Indonesia: Pertamina to drill two additional production wells at Kamojang in 2017

Indonesia: Pertamina to drill two additional production wells at Kamojang in
2017

"We plan to drill two additional wells next year, as make up well or
production wells for additional (capacity), "said Manager of Maintenance PGE
Area Kamojang Faiq Kauthar in Garut. It is expected that the wells will add
10% of the total capacity of the power plants in the geothermal field, which
now has a capacity of 235 MW. Thereof 30 MW are to be replaced by PLN, as we
reported yesterday.

The additional capacity of approximately 20 MW is necessary to keep a stable
geothermal production and to meet the plant's demand.

The rason for this has been a downward trend in production from the field,
that makes it necessary to add new wells every three years.

With an additional 10 MW in capacity it is expected that it won't be
necessary to drill every year and would allow to drill one or two wells in
one go.

The cost for the wells is expected to be around $5 million to $7 million.

At Kamojang, Pertamina Geothermal provides steam for the Unit 1 geothermal
plant run by PT Indonesia Power (PLN). Indonesia Power operates Unit I, II
and III at Kamojang, while Unit IV and Unit V are managed by Pertamina
Geothermal Energy.

The Kamojang geothermal field is often described as one of the best
geothermal fields, due to very dry steam.

The first geothermal well was drilled at Kamojang in 1926 by then the Dutch
conolial government. Pertamina took over the management of the field in
1983.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

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