PetroChina sees North Klalin appraisal boost

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

Extending North Klalin: Explorers see southwest extension to Indonesia gas find

PetroChina’s North Klalin gas field may be set to be fast-tracked into production or development after a successful delineation well at the Sorong area play in West Papua, eastern Indonesia.

Singapore-listed RH Petrogas, which owns a majority 60% stake in the PetroChina-operated Kepala Burung ('Island') production sharing contract, reported encouraging test results from the North Klalin 3 probe on Monday.

It said the North Klalin-3 appraisal had encountered 93 feet of total net pay and test produced at a total rate of 7.8 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas and 240 barrels per day of condensate from three zones.

Chief executive Tony Tan said the latest probe “further proves up the commerciality of the field”, adding the well was expected to enter production by the middle of…

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