Oil and Gas Block Auction Is Restarted

The government has the opportunity to re-extend the limitation of return of the auction document of oil and gas working area this year.

Director General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of ESDM Ego Syahrial said that on this occasion there is an option to extend the limitation of return of tender documents. According to him, if in the next seven days Government Regulation on Taxation Gross Split has not come out, the government will extend the return of documents auction.

At the 2017 oil and gas block auction, the government has twice extended the capture and return limits of tender documents. At the beginning of the auction opening, the government set the limits for access and return of tender documents in July 2017. Then the government extended the auction deadline to August 9, 2017 on the grounds of waiting for regulation of gross split. The government again extended the auction until September 11, 2017.

Under the revised Regulation of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources on gross split, the ESDM Ministry extended the auction time until November 20, 2017 and the limit of return of documents on November 27, 2017.

"Until a week has not come out the Government Regulation on Gross Split Tax. if necessary we extend, "he said after attending the signing of a memorandum of understanding of fiscal information system to contractors cooperation contract at the Directorate General of Customs office on Thursday (16/11).

This year, the government offers 15 oil and gas working areas consisting of 10 conventional blocks and five non-conventional oil and gas blocks.

conventional blocks and non-conventional

A total of seven conventional oil and gas blocks offered directly include the Andaman 1 Block (offshore Aceh), Andaman Il (offshore Aceh), South Tuna (offshore Natuna), Merak Lampung (offshore and Banten-Lampung mainland), Pekawai ( offshore East Kalimantan), West Yamdena (offshore and mainland Maluku, and Kasuri III Block (mainland West Papua).

Three conventional oil and gas blocks are offered through regular auctions, the Tongkol Block (offshore Natuna), East Tanimbar (offshore Maluku), and Mamberamo (mainland and offshore Papua).

Currently, there are 19 documents accessed from 10 conventional oil and gas blocks offered. However, he did not mention in detail the 19 documents referring to any block.

From the time of collection of tender documents opened in May-July 2017, five documents in the Andaman II Block and two documents in the East Tanimbar Block. Mamberamo Block, Cokkol, West Yamdena, Pekawai, and Andaman I are each one document. The auction will contribute to the increase of oil and gas production in the country in the future.

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Lelang Blok Migas Kembali Diperpanjang

Pemerintah berpeluang kembali memperpanjang batas pengembalian dokumen lelang wilayah kerja minyak dan gas bumi pada tahun ini.

Direktur Jenderal Minyak dan Gas Bumi Kementerian ESDM Ego Syahrial mengatakan bahwa pada kesempatan lelang kali ini masih terdapat opsi memperpanjang batas pengembalian dokumen lelang. Menurutnya, bila pada tujuh hari mendatang Peraturan Pemerintah tentang Perpajakan Gross Split belum keluar, pemerintah akan memperpanjang waktu pengembalian dokumen lelang.

Pada lelang blok migas 2017, pemerintah telah melakukan dua kali perpanjangan batas pengambilan dan pengembalian dokumen tender. Pada awal pembukaan lelang, pemerintah menetapkan batas akses dan pengembalian dokumen tender pada Juli 2017. Kemudian pemerintah memperpanjang batas waktu lelang hingga 9 Agustus 2017 dengan alasan menunggu regulasi tentang gross split. Pemerintah pun kembali memperpanjang lelang hingga 11 September 2017.

Dengan alasan adanya revisi Peraturan Menteri ESDM tentang gross split, Kementerian ESDM kembali memperpanjang waktu lelang hingga 20 November 2017 dan batas pengembalian dokumen pada 27 November 2017.

“Sampai seminggu lagi belum keluar Peraturan Pemerintah tentang Pajak Gross Split. bila perlu kita perpanjang,” ujarnya usai menghadiri penandatanganan nota kesepahaman sistem informasi pemberian fiskal kepada kontraktor kontrak kerja sama di kantor Ditjen Bea Cukai, Kamis (16/11).

Pada tahun ini, pemerintah menawarkan 15 wilayah kerja migas yang terdiri atas 10 blok konvensional dan lima blok migas non-konvensional.

Sebanyak tujuh blok migas konvensional yang ditawarkan secara langsung antara lain Blok Andaman 1 (lepas pantai Aceh), Andaman Il (lepas pantai Aceh), South Tuna (lepas pantai Natuna), Merak Lampung (lepas pantai dan daratan Banten-Lampung), Pekawai (lepas pantai Kalimantan Timur), West Yamdena (lepas pantai dan daratan Maluku, dan Blok Kasuri III (daratan Papua Barat).

Tiga blok migas konvensional ditawarkan melalui lelang reguler, yaitu Blok Tongkol (lepas pantai Natuna) , East Tanimbar (lepas pantai Maluku), dan Mamberamo (daratan dan lepas pantai Papua).

Saat ini, terdapat 19 dokumen yang diakses dari 10 blok migas konvensional yang ditawarkan. Namun, dia tidak menyebut secara detail 19 dokumen itu merujuk pada blok mana saja.

Sejak masa pengambilan dokumen lelang dibuka pada Mei-Juli 2017, lima dokumen di Blok Andaman II dan dua dokumen di Blok East Tanimbar. Blok Mamberamo, Tongkol, West Yamdena, Pekawai, dan Andaman I masing-masing satu dokumen. Lelang itu akan berkontribusi terhadap peningkatan produksi migas di Tanah Air ke depan.

Bisnis Indonesia, Page-30, Friday, Nov 17, 2017