Criterium Energy says it delivered first gas from its wholly operated Southeast Mengoepeh field in Indonesia’s Tungkal production-sharing contract on 10 November, bringing a new onshore supply source into the existing regional network.
Gas travels through a newly built 25-kilometre pipeline to the Teluk Rendah gas plant, then through the existing 60-kilometre route to the Sekernan sales point. The company said initial rates were in line with expectations and would be reported after stabilisation.
Criterium expects commercial production of 5–8 million cubic feet a day. That range is a forecast, not a confirmed sustained operating rate.
Sales to PGN are covered by an existing agreement at approximately US$7 per million British thermal units, including a take-or-pay commitment. Criterium says mutually agreed nominations can accommodate additional supply.
The operator is now directing engineering and procurement towards North Mengoepeh. That separate development requires a planned 14-kilometre connecting pipeline; its anticipated 2–3 million cubic feet a day of incremental output remains prospective.
Source: original announcement.
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Image credit: Illustrative Indonesian gas-sector file photograph: Badak NGL/Bontang LNG complex, published January 2019; capture date unconfirmed. This is not Southeast Mengoepeh or Teluk Rendah. consigliere ivan / PT Badak NGL, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Resized and compressed.
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