Bojonegoro Regency, East Java is one of the second largest crude oil producers in Indonesia. Not surprisingly, in the past, Dutch and Japanese colonists were so eager to control the area.
Japan
In Bojonegoro also Dutch and Japanese colonials carried out massive exploitation of oil resources. Traces of oil mining by the Netherlands and Japan still exist today in the form of old oil wells.
Dutch
In addition to being managed by Pertamina, oil resources in Bojonegoro are traditionally mined by the community. However, over time, the crude oil reserves in Bojonegoro continued to thin out.
Now, to provide economic added value and improve the welfare of the local community, the central government and the District Government (Pemkab) of Bojonegoro conjure up a traditional oil mining center in Wonocolo, Kedewan District, to become a tourist area. The area was named Teksas Wonocolo.
Teksas Wonocolo
Teksas Wonocolo is a geosite that was developed into a geological tour of old oil wells. Teksas Wonocolo is also the location of petroleum education tours. Nama Teksas was inspired by Texas, one of the states in the United States (US) which was also a source of oil from Uncle Sam's country. That's because the landscape in Wonocolo is similar to past oil mining in Texas. Teksas itself stands for Tekad Always Safe and Prosperous.
Geopark Festival
Various activities were carried out by the Bojonegoro Regency Government so that tourists visited Textas Wonocolo. One of them held the 2018 Bojonegoro Geopark Festival which took place last November. The festival presents various interesting events, such as Fun Trips. Also held musical performances and dances, including Thengul Massal Dance, Sinten Remen Orchestra Djadug Febrianto, and Bojonegoro Ethnic Music.
Regina Indonesian Idol
Musicians who enlivened the event included Regina Idol, Sruti Respati feat Indro bassist, and Anjie feat Sruti. The 2018 Bojonegoro Geopark Festival begins with tree planting together at the Texas Wonocolo Tourism object, as a conservative national geopark tourist attraction. On the sidelines of the festival, awards were also given to the management of the tourist attraction of Textas Wonocolo.
"Teksas Wonocolo was chosen as the best tourist village at the 2018 Bojonegoro Geopark Festival," said Head of the Culture and Tourism Office (Disbudpar) of Bojonegoro Regency Amir Sahid in his official statement in Bojonegoro.
The festival was held after the Bojonegoro Geopark area officially obtained a national geopark certificate as a geological reserve area from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) in 2017.
Tourist Visits
With an area of 23 km2 and inhabited by 1,400 people, the Bojonegoro Geopark area promises natural tourism, especially in the form of oil fields that blend with local culture. In addition there are still tourist destinations scattered in the Bojonegoro Geopark region, including the anticline structure of Kawengan, the top part of the anticline, the right wing part and part of the left wing, all in Kedewan District.
Kayangan Api
Anticline is a geological structure in the form of folds of sedimentary rock or metamorphic rocks which are convex upwards. The middle part of the anticline is called the anticline core. The other geopark is Kayangan Api in Sendangharjo Village (Ngasem District), Dung Lantung in Drenges Village (Sugihwaras District), and the location of fossil findings of ancient shark teeth in Jono Village (Temayang District).
ancient shark teeth
"Besides being visited by many tourists, the Bojonegoro Geopark area is often used as a natural laboratory by universities, ITB and ITS," said Head of Human Resources and Institutional Development for Tourism and Culture at the Disbudpar Bojonegoro Dyah Enggar Rinimukti.
In this region there are a number of frequently visited points, such as oil mining which has been managed for 110 years. The other unique geology is the oil-producing reservoir rock at an average depth of 100 meters below the surface (the depth of the reservoir is above sea level).
This proves that petroleum in Wonocolo is a shallow reservoir in Indonesia, even in the world. There are 700 oil wells where 200 wells are traditionally mined.
The number of tourists visiting Texas Wonocolo continues to increase from year to year. In 2017, the area which is about 50 km from the city center of Bojonegoro was visited by 5,719 tourists. In 2018 the number increased 180% to 16 thousand.
In an effort to anticipate the increase in tourists, Bojonegoro Regency Government also continues to improve access and services at tourist sites. Infrastructure revamping, for example, is targeted to be completed in 2019.
Regency government also prepares support services, such as homestays for tourists. After successfully gaining the status of National Geopark, the Bojonegoro Regency Government targeted the status of International Geopark issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Little Texas
The tourist area of Teksas Wonocolo is also known as Little Texas (Texas Minor) on the oil hill with an altitude of 300 meters above sea level. The first oil tourism object in Indonesia that combines more than 100 years of geological tourism and petroleum system has become one of the favorite locations for photography.
tourists in Texas Wonocolo
After adventuring in Texas Wonocolo, tourists can directly see oil mining by entering the museum of traditional oil mining.
The museum, which was inaugurated on April 27, 2016, is an information center for the history of oil mining. The collection is diverse, from fossils, mining mockups, stratitigation or soil layers, photos, to traditional mining videos from the 60 ~ 80s era.
Stegodorz Trigonocephalus
Ancient animal fossils on display include fossils of ancient elephants (Stegodorz Trigonocephalus) as well as ancient deer and rhinos (Rhirzocerotidae). These ancient animals are estimated to have lived 2.6 million to 10 million years ago. This fossil that is commonly found around Bengawan Solo is the source of oil and gas for Bojonegoro.
Favehotel Sudirman Bojonegoro
Hotel Accommodation
Regarding lodging, tourists visiting the Wonocolo National Park need not worry because there are many star-rated hotel hotels in the area. Call it Favehotel Sudirman Bojonegoro or Aston Bojonegoro City Hotel on Jl MH Thamrin Iedok Kulon Tiga, Bojonegoro.
Aston Bojonegoro City Hotel
IN INDONESIAN
Ada ‘Little Texas’ di Bojonegoro
Kabupaten Bojonegoro, Jawa Timur merupakan salah satu penghasil minyak mentah terbesar ke dua di Indonesia. Tidak mengherankan jika pada masa lalu, penjajah Belanda dan Jepang begitu bernafsu menguasai daerah tersebut.
Di Bojonegoro pula kolonial Belanda dan Jepang melakukan eksploitasi besar-besaran terhadap sumber-sumber minyak. Jejak-jejak penambangan minyak oleh Belanda dan Jepang masih ada hingga kini berupa sumur-sumur minyak tua.
Selain dikelola Pertamina, sumber minyak di Bojonegoro ditambang masyarakat secara tradisional. Namun, seiring berjalannya waktu, cadangan minyak mentah di dalam bumi Bojonegoro terus menipis.
Nah, untuk memberikan nilai tambah ekonomi dan meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat setempat, pemerintah pusat dan Pemerintah Kabupaten (Pemkab) Bojonegoro menyulap pusat pertambangan minyak tradisional di Wonocolo, Kecamatan Kedewan, menjadi kawasan wisata. Kawasan itu diberi nama Teksas Wonocolo.
Teksas Wonocolo merupakan geosite yang dikembangkan menjadi wisata geologi sumur minyak tua. Teksas Wonocolo juga menjadi lokasi wisata edukasi perminyakan. Nama Teksas memang terinspirasi oleh Texas, salah satu negara bagian di Amerika Serikat (AS) yang juga menjadi sumber minyak Negeri Paman Sam. Itu karena lanskap di Wonocolo mirip dengan penambangan minyak masa lalu di Texas. Teksas sendiri merupakan singkatan dari Tekad Selalu Aman dan Sejahtera.
Festival Geopark
Berbagai kegiatan dilakukan Pemkab Bojonegoro agar wisatawan berkunjung ke Teksas Wonocolo. Salah satunya menggelar Festival Geopark Bojonegoro 2018 yang berlangsung pada November lalu. Festival tersebut mempersembahkan berbagai acara menarik, seperti Fun Trips. Juga menggelar pentas musik dan tari-tarian, di antaranya Tari Thengul Massal, Orkes Sinten Remen Djadug Febrianto, dan Musik Etnik Bojonegoro.
Musisi yang memeriahkan acara tersebut antara lain Regina Idol, Sruti Respati feat bassist Indro, dan Anjie feat Sruti. Festival Geopark Bojonegoro 2018 diawali dengan penanaman pohon bersama di objek Wisata Teksas Wonocolo, sebagai usaha konservsi objek wisata geopark nasional. Di sela-sela festival itu juga dilakukan penyerahan penghargaan kepada pengelola objek Wisata Teksas Wonocolo.
“Teksas Wonocolo terpilih sebagai desa wisata terbaik pada Festival Geopark Bojonegoro 2018,” ujar Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata (Disbudpar) Kabupaten Bojonegoro Amir Sahid dalam keterangan resminya di Bojonegoro.
Festival itu digelar setelah kawasan Geopark Bojonegoro resmi memperoleh sertifikat geopark nasional sebagai kawasan cagar alam geologi dari Badan Geologi Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) pada 2017.
Kunjungan Turis
Dengan areal seluas 23 km2 dan dihuni 1.400 jiwa, kawasan Geopark Bojonegoro menjanjikan wisata alam, khususnya berupa hamparan minyak yang menyatu dengan kebudayaan setempat. Selain itu masih ada destinasi wisata yang tersebar di kawasan Geopark Bojonegoro, di antaranya struktur antiklin Kawengan bagian puncak antiklin, bagian sayap kanan dan sebagian sayap kiri, semuanya di Kecamatan Kedewan.
Antiklin merupakan struktur geologi berupa lipatan lapisan batuan sedimen atau batuan metamorfosis yang cembung ke atas. Bagian tengah antiklin disebut inti antiklin. Geopark lainnya adalah Kayangan Api di Desa Sendangharjo (Kecamatan Ngasem), Dung Lantung di Desa Drenges (Kecamatan Sugihwaras), dan lokasi temuan fosil gigi hiu purba di Desa Jono (Kecamatan Temayang).
“Selain banyak dikunjungi wisatawan, kawasan Geopark Bojonegoro sering dijadikan laboratorium alam oleh perguruan tinggi, ITB dan ITS,” tutur Kepala Bidang Pengembangan SDM dan Kelembagaan Pariwisata dan Budaya Disbudpar Bojonegoro Dyah Enggar Rinimukti.
Di kawasan ini terdapat sejumlah titik yang kerap dikunjungi, seperti pertambangan minyak yang telah dikelola selama 110 tahun. Keunikan geologi lainnya adalah batuan reservoar penghasil minyak bumi pada kedalaman rata-rata 100 meter di bawah permukaan tanah (kedalaman reservoir berada di atas permukaan air laut).
Ini membuktikan bahwa minyak bumi di Wonocolo merupakan reservoir terdangkal di Indonesia, bahkan di dunia. Di sana terdapat 700 sumur minyak dimana 200 sumur di antaranya ditambang secara tradisional.
Jumlah wisatawan yang berkunjung ke Teksas Wonocolo dari tahun ke tahun terus meningkat. Pada 2017, kawasan yang berjarak sekitar 50 km dari pusat Kota Bojonegoro ini dikunjungi 5.719 wisatawan. Pada 2018 jumlahnya meningkat 180% menjadi 16 ribu.
Dalam upaya mengantisipasi peningkatan wisatawan tersebut, Pemkab Bojonegoro juga terus meningkatkan akses maupun layanan di lokasi wisata. Pembenahan infrastruktur, misalnya, ditargetkan rampung pada 2019.
Pemkab juga menyiapkan layanan pendukung, seperti homestay bagi wisatawan. Setelah sukses meraih status Geopark Nasional, Pemkab Bojonegoro menargetkan status Geopark Internasional yang diterbitkan United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Little Texas
Kawasan wisata Teksas Wonocolo dikenal juga sebagai Little Texas (Texas Kecil) di bukit minyak dengan ketinggian 300 mdpl. Objek wisata minyak pertama di Indonesia yang memadukan wisata geologi dan petroleum system berusia lebih dari 100 tahun ini menjadi salah satu lokasi favorit untuk berswafoto.
Setelah berpetualang di Teksas Wonocolo, wisatawan bisa melihat secara langsung penambangan minyak dengan masuk ke museum penambangan minyak tradisional.
Museum yang diresmikan pada 27 April 2016 itu merupakan pusat informasi sejarah pertambangan minyak. Koleksinya beragam, mulai fosil, maket penambangan, stratitigasi atau lapisan tanah, foto, hingga video pertambangan tradisional era 60~80an.
Fosil hewan purba yang dipamerkan antara lain fosil gajah purba (Stegodorz Trigonocephalus) serta rusa dan badak purba (Rhirzocerotidae). Hewan-hewan purba itu diperkirakan hidup 2,6 juta hingga 10 juta tahun lalu. Fosil yang banyak ditemukan di sekitar Bengawan Solo inilah yang menjadi sumber migas bagi Bojonegoro.
Akomodasi Hotel
Tentang penginapan, wisatawan yang berkunjung ke T eksas Wonocolo tidak perlu kawatir karena sudah banyak hotel hotel berbintang hadir di kawasan tersebut. Sebut saja Favehotel Sudirman Bojonegoro atau Aston Bojonegoro City Hotel di Jl MH Thamrin Iedok Kulon Tiga, Bojonegoro.
Investor Daily, Page-13, Saturday, Jan 5, 2019
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