected to come onstream at end-2016 or early 2017,? he said.

In May 2014, then Pertamina?s SVP Technology Development Gunung Sardjono Hadi said the Paku Gajah field will produce 45 MMCFD of gas and 350 barrels of condensate per day. Pertamina will spend US$135 million to develop the field. Paku Gajah gas will be absorbed by consumers in South Sumatra as well as in West Java.

Editing by Johannes Simbolon