Govt, BP Migas sign four gas contracts

The government and Upstream Oil and Gas Regulator (BP Migas) signed four contracts on Thursday to develop coal bed methane (CBM) in Kalimantan, with investment totaling US$20.3 million, Antara news agency reports.

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro and BP Migas chairman R Priyono signed the contracts with four consortiums that won in the tender process.

The four consortiums were BP Indobararambai Gas Methan (to develop CBM at Barito Banjar 1 with an investment value of $3 million); PT Barito Basin Gas (Barito Banjar 2, $3 million); a consortium of PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Metana Kalimantan and Sangatta West CBM Inc. (Sangatta, $7.7 million); and a consortium of Kutai West CBM Inc. and Newton Energy Capital Limited (Kutai, $6.6 million).

In addition to the CBM contracts, the government and BP Migas also signed 29 production sharing contracts to develop oil and gas fields.

Source: The Jakarta Post

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