Drilling starts for 240 MW Sorik Marapi project, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Drilling starts for 240 MW Sorik Marapi project, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Drilling has started on the 240 MW Sorik Marapi geothermal power project in
North Sumatra in Indonesia, as reported by developer KS Orka.

In a release today, Singapore based KS Orka (KS Orka Renewables Pte Ltd) has
announced that drilling operations have started at its 240 MW Sorik Marapi
project it bought this year.

The project is located in North Sumatra, Indonesia. In a formal Spud-In
ceremony with representatives from the ministry and EBTKE the drilling works
formally began yesterday. The first drillling rig operated by Dati is
proceeding with drilling works on pad A and another drilling rig from KS
Drilling is being mobilized for another area in the concession, pad E. The
KS Orka team aims for bringing the first pilot power plant into operation in
2017.

KS Orka is a joint venture between Hugar Orka ehf, an Icelandic company and
Zhejiang Kaishan Compressor Co., Ltd (Kaishan), which is listed on the
Shenzhen stock exchange. KS Orka combines the Icelandic knowledge in
geothermal development with Kaishan's power plant technology and
manufacturing expertise to form Asia's only vertically integrated geothermal
and waste energy company. KS Orka brings to the project some of the most
experienced geothermal experts and power project developers in the world.

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Ref:
http://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/drilling-starts-for-240-mw-sorik-merapi-projec
t-north-sumatra-indonesia/

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com