Chevron has signed a front end engineering design (FEED) contract for the Indonesia Deepwater Development Project (IDD). The Pre-FEED study is targeted for completion by 2018.
Managing Director of Chevron Indo Asia Business Unit Chuck Taylor said the study will affect the development costs as well as the feasibility of the project. Pre-FEED studies will be the basis of revision of the plan of development (POD).
"This study will explore alternatives that can significantly decrease the cost of capital needs and increase the feasibility level of the project," he said in an official statement on Wednesday (14/12).
In his official statement, Chevron explains there are two signed contracts. Chevron is contracted with PT Worley Parsons Indonesia for feasibility study of engineering design and project design of Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) for underwater section and PT Tripatra Engineering for production facility section.
"The work in these contracts is expected to be completed by 2018. The second phase IDD project is estimated to have total natural gas production potential of around 3 trillion cubic feet," he said.
Chevron IDD project combines four contracts of cooperation namely Ganal, Rapak, Makassar Strait, and Muara Bakau. In the four concessions there are five fields namely Bangka Field, Gehem, Gendalo, Maha and Gandang. The related studies were conducted for the second phase of development which included Gendalo and Gehem Fields.
The second phase of IDD is estimated to have a total potential gas production of 3 trillion cubic feet (tcf). Meanwhile, Bangka Field has operated first in August 2016 and generates 110 million cubic feet per day (MMscfd) of gas and 4,000 barrels per day (bph) condensate.
Recorded, to date, six liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from Bangka Field have been shipped from the Bontang LNG Plant to meet PT Pertamina's needs for five years.
Previously, Senior Vice President of Policy, Government, and Public Affairs Yanto Sianipar said the review needs to be completed first before it sets targets. Therefore, it has not been able to detail the IDD Project development plan, including production volume and project on-stream target. He also emphasized that POD previously compiled can not be used as a benchmark.
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Chevron Tandatangani Kontrak Kajian Proyek IDD
Chevron telah menandatangani kontrak pengerjaan pra desain rinci (front end engineering design/FEED) Proyek Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD). Kajian Pra-FEED ditargetkan selesai pada 2018.
Managing Director Chevron Indo Asia Business Unit Chuck Taylor mengatakan, studi yang dilakukan akan berpengaruh terhadap biaya pengembangan sekaligus kelayakan proyek. Studi pre-FEED akan menjadi basis revisi rencana pengembangan lapangan (plan of development/ POD).
“Kegiatan studi ini akan mendalami alternatif-alternatif yang dapat menurunkan kebutuhan biaya kapital secara signifikan dan meningkatkan tingkat kelayakan proyek,” ujarnya dalam keterangan resminya, Rabu (14/12).
Dalam keterangan resminya, Chevron menjelaskan terdapat dua kontrak yang ditandatangani. Rincinya, Chevron berkontrak dengan PT Worley Parsons Indonesia untuk studi kelayakan pekerjaan keteknikan dan desain proyek Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) khusus seksi bawah laut dan PT Tripatra Engineering untuk seksi fasilitas produksi.
“Pekerjaan dalam kontrak-kontrak tersebut diharapkan selesai pada 2018. Proyek IDD tahap kedua diperkirakan memiliki potensi total produksi gas alam sekitar 3 triliun kaki kubik,” katanya.
Proyek IDD Chevron ini menggabungkan empat kontrak kerja sama yaitu Ganal, Rapak, Makassar Strait, dan Muara Bakau. Dalam keempat konsesi tersebut terdapat lima lapangan yaitu Lapangan Bangka, Gehem, Gendalo, Maha dan Gandang. Kajian yang dilakukan terkait untuk pengembangan tahap kedua yang meliputi Lapangan Gendalo dan Gehem.
IDD tahap kedua ini diperkirakan memiliki potensi total produksi gas sebesar 3 triliun kaki kubik (trillion cubic feet/tcf). Sementara Lapangan Bangka telah beroperasi terlebih dahulu pada Agustus 2016 lalu dan menghasilkan gas 110 juta kaki kubik per hari (million standard cubic het per day/ MMscfd) dan kondensat 4.000 barel per hari (bph).
Tercatat, hingga saat ini, enam kargo gas alam cair (liquefied natural gas/LNG) dari Lapangan Bangka telah dikapalkan dari Kilang LNG Bontang untuk memenuhi kebutuhan PT Pertamina selama lima tahun.
Sebelumnya, Senior Vice President Policy, Government, and Public AffairYanto Sianipar mengatakan, kajian perlu diselesaikan terlebih dahulu sebelum pihaknya menetapkan target. Karenanya, pihaknya belum dapat merinci rencana pengerjaan Proyek IDD, termasuk volume produksi dan target operasi (on stream) proyek. Ditegaskannya pula, POD yang pernah disusun sebelumnya juga tidak bisa dijadikan patokan.
Investor Daily, Page-9, Friday, Dec 15, 2017
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