Oil and Gas Expansion

RIG oil drilling in the Pacific Ocean Friday (5/1). The US President Donald Trump announced plans to expand oil drilling in Seal Beach, California, on Friday (5/1). On the other hand, the realization of lifting or production of ready-to-sell Indonesian oil in 2017 RIG oil drilling in the Pacific Ocean, Friday (5/1).

US President Donald Tmmp announced plans to expand oil drilling in Seal Beach, California, on Friday (5/1). On the other hand, the realization of lifting or production of ready-to-sell Indonesian oil in 2017.

IN INDONESIA

Ekspansi Migas

RIG pengeboran minyak di Samudera Pasifik Jumat (5/1). Presiden AS Donald Trump mengumumkan rencana ekspansi pengeboran minyak di Seal Beach, California, Jumat (5/1). Di sisi lain, realisasi lifting atau produksi siap jual minyak Indonesia pada 2017 RIG pengeboran minyak di Samudera Pasifik, Jumat (5/1).

Presiden AS Donald Tmmp mengumumkan rencana ekspansi pengeboran minyak di Seal Beach, California, Jumat (5/1). Di sisi lain, realisasi lifting atau produksi siap jual minyak Indonesia pada 2017.

Jawa Pos, Page-5, Saturday, Jan 6, 2018

East Kalimantan and Attaka Auctions

The ESDM Ministry will accelerate the auction process of East Kalimantan Block and Attaka in East Kalimantan. EMR Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arcandra Tahar said preparations for the auction of the two blocks are still underway. It is expected that it can be completed this month so the auction can be done soon.

Arcandra Tahar 

"The auction will speed us up. If the data is complete, I target this January to open the auction including other blocks, "he said at the office Ministry of ESDM.

With the accelerated auction schedule, the announcement of the winner is expected to be faster. Since the end of the contract in East Kalimantan Block is near, on October 24, 2018.

However, Arcandra has not been able to reveal details of the preparations that are being made. Clearly, the sooner the winning bidder gets, the longer the time it takes to make the transition. 

Ego Syahrial

    Previously Managing Director of Oil and Gas Directorate General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Ego Syahrial said the two-block auction will be conducted in March 2018. While the announcement of the auction winner is targeted in August 2018.

"The most difficult is to prepare the data for the bid document. It's being processed, but overall we're 80%. The signature of KKKS [contractor of cooperation contract] that we expect on 24 August. So, there is a time of 2 months until the process of accelerated transition, "he said.

Ego assesses time 2 months enough for the transition period. Where necessary, the government may request an existing contractor to undertake interim management in order that production is not affected. Both blocks have actually been offered by the government to PT Pertamina (Persero). However, the government-owned company is returning to the government because it is considered not meet the scale of the economy according to company calculations.

The government also had to auction both of them simultaneously because the processing of the products was united or joined. Especially for the Attaka Block, the government has assigned Pertamina to become a temporary operator. The reason, the contracts of Chevron USA and Inpex Corporation Japan as a contractor has been exhausted in 2017.

Later the two blocks will be auctioned along with other oil and gas blocks that will be exhausted and unsold contracts for the last three years scheduled for January 2018. 

Syamsu Alam

Previously, Upstream Director of Pertamina Syamsu Alam said it had submitted a proposal for the plan to manage oil and gas blocks which will expire contract. It also awaits the government's decision whether the company gets the green light to manage the blocks.

"It should be asked to the ESDM because the decision is there," said Syamsu.

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Lelang East Kalimantan dan Attaka

Kementerian ESDM akan mempercepat proses lelang Blok East Kalimantan dan Attaka di Kalimantan Timur. Wakil Menteri ESDM Arcandra Tahar mengatakan persiapan untuk lelang kedua blok tersebut masih dilakukan. Diharapkan hal itu bisa diselesaikan pada bulan ini agar lelang bisa segera dilakukan.

“Lelang akan kita percepat. Kalau data-data selesai, saya targetkan Januari ini buka lelang termasuk blok-blok lain,” ujarnya di kantor Kementerian ESDM.

Dengan dipercepatnya jadwal lelang, maka pengumuman pemenangnya pun diharapkan menjadi lebih cepat. Karena masa akhir kontrak di Blok East Kalimantan sudah dekat, yakni pada 24 Oktober 2018.

Namun, Arcandra belum bisa mengungkapkan detail persiapan yang sedang dilakukan. Yang jelas, semakin cepat pemenang lelang diperoleh, semakin panjang waktu yang dimiliki untuk melakukan transisi. 

     Sebelumnya Pelaksana Tugas Direktur Jenderal Minyak dan Gas Bumi Kementerian ESDM Ego Syahrial menyatakan lelang dua blok tersebut akan dilakukan pada Maret 2018. Sementara pengumuman pemenang lelangnya ditargetkan pada Agustus 2018.

“Yang paling sulit itu menyiapkan data-data untuk bid document. Itu sedang diproses, tapi secara overall kita sudah 80%. Tanda tangan KKKS [kontraktor kontrak kerja sama] itu kita harapkan di 24 Agustus. Jadi, ada waktu 2 bulan sampai proses dipercepat peralihan,” katanya.

Ego menilai waktu 2 bulan cukup untuk masa peralihan. Apabila diperlukan, maka pemerintah bisa meminta kontraktor eksisting untuk melakukan pengelolaan sementara supaya produksi tidak terdampak. Kedua blok tersebut sebenarnya telah ditawarkan pemerintah kepada PT Pertamina (Persero). Namun, perusahaan milik pemerintah ini mengembalikan kepada pemerintah karena dianggap tidak memenuhi skala keekonomian menurut perhitungan perusahaan.

Pemerintah pun harus melelang keduanya secara bersamaan karena pemrosesan hasil produksinya disatukan atau digabung. Khusus untuk Blok Attaka, pemerintah telah menugaskan Pertamina untuk menjadi operator sementara. Alasannya, kontrak Chevron USA dan Inpex Corporation Jepang sebagai kontraktor telah habis pada 2017.

Nantinya kedua blok tersebut akan dilelang bersama dengan blok-blok migas lain yang akan habis kontrak dan yang tidak laku selama tiga tahun terakhir yang dijadwalkan pada Januari 2018. 

     Sebelumnya, Direktur Hulu Pertamina Syamsu Alam mengatakan pihaknya telah menyampaikan proposal untuk rencana pengelolaan blok-blok migas yang akan habis kontrak. Pihaknya pun menanti keputusan pemerintah apakah perseroan mendapat lampu hijau untuk mengelola blok-blok tersebut. 

“Sebaiknya ditanyakan ke ESDM karena keputusan ada di sana,” kata Syamsu. 

Bisnis Indonesia, Page-9, Saturday, Jan 6, 2018

Chevron Still Manages East Kalimantan Block

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) asked Chevron to maintain the East Kalimantan Block, so that production does not fall during the transition period. East Kalimantan Block will expire on October 24, 2018. While the Attaka Block whose contract has been exhausted while managed by Pertamina.

Acting Director General of Oil and Gas (Directorate General of Oil and Gas) Ministry of ESDM Ego Syahrial stated, East Kalimantan Block and Attaka Block will be combined alias diunitisasi. This is considering the distance of the two blocks are close together. The decision was also due to PT Pertamina not willing to manage the two blocks termination it.

Because Pertamina is unwilling, then the two blocks whose contract is made into one will be auctioned specifically. Currently, East Kalimantan and Attaka Block auction have reached 80%.

"The rather heavy it is preparing the data bid document," said Ego, who also serves as Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

He targets, preparation of the auction can be completed in March 2018. The government will wait for the bidding of the combined blocs for four months. So the announcement of the winner is done in August. Exactly two months before Chevron's contract in East Kalimantan runs out.

"The winner will sign the contract immediately, I expect the next August 24, 2018. So there is time for two months until the transition process," he said.

So, in the meantime East Kalimantan Block will be managed by Chevron. This decision was taken to keep East Kalimantan's production from being too impacted in this short transitional period.

"The government asks the existing contractor to maintain the performance of the two blocks," he said.

While related to the Attaka Block, although Pertamina is unwilling, the government still assigns State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) as temporary operators until there are winners from the second auction of the block. For information, Inpex Corporation Japan's contract in Attaka Block has expired at the end of 2017 yesterday.

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Chevron Masih Kelola Blok East Kalimantan

Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) meminta Chevron tetap mengelola Blok East Kalimantan, agar produksi tidak turun saat masa peralihan. Blok East Kalimantan akan habis kontrak pada 24 Oktober 2018. Sedangkan Blok Attaka yang kontraknya sudah habis sementara dikelola oleh Pertamina.

Pelaksana Tugas Direktur Jenderal Migas (Dirjen Migas) Kementerian ESDM Ego Syahrial menyatakan, Blok East Kalimantan dan Blok Attaka akan digabungkan alias diunitisasi. Ini mengingat jarak kedua blok tersebut berdekatan. Keputusan itu juga karena PT Pertamina tidak bersedia mengelola kedua blok terminasi itu.

Karena Pertamina tidak bersedia, maka dua blok yang kontraknya dijadikan satu itu akan dilelang secara khusus. Saat ini persiapan lelang Blok East Kalimantan dan Attaka sudah mencapai 80%. 

"Yang agak berat itu mempersiapkan data-data bid document," kata Ego, yang juga menjabat sebagai Sekretaris Jenderal Kementerian ESDM.

Dia menargetkan, persiapan lelang tersebut bisa selesai pada bulan Maret 2018 mendatang. Pemerintah akan menunggu penawaran terhadap kedua blok yang digabung tersebut selama empat bulan. Sehingga pengumuman pemenang dilakukan bulan Agustus. Tepatnya dua bulan sebelum kontrak Chevron di East Kalimantan habis.

"Pemenangnya langsung menandatangani kontrak. Saya mengharapkan 24 Agustus 2018 mendatang. Jadi ada waktu selama dua bulan sampai proses peralihan," ujarnya.

Jadi, sementara ini Blok East Kalimantan akan tetap dikelola oleh Chevron. Keputusan ini diambil untuk menjaga produksi East Kalimantan agar tidak terlalu terdampak dalam masa peralihan yang singkat ini. 

"Pemerintah meminta kontraktor eksisting menjaga kinerja kedua blok tersebut," katanya.

Sementara terkait Blok Attaka, meski Pertamina tidak bersedia, pemerintah tetap menugaskan Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN) itu sebagai operator sementara sampai ada pemenang dari lelang kedua blok itu. Sebagai informasi, kontrak Inpex Corporation Japan di Blok Attaka telah berakhir pada akhir tahun 2017 kemarin.

Kontan, Page-14, Saturday, Jan 6, 2018

Pertamina needs to improve work plan

The government has given state-owned energy giant Pertamina until the end of January to improve its work program and budget (WPSCB) proposals for four oil and gas blocks. Otherwise, those blocks will remain in the hands of their current operators.

oil and gas blocks

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry mandated in January 2017 that Pertamina take over eight oil and gas blocks, all of which would see their contracts with their current operators expire in 2018. The blocks are: Tuban, Ogan Komering, Sanga-sanga,  Southeast Sumatra, North Sumatra Offshore (NSO). Tengah, East Kalimantan and Attaka.

However, the ministry has given a chance to the current contractors of four of the eight blocks to submit a proposal to extend their operatorship. The four blocks are Tuban, Ogan Komering, Sanga-sanga and Southeast Sumatra.

The ministry has compared the WP&B proposed by the four contractors with the ones proposed by Pertamina.

“ln general, the current contractors of the four blocks have submitted better proposals than Pertamina,” the ministry’s secretary-general, Ego Syahrial, said on Thursday.

“We have handed over all of the documents [from the current contractors] to Pertamina. So, now the ball is in Pertamina’s court. If Pertamina can improve and match its proposals with other contractors in the next few weeks, we will grant the four blocks to the company” Ego said Pertamina. did not have to single-handedly operate the four blocks. If needed, the company could jointly operate those blocks with other contractors while still controlling the blocks’ majority stake, he added.

At present, Pertamina’s subsidiary Pertamina Hulu Energi jointly operates the Tuban block in East Java and the Ogan Komering block in South Sumatra with China’s PetroChina and Singapore’s Jadestone Energ, respectively.

China National Odshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) operates and holds the majority stake in Southeast Sumatra block. Mean-while, the Sanga-sanga block in East Kalimantan is jointly operated by several contractors, including local firm PT Saka Energi Indonesia, ltaly’s Eni and the United States-based Overseas Petroleum and Investment Corp. (OPIC).

“We will still show our partiality for Pertamina as a national oil company for these four blocks. We plan to make a decision on these four blocks in January” Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar said.

Aside from the four blocks, the government has officially ordered Pertamina to take over the Tengah and NSO blocks. The ministry says Pertamina will be able to operate the Tengah block more efficiently because the block has unitized operations with the Mahakam block in East Kalimantan, which was taken over recently by Pertamina from France’s Total E&P lndonesie and Japan’s lnpex 

Pertamina is also expected to merge the operation of the NSO block with the North Sumatra B (NSB) block, all of which are currently operated by Pertamina Hulu Energi, for further efficiency For the East Kalimantan and Attaka blocks, Pertamina will return these two blocks to the government. 

The firm said it would be too costly to bear the burdens coming from the blocks’ abandonment and site restoration. Hence, the ministry plans to offer these two blocks through a special auction in March. 

“We hope we can find the tender winners and sign contracts with them by the end of August,” Ego said.

The ministry previously said it would open another tender in January for 22 oil and gas blocks that failed to attract investors in 2015-2016 auctions, as well as for ll other new blocks.

“We are still evaluating which blocks will be put up for auction, as we will only offer blocks with good seismic data,” Ego said, 

While adding that the ministry had found it difficult to improve the seismic data quality of many oil and gas blocks in the country due to a lack of budget.

This year, the ministry has allocated Rp 58 billion (US$4.32 million) to conduct 2D seismic surveys in Southeast Sulawesi and West Kalimantan, down from Rp 75 billion in 2017.

Jakarta Post, Page-13, Friday, Jan 5, 2018

Mahakam Block Send LNG Perolana to Nusantara Regas

The first LNG cargo of 2 million MMBTU belonging to PT Nusantara Regas arrives at the FSRU Nusantara Regas One Floating Storage Unit in Jakarta Bay. This cargo is a special cargo because it is the domestic prime shipment of the Mahakam Block post operated by Pertamina through its grandson, Pertamina Hulu Mahakam (PHM), on January 1, 2018 ago. The LNG carrier is transported by LNG Carrier Aquarius.

Director of Commercial and Operations of PT Nusantara Regas Bara Frontasia expressed his appreciation and pride to PHM for the prime shipment of LNG block Mahakam addressed to Nusantara Regas.

the Mahakam block 

"It is an honor and pride for us to receive the first LNG shipments from the Mahakam Block after Pertamina operated through its grandson of Pertamina Hulu Mahakam. Alhamdulillah cargo has arrived as scheduled and we will directly process for the distribution to the PLN power plant area of ​​DKI and surrounding areas "explained Bara.

Furthermore, if in 2018, Nusantara Regas will manage 23.7 LNG cargoes (equivalent to 52 million MMBTU) of which 17.7 LNG cargoes will be supplied from the Mahakam Block. The other 6 cargoes are supplied from Tangguh Papua and Bontang Kalimantan fields.

As is known, the Mahakam Block is the largest natural gas producer in Indonesia and contributes about 13% of national gas production. Asked about Nusantara Regas business in 2018, Bara explained that Nusantara Regas is currently developing FSRU facility by adding LNG Offloading feature for LNG mini tanker or LNG Barge.

"The addition of offloading feature is targeted to be completed at the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year, so that in the future the Nusantara Regas service is not limited to LNG transportation, LNG storage, LNG regasification, distribution of regasification gas only, but also distribution of small-scale LNG distribution," Bara explained.

The addition of the offloading feature for the LNG mini tanker is the Initiative of Nusantara Regas to meet domestic demand for small-scale LNG supply for PLN, Mining, Transportation and Industry, which until now still can not be fulfilled due to infrastructure limitations.

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Blok Mahakam Kirim LNG Perolana ke Nusantara Regas

Kargo LNG perdana sebesar 2 juta MMBTU milik PT Nusantara Regas tiba di (Floating Storage Regasification Unit) FSRU Nusantara Regas Satu di Teluk Jakarta. Kargo ini merupakan kargo istimewa karena merupakan pengiriman perdana domestik dari Blok Mahakam pasca dioperasikan oleh Pertamina melalui cucu perusahaannya, Pertamina Hulu Mahakam (PHM), pada 1 Januari 2018 yang lalu. Kargo perdana LNG ini diangkut oleh LNG Carrier Aquarius.

Direktur Komersial dan Operasi PT Nusantara Regas Bara Frontasia menyampaikan apresiasi dan kebanggaan kepada PHM untuk pengiriman perdana LNG blok Mahakam yang ditujukan ke Nusantara Regas ini.

“Merupakan suatu kehormatan dan kebanggaan bagi kami untuk menerima pengiriman perdana LNG dari Blok Mahakam pasca dioperasikan Pertamina melalui cucu perusahaannya yaitu Pertamina Hulu Mahakam. Alhamdulillah kargo sudah tiba sesuai schedule dan akan langsung kami proses untuk penyaluran ke pembangkit listrik PLN area DKI dan sekitarnya” jelas Bara.

Lebih lanjut disampaikan jika pada tahun 2018, Nusantara Regas akan mengelola 23,7 kargo LNG (setara 52 juta MMBTU) dimana 17,7 kargo LNG akan dipasok dari Blok Mahakam. Sedangkan 6 kargo lainnya dipasok dari lapangan Tangguh Papua dan Bontang Kalimantan. 

Seperti diketahui, Blok Mahakam merupakan penghasil gas bumi terbesar di Indonesia dan berkontribusi sekitar 13% produksi gas nasional. Ditanya tentang bisnis Nusantara Regas di tahun 2018, Bara menjelaskan bahwa Nusantara Regas saat ini sedang melakukan pengembangan fasilitas FSRU dengan menambahkan fitur Offloading LNG untuk mini tanker LNG ataupun LNG Barge.

“Penambahan fitur offloading ditargetkan selesai pada awal kuartal 4 tahun ini, sehingga kedepannya layanan Nusantara Regas tidak hanya sebatas pengangkutan LNG, penyimpanan LNG, Regasifikasi LNG, penyaluran distribusi gas hasil regasifikasi saja, tetapi juga penyaluran distribusi LNG skala kecil” jelas Bara.

Penambahan fitur offloading untuk tanker mini LNG ini merupakan Inisiatif Nusantara Regas untuk memenuhi kebutuhan domestik atas suplai LNG skala kecil baik untuk PLN, Pertambangan, Transportasi, maupun Industri, yang hingga saat ini masih belum dapat dipenuhi karena keterbatasan infrastruktur.

Investor Daily, Page-9, Friday, Jan 5, 2018

Government Soon Open Auction 20 Oil and Gas Blocks

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) will hold an oil and gas Working Unit (WK) auction this January. At least 20 WKs will be offered to investors. The existing WKs have expired or not sold out in the previous period.

Arcandra Tahar

EMR Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Arcandra Tahar, said that the auction process was opened after the evaluation was completed. He said the evaluation started at the beginning of next week. The evaluation includes the completeness of data and so on.

This year there are more valuations. Next week is being evaluated which we will auction based on the completeness of January data as well as the auction, "Arbandra said in Jakarta.

Arcandra confirmed that the offered WK will use a gross split scheme. No longer using the cost recovery scheme In addition, he mentioned WK oil and gas auctioned there is no non-conventional. The meaning of all WK offered is a conventional oil and gas WK.

"With all the Gross Split," he said.

Ego Syahrial

Meanwhile, Acting Director General of Oil and Gas Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Ego Syahrial added, there will be a special auction against the East Kalimantan block and Attaka in March. This auction is different from the auction that opened in January. The second auction of the block is currently in the process of preparation.

"I expect March we can already announce, so our auction is open," he said.

Ego said the announcement of the auction winner will be submitted in August. The government gives only four months from March to investors who want to bid. Chevron contracts in East Kalimantan ends on 24 October.

"The winner and contract signing directly with the contractor we expect on August 24, so there are two months until the transition process," he said.

The government has actually handed over East Kalimantan Block and Attaka to PT Pertamina (Persero). However, Pertamina chose to return the two blocks. This is because the evaluation result states that the economic value is not in accordance with the calculation of the company. The government then asked the existing contractors to maintain the performance of the two blocks.

IN INDONESIA

Pemerintah Segera Buka Lelang 20 Blok Migas

Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) akan menggelar lelang Wilayah-Kerja (WK) minyak dan gas bumi pada Januari ini. Sedikitnya 20 WK yang akan ditawarkan kepada investor. WK tersebut ada yang sudah habis masa kontraknya maupun tidak laku dilelang pada periode-periode sebelumnya.

Wakil Menteri ESDM Arcandra Tahar mengatakan proses lelang dibuka setelah pihaknya selesai melakukan evaluasi. Dia bilang evaluasi mulai berlangsung pada awal pekan depan. Evaluasi itu meliputi kelengkapan data dan sebagainya.

Tahun ini lebih banyak sedang valuasi. Minggu depan sedang dievaluasi yang akan kita lelang berdasarkan kelengkapan data-data Januari juga lelangnya,” kata Arbandra di Jakarta.

Arcandra menegaskan WK yang ditawarkan tersebut akan menggunakan skema gross split. Tidak lagi menggunakan skema cost recovery selain itu dia menyebut WK migas yang dilelang tidak ada non-konvensional. Artiannya seluruh WK yang ditawarkan merupakan WK migas konvensional. 

“Dengan Gross Split semua,” ujarnya. 

Sementara itu, Pelaksana tugas Direktur Jendral Minyak dan Gas Bumi Kemententerian ESDM Ego Syahrial menambahkan, akan ada lelang khusus terhadap blok East Kalimantan dan Attaka pada Maret mendatang. Lelang ini berbeda dengan lelang yang dibuka pada Januari nanti. Lelang kedua blok tersebut saat ini dalam proses persiapan. 

“Saya harapkan bulan Maret kita sudah bisa umumkan, jadi lelang kita buka,” ujarnya.

Ego menuturkan pengumuman pemenang lelang akan disampaikan pada Agustus mendatang. Pemerintah hanya memberi waktu selama empat bulan terhitung sejak Maret bagi investor yang ingin melakukan penawaran. Pasalnya kontrak Chevron di East Kalimantan berakhir pada 24 Oktober mendatang.

“Pemenangnya maupun langsung tanda tangan kontrak dengan kontraktor itu kita harapkan di 24 Agustus, jadi ada waktu dua bulan sampai proses peralihan,” ujarnya.

Pemerintah sebenarnya sudah menyerahkan Blok East Kalimantan dan Attaka kepada PT Pertamina (persero). Namun Pertamina memilih mengembalikan kedua blok tersebut. Hal ini karena hasil evaluasi menyatakan nilai keekonomian tidak sesuai dengan perhitungan perseroan. Pemerintah kemudian meminta kontraktor eksisting untuk menjaga kinerja kedua blok tersebut. 

Investor Daily, Page-9, Friday, Jan 5, 2018

ESDM Auctioning Oil and Gas Blocks and Mining Areas

This year the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) will auction off oil and gas blocks and mining areas resulting from the negotiation of the Coal Mining Concession Working Agreement (PKP2B), Contract of Work and Mining Business License (IUP).

Arcandra Tahar, Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) asserted, dozens of oil and gas blocks prepared from oil and gas blocks are not in demand between 2015 to 2017.

"More than 20 oil and gas blocks, I want this month to exist, the old and the unhealthy are being auctioned," he said in his office.

In 2015 there were eight oil and gas blocks that were not sold, 2016 there were 14 oil and gas blocks that did not sell, and in 2017 there are five conventional oil and gas blocks are also not sold. As a result 27 blocks of oil and gas ready to be auctioned again.

Although there are 27 blocks that are not sold in 2015-2017, the government will not directly auction the entire oil and gas block, but still must go through the evaluation and improvement of data quality of oil and gas blocks.

"Next week is evaluated we will auction based on the completeness of the data with gross split all" he said.

Meanwhile, the ESDM Ministry will also hold an auction for several mining areas. Head of Public Service and Cooperation Communication Bureau, Ministry of ESDM Agung Pribadi said the central government will conduct auction of former Contract of Work and PK2B.

"But for the former IUP which conducts auction is the provincial government, referring to Ministerial Regulation prepared by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources," he said.

Agung said there will be about 16 mining areas to be auctioned this year. Among these are five mining areas of the former Contract of Work, one former PKP2B and the remaining ex IUP

"Nowadays, we have finished the price of the 16 Territories, but there will be potential to increase," he explained.

Spatial Problem 16 The mining area has been completed from the Ministry of Environment upstream and forestry. So there are no more obstacles to auction.

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ESDM Melelang Blok Migas dan Wilayah Pertambangan

Tahun ini Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) akan melelang blok migas dan wilayah pertambangan hasil negosiasi Perjanjian Karya Pengusahaan Pertambangan Batubara (PKP2B), Kontrak Karya dan Izin Usaha Pertambangan (IUP). 

Arcandra Tahar, Wakil Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) menegaskan, puluhan blok migas yang disiapkan berasal dari blok migas yang tidak diminati antara tahun 2015 sampai 2017.

"Lebih dari 20 blok migas. Saya mau bulan ini eksisting. Yang lama dan belum diminati dilelang," kata dia di kantornya.

Tahun 2015 silam ada delapan blok migas yang tidak laku dilelang, tahun 2016 terdapat 14 blok migas yang tidak laku, dan tahun 2017 ada lima blok migas konvensional yang juga tidak terjual. Alhasil 27 blok migas siap dilelang kembali.

Meski ada 27 blok yang tidak laku pada tahun 2015-2017, pemerintah tidak akan Iangsung melelang seluruh blok migas, melainkan tetap harus melalui tahap evaluasi serta perbaikan kualitas data blok migas. 

“Pekan depan dievaluasi yang akan kami lelang berdasarkan kelengkapan data-data dengan gross split semua" katanya.

Sementara itu Kementerian ESDM juga akan menggelar lelang untuk beberapa wilayah pertambangan. Kepala Biro Komunikasi Layanan Publik dan Kerjasama, Kementerian ESDM Agung Pribadi menyatakan, pemerintah pusat akan melakukan lelang bekas perusahaan Kontrak Karya dan PK2B. 

"Tapi untuk eks IUP yang melakukan lelang adalah pemerintah provinsi, mengacu Peraturan Menteri yang disiapkan oleh Menteri ESDM," katanya.

Agung menyatakan, akan ada sekitar 16 Wilayah pertambangan yang akan dilelang tahun ini. Di antaranya lima wilayah pertambangan eks Kontrak Karya, satu eks PKP2B dan sisanya eks IUP 

"Sementara sekarang ini yang sudah selesai harga dari 16 Wilayah pertarnbangan, tapi akan ada potensi bertambah," terangnya.

Masalah tata ruang 16 Wilayah pertambangan itu sudah selesai dari Kementerian Lingkungan Hulu dan Kehutanan. Jadi tidak ada kendala lagi untuk melelang.

Kontan, Page-14, Friday, Jan 5, 2018