Pertamina Tambah Aset Baru di Luar Negeri

    PT Pertamina  melalui anak usahanya PT Pertamina International EP (PIEP) menambah sembilan aset baru di luar negeri hingga akhir September 2016, dibandingkan pada 2015 hanya ada di tiga negara yaitu Aljazair, Malaysia dan Irak. Aset baru yang dimiliki Pertamina tercatat ada dua di Eropa, yakni Perancis dan Italia, Dua di Amerika, yakni Kanada dan Kolombia Serta satu di Asia, yaitu di Myanmar. Aset baru Pertamina di Afrika berada di Namibia, Tanzania, Nigeria dan Gabon, kata Vice President Corporate Communication Pertamina, Wianda Pusponegoro.

    Dari tambahan aset baru itu, yang sudah produksi aset di Gabon dan Nigeria total sekitar 30 barel setara minyak per hari (BOEPD). Sisanya masih dalam tahap eksplorasi dan pengembangan. Wianda mengatakan ke depan Pertamina akan terus agresif mencari sumber-sumber minyak dan gas di berbagai negara. Tujuan Pertamina untuk mencapai target produksi nasional, termasuk menjaga kelangsungan pasokan minyak mentah bagi produksi BBM di Indonesia.

    Wianda mengatakan produksi minyak Pertamina hingga kuartal III-2016 sebesar 309 ribu barel per hari (BOPD). Sebanyak 72 persen dari kontribusi ladang migas di dalam negeri, 28 persen lagi dari luar negeri. Sedangkan produksi gas sebesar 1.953 juta kaki kubik per hari (MMSCFD), naik dibandingkan periode sama 2015 sebesar 1.728 MMSCFD.

IN ENGLISH

Pertamina Add New Assets Abroad
    PT Pertamina, through its subsidiary PT Pertamina EP International (PIEP) add nine new assets abroad by the end of September 2016, compared to 2015 there were only three countries, namely Algeria, Malaysia and Iraq. New assets owned Pertamina recorded two in Europe, namely France and Italy, two in the United States, namely Canada and Colombia As well as the one in Asia, namely in Myanmar. Pertamina new assets in Africa are in Namibia, Tanzania, Nigeria and Gabon, said Vice President Corporate Communications of Pertamina, Wianda Pusponegoro.

    Of additional new assets, which is already production assets in Gabon and Nigeria a total of approximately 30 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOEPD). The rest are still in the stage of exploration and development. Wianda said forward Pertamina will continue to aggressively seek sources of oil and gas in various countries. Interest Pertamina to reach the national production target, including maintaining the continuity of supply of crude oil for the production of fuel in Indonesia.

    Wianda said oil production in the third quarter 2016 amounted to 309 thousand barrels per day (BOPD). As many as 72 percent of the contribution of oil and gas fields in the country, 28 per cent from abroad. While gas production amounted to 1,953 MMSCFD, an increase over the same period in 2015 amounted to 1,728 MMSCFD.

Harian Bangsa, Page-4, Friday, Nov, 18-2016