PHE WMO lifts troubled platform
Friday, November 10 2017 - 06:12 AM WIB
Petromindo|Khalsa
Upstream company PT Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE) through its unit PT PHE WMO has recently lifted a tilting platform at the West Madura Offshore (WMO) block, offshore East Java.
?The platform was lifted on Monday, Nov 6, 2017. On Tuesday (Nov 7), the platform was taken to the yard in Handil, Kalimantan. All went well and the weather was very supportive," President/GM of PHE WMO Kuncoro Kukuh said to Petromindo.com on Friday.
However, he said, the well can?t start production yet because there is no supporting facilities.
"The next work to be done is the soil boring to determine the carrying capacity of the soil," he said.
PHE President Director Gunung Sardjono acknowledged earlier that the platform trouble could delay potential oil production of 1,500-2,000 bpd. ?Starting August, three wells were supposed to have reached full production capacity,? he said early in August.
PHE WMO has an 80 percent interest in the block. According to company website, PHE WMO operates 10 platforms on 98 wells.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak