Pertamina?s upstream operations affected by Aceh flooding

State oil and gas company PT.Pertamina said on Sunday that its Rantau upstream operations which is located in the border of Aceh and North Sumatra province is severely affected by heavy flooding that hit the provinces for the past several days.

?Pertamina has to partially stop operations in Rantau due to heavy flooding that hit the complex.? Said Pertamina EP CEO Kun Kurnaely. Meanwhile, Operations Director Subarkah Kustowo said as per Sunday, 98 percent of Pertamina?s area was inundated by water.

Meanwhile BPMIGAS deputy chairman in charge of operations Dodi Hidayat told Petromindo.Com that only three of Rantau?s production wells were online, while the rest were shut due to flooding.

However, none of the officials gave detail about Rantau?s production figure.

Rantau is Pertamina?s mature fields operations, producing oil and gas. Rantau supplies gas to North Sumatra?s Belawan power plant at declining rate. (godang)