The Merakes natural gas project (pictured) is located offshore Indonesia. Gas extracted from the subsea wells uses the transport infrastructure and processing plants already used for the nearby Jankrik offshore gas project.
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The President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo met Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi in Jakarta on Feb. 2 to discuss the company’s ongoing activities in the country and to outline initiatives in the areas of energy transition and decarbonization.
Offshore staff
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Eni plans to establish a new gas production hub around last year’s 5-Tcf Geng North discovery in the North Ganal PSC offshore East Kalimantan.
CEO Claudio Descalzi discussed the company’s plans in a meeting with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo.
Aside from the 1-Bcf/d hub at Geng North in the northern Kutei Basin, Eni is looking to extend plateau output at 750 MMcf/d from its existing facilities in the southern offshore Kutei Basin, supported by the ongoing development of the East Merakes and Maha fields and near-field exploration.
These projects will allow Indonesia to step up gas production both for domestic use and for export, and increase take-up of available capacity at the onshore Bontang LNG plant.
Descalzi also outlined Eni’s proposals going forward for the Indonesia Deepwater Development assets it acquired recently from Chevron.
