PGE drills first exploration well in Bukit Daun geothermal area
Wednesday, November 30 2016 - 07:50 AM WIB
PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), a subsidiary of state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina (Persero), is currently drilling the first exploration well at a geothermal working area in Bukit Daun, which spans Rejang Lebong and Legong Regencies, Bengkulu Province.
?Please pray that we succeed in this first drilling,? PGE?s Corporate Secretary Tafif Azimudin told Petromindo.com on Wednesday.
He added that the company will later evaluate the drilling results and then stepped to the next stage.
PGE President Director Irfan Zainuddin said earlier that his company has set up the required infrastructure activities to drill the first well. ?We predict there?s a potential of about 90 MW in Bukit Daun.?
He said that the Bukit Daun geothermal area is the company?s second geothermal project in Bengkulu Province after the Hululais geothermal area, in Lebong Regency, where the company has already drilled seven wells.
Irfan said that both the Hululais and Bukti Daun geothermal power plant projects are targeted to start electricity production in 2024 with combined capacity of 310 MW, not only enough to meet power demand in Bengkulu, but also plans to be hooked with the Sumatra grid system.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak