SPC halts Naga Utara drilling

epa00985214 A victim of the Lapindo mudflow disaster shouts slogans during a rally outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, 17 April 2007, demanding compensation for their houses damaged in the disaster. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would take action against PT Lapindo Brantas Inc., the operator of the gas field blamed for the cause of the mudflow, if it failed to compensate the mudflow victims. The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has estimated that the losses caused by the mudflow from Lapindo Brantas gas operations in Sidoarjo, East Java, in the past nine months had reached Rp27.4 trillion, consisting of Rp11.0 trillion in direct and Rp16.4 trillion in indirect losses.  EPA/MAST IRHAM

Indonesia: SPC has halted drilling on the Naga Utara sidetrack after hitting a second high pressure gas bearing interval

PetroChina subsidiary Singapore Petroleum Company has halted drilling on a sidetrack of the Naga Utara-1 well, in Indonesia, after encountering a second high pressure gas zone.

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