Perusahaan swasta nasional PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk menuntaskan akuisisi Conoco-Phillips Indonesia Inc Ltd dan ConocoPhillips Singapore Operations Pte Ltd di South Natuna Sea Block B, Provinsi Kepulauan Riau. Keputusan tersebut dinilai strategis di saat iklim investasi hulu migas yang turun.
ConocoPhillips Indonesia Inc Ltd dan ConocoPhillips Singapore Operations Pte Ltd adalah anak perusahaan ConocoPhillips, perusahaan asal Amerika Serikat di sektor migas. Di South Natuna Sea Block B, perusahaan ini mendapat hak kelola sejak 1968 dan berproduksi pertama kali pada 1979. ConocoPhillips merupakan operator dengan kepemilikan saham 40 persen, sedangkan sisanya dimiliki Inpex (35 persen) dan Chevron (25 persen). Pengamat energi dari Universitas Trisakti Jakarta, Pri Agung Rakhmanto, mengatakan, keputusan Medco mengakuisisi ConocoPhillips di South Natuna Sea Block B sangat strategis.
Sebab, blok yang di akuisisi tersebut adalah blok yang sudah berproduksi. Risiko investasi di blok tersebut menjadi lebih terkontrol. Bagi Medco, keputusan tersebut sangat strategis. Di saat iklim investasi yang lesu, mereka mampu memanfaatkan peluang dengan baik. Berdasarkan data Satuan Kerja Khusus Pelaksana Kegiatan Usaha Hulu Minyak dan Gas Bumi (SKK Migas), produksi minyak mentah di South Natuna Sea Block B sebanyak 19.800 barrel per hari.
Produksi gas di blok tersebut 40.300 barrel setara minyak per hari. CEO Medco Energi Internasional Roberto Lorato menyebutkan, setelah akuisisi tuntas, prioritas perusahaan saat ini mempertahankan keamanan operasi dan keberlangsungan usaha. Medco juga berkomitmen mempertahankan struktur organisasi dan melanjutkan rencana pengeboran pada tahun depan.
Direktur Utama Medco Energi Internasional Hilmi Panigoro menyampaikan, aksi korporasi ini merupakan langkah kedua terbesar tahun ini. Medco Energi Internasional mengakuisisi penuh PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, perusahaan tambang tembaga dan emas di Nusa Tenggara Barat, senilai 2,6 miliar dollar AS. Medco akan mendapat kemampuan operasi minyak dan gas lepas pantai terintegrasi kelas dunia, serta memperkuat posisi sebagai perusahaan energi dan sumber daya alam independen di Indonesia.
IN ENGLISH
Medco Acquires Shares of ConocoPhillips
National private company PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk, completed the acquisition of Conoco-Phillips and ConocoPhillips Indonesia Inc. Ltd. Singapore Operations Pte Ltd in South Natuna Sea Block B, Riau Islands Province. The decision is considered strategic in the current investment climate, upstream oil and gas are down
ConocoPhillips Indonesia Inc. Ltd. and ConocoPhillips Singapore Operations Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, an American company in the oil and gas sector. In South Natuna Sea Block B, the company got the right to manage since 1968 and first production in 1979. ConocoPhillips is the operator with a stake of 40 percent, with the remainder owned by Inpex (35 percent) and Chevron (25 percent). Observers energy from Trisakti University, Pri Agung Rakhmanto, said Medco's decision to acquire ConocoPhillips in South Natuna Sea Block B is very strategic.
Therefore, the acquisition of blocks in the block which is already in production. Investment risk in the block becomes more controlled. Medco, the decision is very strategic. In the current sluggish investment climate, they were able to take advantage of opportunities well. Based on data from Special Unit of Upstream Oil and Gas (SKK Migas), crude oil production in the South Natuna Sea Block B of 19,800 barrels per day.
Gas production in the block is 40,300 barrels of oil equivalent per day. CEO Roberto Lorato Medco Energi Internasional said, after the acquisition is complete, the company's priorities currently maintains security and business continuity operations. Medco also committed to maintaining the organizational structure and continue the drilling plan in the next year.
Director of Medco Energi Internasional Hilmi Panigoro said that this corporate action is the second step of the year. Medco Energi Internasional fully acquired PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara, copper and gold mine in West Nusa Tenggara, worth 2.6 billion US dollars. Medco will receive operating capability of offshore oil and gas integrated world class, as well as strengthening its position as an energy company and an independent natural resources in Indonesia
Kompas, Page-17, Saturday, Nov, 19-2016
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