Petronas Carigali to start drilling at Pakol South-1 well: Source

By Godang Sitompul

Petronas Carigali West Glagah Kambuna Ltd, a unit of Malaysia?s Petronas Carigali, is scheduled to start drilling program at the Pakol South-1 well in the West Glagah Kambuna block, offshore North Sumatra, on Thursday.

The drilling work will be carried out using the Rowan rig, a source within the company told Petromindo.com Wednesday.

?For the Glabah Kambuna (block) we?ll drill one well (Pakol South-1). Hopefully, we can spud the well this week, probably tomorrow,? the source said.

In June, Peronas said it was reevaluating the operation of the entire block after gas found at the Tanjung Perling-1 well in the West Glagah Kambuna block was considered to be non-commercial.

The block is managed by consortium of Petronas Carigali (West Glagah Kambuna) Ltd and PT Pertamina Hulu Energi West Glagah Kambuna. The block was awarded in November 2009.

West Glagah Kambuna block is located at the North Sumatra offshore, which is around 40 miles from Belawan.

Elsewhere, the source added that the Petronas Carigali Indonesia is currently conducting the first drill stem test (DST-1) at the Bukit Tua South-2 well in Ketapang block, East Java.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak