Pertamina Produces Crude Oil From Sangasanga

Balikpapan (Antara Bali) - The Business, Exploration  and Production Units (UBEP) of state oil and gas company PT Pertamina succeeded in turning out oil from a number of old wells in East Kalimantan.

Around 7,330 barrels of oil per day were produced from old wells in the Sangasanga and Tarakan fields in November, Ali Rochmad, the manager of the Sangasanga oil field, said here Friday.

The production was 110 percent higher after the oil fields were taken over by Pertamina from   Medco  in 2008, Ali said, adding , at that time production averaged only  3,900 barrels per day.

"In September 2011, the production even peaked at 8,600 barrels per day," he said.

He said Pertamina is seeking to turn out oil from a number of abandoned oil wells in Sangasanga.

There are more than 1,000 wells  in this area  and  we have succeeded in putting 150 of them in operation again," he said.(*/DWA)