Pertamina to drill two additional production wells at Kamojang in 2017
Well of Pertamina at Kamojang, Indonesia (source: ThinkGeoEnergy, creative commons)
Alexander Richter
30 Nov 2016
Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) is planning a drilling campaign for two additional production wells at Kamojang to make up for a decreasing steam output.
In local news PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) is said to plan to drill two additional production wells for its geothermal opoerations at Kamojang, Bandung, West Java.
“We plan to drill two additional wells next year, as make up well or production wells for additional (capacity), “said Manager of Maintenance PGE Area Kamojang Faiq Kauthar in Garut. It is expected that the wells will add 10% of the total capacity of the power plants in the geothermal field, which now has a capacity of 235 MW. Thereof 30 MW are to be replaced by PLN, as we reported yesterday.
The additional capacity of approximately 20 MW is necessary to keep a stable geothermal production and to meet the plant’s demand.
The rason for this has been a downward trend in production from the field, that makes it necessary to add new wells every three years.
With an additional 10 MW in capacity it is expected that it won’t be necessary to drill every year and would allow to drill one or two wells in one go.
The cost for the wells is expected to be around $5 million to $7 million.
At Kamojang, Pertamina Geothermal provides steam for the Unit 1 geothermal plant run by PT Indonesia Power (PLN). Indonesia Power operates Unit I, II and III at Kamojang, while Unit IV and Unit V are managed by Pertamina Geothermal Energy.
The Kamojang geothermal field is often described as one of the best geothermal fields, due to very dry steam.
The first geothermal well was drilled at Kamojang in 1926 by then the Dutch conolial government. Pertamina took over the management of the field in 1983.
Source: Antara News
