Indonesia’s Directorate General of Oil and Gas (MIGAS www.migas-indonesia.com) launched the First Indonesia Petroleum Bidding Round of 2009 on 4 May 2009. For this round, a total of 24 blocks are being offered with 17 blocks under Regular Tender and seven blocks under Direct Proposal Tender.
The blocks offered are as follows:-
| First Indonesia Petroleum
Bidding Round 2009 |
|
|
Block Name |
Basin
Name |
Bidding
Method |
|
TOMINI BAY-I |
GORONTALO |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| TOMINI
BAY-II |
GORONTALO |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| TOMINI
BAY-III |
GORONTALO |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| TOMINI
BAY-IV |
GORONTALO |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| TOMINI
BAY-V |
GORONTALO |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| GORONTALO
TOMINI I |
GORONTALO |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| GORONTALO
TOMINI II |
GORONTALO |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| BONE
NORTH |
SENGKANG
BONE |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| KOLAKA
LASUSUA |
SENGKANG
BONE |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| KABENA |
SENGKANG
BONE |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| JAMPEA |
SENGKANG
BONE |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| BUTON
III |
SENGKANG
BONE |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| MENUI
ASERA |
SALABANGA
MANUI |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| MOROWALI |
TOMORI |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| SULA-I |
BANGGAI
SULA |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| SULA-II |
BANGGAI
SULA |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| BIRD'S
HEAD |
SALAWATI |
REGULAR
TENDER |
| KUBU |
CENTRAL
SUMATRA |
DIRECT
PROPOSAL TENDER |
| OGAN
KOMERING NORTHEAST |
SOUTH
SUMATRA |
DIRECT
PROPOSAL TENDER |
| JAVA
WEST OFFSHORE |
NORTHWEST
JAVA |
DIRECT
PROPOSAL TENDER |
| BLORA |
JAVA
SEA |
DIRECT
PROPOSAL TENDER |
| MAKASSAR
STRAIT NORTH |
KUTEI |
DIRECT
PROPOSAL TENDER |
| SIMENGGARIS
EAST |
TARAKAN |
DIRECT
PROPOSAL TENDER |
| DIGUL |
IRIAN
ARAFURA |
DIRECT
PROPOSAL TENDER |
Bid documents have been available from 15 June 2009. The bid deadline for direct proposal tenders is 30 July 2009 and for regular tenders is 13 October 2009.
Map:
Blocks offered under the First Indonesia Petroleum Bidding Round 2009
(red shading for Direct Proposal and green shading
for Regular Tender). Source:
PetroView®
On 30 April 2009, MIGAS awarded oil and gas exploration rights on 12 blocks to several international and local companies as below:-
| Indonesia Petroleum Round
Awards 2008 |
|
Block |
Operator |
Partners |
|
SOUTH BLOCK A |
PT
REALTO ENERGI NUSANTARA |
PT
PROSYS OIL & GAS INTERNATIONAL |
| EAST
PAMAI |
PT
NORTHERN YAMANO TECH OIL RESOURCES |
- |
| WEST
BELIDA |
ORCHARD
ENERGY WEST BELIDA LTD |
PT
BAYU ENERGI LESTARI |
| TERUMBU |
AWE
TERUMBU NZ LTD |
- |
| S.
E. MADURA |
PT
BAMA BUMI SENTOSA |
PT
TOBA SEJAHTERA |
| PASIR |
PT
ARCHIPELAGO RESOURCES |
- |
| SOUTH
SESULU |
HESS
INDONESIA SOUTH SESULU |
- |
| KOFIAU |
NIKO
RESOURCES OVERSEAS IX LTD |
BLACK
GOLD KOFIAU LLC |
| KUMAWA |
MARATHON
INDONESIA |
BLACK
GOLD KUMAWA ENERGI LLC |
| CENDRAWASIH |
ESSO
EXPLORATION CENDRAWASIH LTD |
BLACK
GOLD CENDRAWASIH LLC |
| PAPUA
NORTH |
SARMI
PAPUA ASIA OIL LTD |
- |
| LAMPUNG
III |
PT
HARPINDO MITRA KHARISMA |
- |
With the exception of the Lampung III block, all other blocks were from the Second Indonesia Petroleum Bidding Round 2008. Out of the 15 blocks offered under the second round in 2008, only 11 blocks attracted bids. The reported total exploration commitments (first three years) and signature bonuses are USD 195.68 million and USD 23.35 million respectively.