Pertamina has likely completed the testing programme on appraisal well Puspa 3 (PPA-3) in the Jambi PPC, onshore South Sumatra. At least five DSTs were conducted on the well, with final results unreported. The well was drilled to a TD of approximately 3,120 m. This is the second appraisal well of the Puspa 1 gas and condensate discovery made in 2009. The well was drilled using a land rig operated by Pertaminaâs subsidiary PDSI. Testing was still ongoing as of mid-June 2017, and was possibly completed in mid-July 2017. Spudded on 1 January 2017, the well could have targeted Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene sandstones of the Talang Akar Formation and the pre-Tertiary Basement. In mid-October 2017, Pertamina signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Andalas Energy and Power and Siemens AG for the development of an Independent Power Producer (IPP) project at the Puspa field. This project is expected to enable gas production from the field, destined to local power production through a 20 to 50 MW wellhead IPP. The previous well in the block was wildcat Poinsettia 1, which was plugged and abandoned around early February 2017. The well was tested but results were unreported. The Puspa 1 (Puspa A) wildcat was suspended in early December 2009 after testing 31 MMcfg/d plus 630 bc/d. Pertamina spudded the first appraisal well, Puspa 2, in late 2014. It is understood that the well was suspended after successful testing operations in May 2015. Pertamina operates the Jambi PPC with 100% interest.
Indonesia (Central Sumatra B.) Akar