6 Interested Contractors

Contractors in six oil and gas working areas to be exhausted by contract or termination in 2020 are still interested in continuing to manage the block. Based on data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), six oil and gas blocks will be terminated in 2020, including South Jambi Block B, Brantas, Bird Head, Makassar Strait, Malaka Strait and Onshore Salawati Basin. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is assessing the terms and conditions for the new contracts in the six oil and gas blocks. The new terms and conditions will be established.

Director of Upstream Oil and Gas Business Development of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Ediar Usman, said that the termination term and termination requirements of the termination block in 2020 will be used for six oil and gas working areas.

"Later, we will set in the week he said.

Of the six blocks of oil and gas termination, Makassar Strait Block is likely to be postponed first. Director General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Djoko Siswanto, said that so far the majority of operators are still interested in renewing the oil and gas block contract that will be terminated in 2020. However, the Makassar Strait Block has so far no submission for contract extension.

"The operators exist [Makassar Strait] ie Chevron, still ask for time for the submission process. So, so far there has been no contract extension, "he said.

The ESDM Ministry expects Chevron to immediately apply for a new contract extension with a gross split scheme in Makassar Strait. The ESDM Ministry will wait until the second week of this month in connection with the proposed renewal of the new contract. In addition, PT Pertamina (Persero) did not volunteer as an operator in the Bird's Head Block and Salawati. If the two blocks are not combined, Pertamina is not interested in managing the two areas. Djoko said, the two blocks will be managed by Petrogas who also operators exist in the region. Thus, the working area remains two, but the operator is one.

"Later, Pertamina will still participate there by having a participating interest (PI) of 30% each in both blocks," he said.

He explained that currently Salawati Block has oil and gas production of about 1,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), while the Bird's Head Block is 4,500 boepd. Pertamina previously had 50% ownership in Salawati, while in Bird's Head only 10%.

"So, Pertamina asked for additional PI in Bird's Head to 30%, while ownership in Salawati decreased to 30%. However, the operator is welcome to Petrogas, "he explained.

Djoko explained, after the determination later, Petrogas will be negotiating with Petrochina to participate there. Other terminating oil and gas blocks namely South Jambi B, Brantas, and Malacca will continue to return to existing operators. Djoko explained that South Jambi Block has already filed a new contract from Petrochina. The Malacca Strait block has already been submitted from EMP Malacca Strait S.A.

"Then, Brantas Block also suda no submission from existing operators namely Lapindo," he explained.

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All of these 2020 termination block contracts will use a gross split scheme. This will complement the number of oil and gas blocks whose contract schemes shift from cost-sharing to gross split. To date, there are 11 oil and gas blocks that use the gross split controversial scheme, Offshore North West Java (ONWJ), Tuban Block, Ogan Komering, Sanga-sanga, Southeast Sumatra, Attaka-East Kalimantan, North Sumatra Offshore, Pendopo & Raja, Jambi Merang, Bula, and Seram non-Bula.

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6 Kontraktor Berminat

Kontraktor di enam wilayah kerja minyak dan gas bumi yang akan habis kontrak atau terminasi pada 2020 masih tertarik untuk terus mengelola blok tersebut. Berdasarkan data Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM), enam blok minyak dan gas bumi (migas) yang akan terminasi pada 2020 antara lain Blok South Jambi Blok B, Brantas, Kepala Burung, Makassar Strait, Malaka Strait, dan Onshore Salawati Basin. Kementerian ESDM sedang menyustur syarat dan ketentuan untuk kontrak baru di enam blok migas itu. Ketentuan dan syarat baru itu akan ditetapkan.

Direktur Pembinaan Usaha Hulu Migas Kementerian ESDM Ediar Usman mengatakan, penetapan syarat dan ketentuan kontrak baru blok terminasi pada 2020 akan digunakan untuk enam wilayah kerja migas.

“Nanti, kami akan tetapkan pada pekan  ujarnya.

Dari enam blok migas terminasi itu, Blok Makassar Strait kemungkinan akan ditunda terlebih dulu penetapannya. Dirjen Migas Kementerian ESDM Djoko Siswanto mengatakan, sejauh ini mayoritas operator eksis tetap tertarik memperbarui kontrak blok migas yang akan terminasi pada 2020. Namun, Blok Makassar Strait sejauh ini belum ada pengajuan untuk perpanjangan kontrak.

“Operator eksis [Makassar Strait] yakni Chevron, masih meminta waktu untuk proses pengajuan. Jadi, sejauh ini belum ada perpanjangan kontrak.,” ujarnya.

Kementerian ESDM mengharapkan agar Chevron bisa segera secepatnya mengajukan perpanjangan kontrak baru dengan skema bagi hasil kotor (gross split) di Makassar Strait. Kementerian ESDM akan menunggu sampai pekan kedua bulan ini terkait dengan pengajuan perpanjangan kontrak baru tersebut. Selain itu, PT Pertamina (Persero) tidak mengajukan diri sebagai operator di Blok Kepala Burung dan Salawati. Jika kedua blok itu tidak digabung, Pertamina tidak tertarik untuk mengelola kedua wilayah itu. Djoko mengatakan, kedua blok itu nantinya akan dikelola oleh Petrogas yang juga operator eksis di wilayah itu. Jadi, wilayah kerja tetap dua, tetapi operatornya satu.

“Nanti, Pertamina tetap akan berpartisipasi di sana dengan memiliki PI [participating interest/saham partisipasi] masing-masing 30 % di kedua blok tersebut,” ujarnya.

Dia menjelaskan, saat ini Blok Salawati memiliki produksi migas sekitar 1.200 barel setara minyak per hari (boepd), sedangkan Blok Kepala Burung sebesar 4.500 boepd. Pertamina sebelumnya memiliki 50% kepemilikan di Salawati, sedangkan di Kepala Burung hanya 10%.

“Jadi, Pertamina minta tambahan PI di Kepala Burung menjadi 30%, sedangkan kepemilikan di Salawati turun menjadi 30%. Namun, operatornya dipersilahkan kepada Petrogas,” jelasnya.

Djoko menjelaskan, setelah penetapan nanti, Petrogas pun akan negosiasi dengan Petrochina untuk ikut berpartisipasi di sana. Blok migas terminasi lainnya yakni South Jambi B, Brantas, dan Malaka akan tetap kembali ke operator existing. Djoko menjelaskan, Blok South Jambi sudah ada pengajuan kontrak baru dari Petrochina. Blok Malaka Strait sudah ada pengajuan dari EMP Malacca Strait S.A. 

“Lalu, Blok Brantas juga suda ada pengajuan dari operator eksisnya yakni Lapindo,” jelasnya. 

Semua kontrak blok terminasi 2020 ini akan menggunakan skema gross split. Hal itu akan melengkapi jumlah blok migas yang skema kontraknya beralih dari bagi hasil bersih (cost recovery) menjadi gross split. Sampai saat ini, ada 11 blok migas yang menggunakan skema kontlak gross split, yakni Offshore North West Java (ONWJ), Blok Tuban, Ogan Komering, Sanga-sanga, Southeast Sumatra, Attaka-East Kalimantan, North Sumatra Offshore, Pendopo & Raja, Jambi Merang, Bula, dan Seram non-Bula.

Bisnis Indonesia, Page-30, Thursday, June 7, 2018