PEPC spuds NGU-1X exploration well in ADK block
Saturday, April 29 2017 - 09:35 AM WIB
PT Pertamina EP Cepu ADK (PEPC ADK), an indirect subsidiary of state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina, started drilling an exploration well called NGU-1X in the Alas Dara Kemuning (ADK) block in Blora, Central Java Province.
?The NGU-1X exploration well as officially spudded on April 27,? said Assistant Manager for PGA and formalities at PEPC ADK, Gayatri Handari K. to Petromindo.com.
Gayatri said that the drilling of the NGU-1X exploration well, using rig owned by PDSI, is aimed to prove the presence of hydrocarbon at the Tawun and Tuban structure, with a target depth of 2,000m KB.
?It is estimated that the drilling program will be completed within 66 days including 28 days for drilling and 38 days for completion and testing,? she said.
The ADK block was previously part of the Cepu block. In the 1990s, the Cepu block was under control of TAC Humpus. The block is now controlled by ExxonMobil and Pertamina. The re-entry wells were first drilled by Humpus.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak