US independent oil company Unocal Corp. said on Tuesday it planned to drill 13 exploration and appraisal wells in its operated blocks in Makassar Strait between East Kalimantan and Sulawesi.
?The plan is to drill nine exploration wells and the remaining four wells as follow-up wells to previous discoveries. All but one are in deepwater,? Brian Marcotte, president of Unocal Indonesia.
Unocal had two major oil and gas dicoveries in the past few years in its East Kalimantan deep water exploration, namely Ranggas and Gendalo-Gandang.
Marcotte said Unocal would also participate in two non-operated wells in Indonesia, bringing the total to 15 wells for next year.
Unocal operates eight oil and gas blocks in East Kalimantan and is a non-operating partner for three exploration blocks, also in East Kalimantan. (alex)
Unocal Indonesia Company's Working Areas
No. |
Working Area |
Operator |
Working Interest (%) |
1. |
East Kalimantan PSC |
Unocal Indonesia Company |
Unocal Corp. (100) |
2. |
Attaka PSC |
Unocal Indonesia Company |
Unocal Corp. (50); Inpex Corp. (50) |
3. |
Makassar Straits PSC |
Unocal Indonesia Company |
Unocal Corp. (90); Pertamina (10) |
4. |
Rapak PSC |
Unocal Indonesia Company |
Unocal Corp. (80); Eni Lasmo Plc (20) |
5. |
Ganal PSC |
Unocal Indonesia Company |
Unocal Corp. (80); Eni Lasmo Plc (20) |
6. |
Sesulu PSC |
Unocal Indonesia Company |
Unocal Corp. (80); Eni Lasmo Plc (20) |
7. |
Sangkarang |
Unocal Indonesia Company |
Unocal Corp. (100) |
8. |
Lompa PSC |
Unocal Indonesia Company |
Unocal Corp. (100) |
9. |
Kapoposang PSC |
South Makassar Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd |
Japex (45); Teikoku Oil Co. Ltd.(40); Unocal Corp. (15) |
10. |
Bukat PSC |
Eni Lasmo Indonesia |
Eni Lasmo Plc(55); Unocal Corp. (45) |
11. |
Ambalat PSC |
Eni Lasmo Indonesia |
Eni LasmoPlc (55); Unocal Corp. (45) |
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