Eni will develop offshore Indonesian fields after receiving approval from Indonesian authorities.
Approval has been granted for the Plan of Development (POD) of Geng North (North Ganal PSC), Gehem (Rapak PSC), and Gendalo-Gandang (Ganal PSC) fields. Ganal and Rapak IDD licenses have been extended for 20 years.
Integrated development of Geng North and Gehem fields will create the Northern Hub production unit in Kutei basin, Eni said. The hub is expected to develop 5 tcf gas and 400 million bbl condensate from Geng North and 1.6 tcf from the nearby Gehem discovery via subsea wells, flowlines, and a new-built FPSO with handling capacity of 1 bcfd gas, 80,000 b/d of condensate, and a storage capacity of 1 million bbl.
Gas will be treated onboard the FPSO and then piped to onshore infrastructure at Santan Terminal and to the East Kalimantan pipeline network. It will be partly liquefied at the Bontang LNG plant and partly piped for domestic market. Condensates production will be stabilized and stored onboard the FPSO, and then evacuated via shuttle tankers.
Gendalo-Gandang is expected to develop the cumulative 2 tcf gas reserves in the Ganal PSC via subsea wells tied back to the Jangkrik FPU. The development will extend Jangkrik’s gas production plateau, which has been about 750 MMscfd for the past 15 years.
Eni plans to conduct a drilling campaign in the next 4-5 years to assess near-field exploration potential within Eni-operated blocks in Kutei basin, amounting to over 30 tcf of gas largely de-risked following the Geng North discovery, the company said.
Eni is operator of the North Ganal PSC (83.3%) with partner Agra Energi Pte Ltd. (16.7%). Eni is operator at Ganal and Rapak PSCs (82%) with partner Tip Top (18%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
