Exploration Drilling in Indonesia in 2022

The year 2022 has been quite an active and eventful year for the oil and gas industry in Indonesia, especially in drilling.

Oil and gas operators drilled 760 development wells in 2022. This is slightly below its target of 790 wells, but it is a big increase from 480, the number of development wells drilled in 2021. We expect to see even higher drilling activities as the target of development drilling in 2023 is set at 991 wells.

In exploration drilling, oil and gas operators in Indonesia spudded 30 exploration wells in 2022 compared to 28 wells in 2021.

Out of the 27 exploration wells which were completed in 2022, 22 of them tested hydrocarbon resulting in an 81% success ratio in exploration drilling.

Here are the 22 exploration wells that tested hydrocarbon.

WELL NAME	OIL OR GAS	OPERATOR
Reentry TDE C-1X LSW	Gas	Pertamina Hulu Mahakam
MPT-1X	Gas	Pertamina Hulu Mahakam
Camelia – 001	Gas	Pertamina EP
Kenanga – 001	Gas	Pertamina EP
SGET – 001	Oil and gas	Pertamina EP
SA S-1	Oil and gas	Sele Raya Belida
GASOP D South – 1	Gas	Sele Raya Belida
JTB – 2X	Gas	PHE Ogan Komering
Flamboyan – 1X	Gas	Medco
Timpan – 1	Gas	Harbour Energy, Mubadala, BP
NSO – R2	Oil and gas	PHE – North Sumatra Offshore
NSO – S2	Gas	PHE – North Sumatra Offshore
Anambas – 2X	Gas	KUFPEC
Nuri – 1X	Oil	Bumi Siak Pusako (BSP)
SRT – 1X	Oil and gas	PHE Jambi Merang
Wilela – 001	Gas	Pertamina EP
GQX – 1	Oil and gas	PHE – Offshore North West Java
Bajakah – 1	Oil and gas	Pertamina EP
Kolibri – 001	Gas	Pertamina EP
Phoenix – 1X	Gas	Pertamina Hulu Sanga Sanga
Markisa – 001	Gas	Pertamina EP
Kembo – 001	Oil and gas	Pertamina EP

Here are the locations of the exploration wells.

We expect to see a huge increase in exploration drilling in 2023 with a target of 57 wells as Indonesia is serious in its intention to meet its targets of producing 1 million barrels of oil per day and 12 billion SCF of gas per day by 2030.  

Here are synopses of oil and gas production, field development, and exploration activities in Indonesia in 2022, and what we can expect to see in 2023, according to SKK Migas.

This post is adapted by LDI Training from information provided by SKK Migas.

Jamin Djuang