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South Jambi B gas block begins production
Hong Kong Jindi Group resumes production at a gas block in South Jambi that was inactive for nine years.
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Operators open a valve to release the first gas at the South Jambi B Block in Jambi province on June 24, 2021. (Courtesy of SKK Migas)
H
ong Kong Jindi Group, through its subsidiary Jindi South Jambi B Co, has begun producing natural gas at the South Jambi B Block, bringing the site back to life after nine years.
Beginning with 2 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas on June 24, Jindi plans to raise output to 12 mmscfd once new gas wells commence production, according to a statement from the Upstream Oil and Gas Special Regulatory Taskforce (SKK Migas), which often speaks on behalf of companies.
Gas from the block, which had been nonoperational since 2012, will go to power plants run by state-owned electricity company PLN and to industries in the province of Jambi.
“This raises national gas production levels and thus contributes to raising oil and gas production in 2021,” SKK Migas secretary Taslim Yunus said in the statement released on Monday evening.
The government plans to raise gas lifting by 3.2 percent to 5,638 mmscfd this year amid an expected recovery in commodity prices.
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SKK Migas hopes to raise national gas output to 12,300 mmscfd by 2030 and turn the country into a major gas exporter in Asia Pacific.
