Bakrie Darmakarya starts exploration at East Java geothermal project, Indonesia

Bakrie Darmakarya starts exploration at East Java geothermal project,
Indonesia

Bakrie Darmakarya Energi Group started exploring three geothermal wells in
Mendak Village, Dagangan District, Madiun and Ngebel Regency, Ponorogo
Regency as reported locally last week.

The company plans to drill hree geothermal wells, and a "target of each well
being capable of generating 55 megawatts of electrical energy," said Senior
Field Operation of PT Bakrie Darmakarya Energi, Saiful Anwar when met after
the team of Integrated Licensing Service Office (KPPT) Madiun Regency. This
would translate to 165 MW in total from three wells.

The details are two wells in Mendak, Madiun and one well in Ngebel district,
Ponorogo regency as presented to the district government of Madiun in an
exploration plan for the project which has a total area of 31,880 hectares.

According to Saiful Anwar, the company is widening the road infrastructure
to be able to access the drilling sites in Ponorogo. It is planned to start
drilling the two wells in Madiun after results of the drilling in Ponorogo
is known.

"The process is one-on-one first, we minimize the failure because the cost
of drilling is not cheap," said Saiful.

Saiful said in addition to widening the road, it will also conduct an
engineering review, as well as a social impact analysis.

Head of EMR Department of Madiun Regency, Aris Budi said KPPT Madiun
District called PT Bakrie Darmakarya Energi as the winner of the geothermal
energy project of Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources which will have
to be updated on the progress of the project.

Madiun Regency hopes that the office and project facilities will be built in
Madiun, not in Ponorogo. Aris said that the existence of geothermal power
plant in Madiun Regency can improve the economy for Madiun people.

He predicts Madiun Regency will get Rp 100 billion ($7.5 million) from
non-tax revenue post with the presence of geothermal energy power plant in
Mendak.

If everything is according to plan, the geothermal power plant could be
completed in 2020 and provide electricity to the grid and the region.

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