Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ignasius Jonan recently visited Japan. During the working visit, Minister Jonan met with officials of Inpex Corporation to discuss the continuation of the Masela Block Abadi Gas Field project.
the Masela Block Abadi Gas Field project.
Director General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Djoko Siswanto, confirmed that the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources met with Inpex officials in Japan to discuss the Masela Block. In the discussion, the Indonesian government asked Inpex to immediately proceed with the Masela Block project.
One of them is to immediately submit a revision of the plan of development (POD).
"Inpex indeed promised to quickly submit POD," he said.
The government targets the revision of the Masela Block POD to be submitted next month. Djoko said that currently the Masela Block POD process is still in the discussion stage at SKK Migas.
The government hopes to be able to provide POD approval by the end of 2018. That way, Inpex can already hold an auction for the Masela Block project so that by 2020 it will enter the stages of the production facility construction process.
"Revision of the POD next month. After the POD is finished, starting next year the auction will take place, so that the following year," Djoko explained.
Meanwhile, related to the incentives requested by Inpex, Djoko said that this would be discussed during the discussion of costs.
IN INDONESIA
Menteri ESDM Ingin Proyek Blok Masela Dipercepat
Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) Ignasius Jonan baru saja berkunjung ke Jepang. Dalam kunjungan kerja tersebut, Menteri Jonan menemui petinggi Inpex Corporation untuk membahas kelanjutan proyek Lapangan Gas Abadi Blok Masela.
Direktur Jenderal Minyak dan Gas Bumi Kementerian ESDM, Djoko Siswanto membenarkan Menteri ESDM bertemu petinggi Inpex di Jepang untuk membahas Blok Masela. Dalam pembahasan tersebut, pemerintah Indonesia meminta lnpex segera melanjutkan proyek Blok Masela.
Salah satunya dengan segera mengajukan revisi plan of development (POD).
"lnpex memang berjanji untuk cepat mengajukan POD," ungkap dia.
Pemerintah menargetkan revisi POD Blok Masela bisa diserahkan pada bulan depan. Djoko menyebutkan saat ini proses POD Blok Masela masih tahap pembahasan di SKK Migas.
Pemerintah berharap bisa memberikan persetujuan POD pada akhir 2018. Dengan begitu, lnpex sudah bisa menggelar lelang untuk proyek Blok Masela sehingga pada tahun 2020 mendatang memasuki tahapan proses konstruksi fasilitas produksi.
"Revisi POD bulan depan. Setelah POD selesai, mulai tahun depan lelang, sehingga tahun berikutnya pembangunan," jelas Djoko.
Sementara itu, terkait dengan insentif yang djminta oleh Inpex, Djoko menyebutkan hal tersebut akan dibahas pada saat pembahasan biaya.
Kontan, Page-14, Thursday, Nov 1, 2018
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