BALIKPAPAN (Indonesia Today) – Ruby field in Sebuku block is expected to flow natural gas in September 2013.
The operator of the block, Pearl Oil (Sebuku) Ltd., will immediately install pipeline for 300 kilometers lenght from production facility to Senipah field in East Kalimantan operated by Total E&P Indonesie.
The deployment of pipeline is planned to begin in September 20, said Chief Representative of BPMIGAS Region Kalimantan-Sulawesi, Ngatijan.
While the initial production of this field is estimated to reach 100 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
Ngatijan said the natural gas from Ruby field will be channeled to fertilizer company PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, a state-owned and the largest fertilizer producer in the country. (ferdi@theindonesiatoday.com)