10/02/2016

Oil field of Pertamina in the middle of sahara desert Algeria



Oil field of Pertamina in the middle of sahara desert Algeria
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One of oil and gas stated enterprise pertamina in fact already expanded its business overseas. It has the oil field in the midst of central sahara desert.
The decrease of oil content domestically forces pertamina to explore oil content abroad precisely in menzel field lejmat north(MLN) part of blok 405a in the middle of sahara, around 200km from libya and 800km from algeria.

There are 10 wells to manage the filed and 10 injections wells . The oil is distributed through pipe along 38 km to oil storage facilities.
Pertamina is privileged to operate the field after taking over from conoco phillips in 2014. This field is also note the spark of overseas upstream activity of the stated owned company.

MLN field is delegated to algeria pertamina under auspices of its subsidiary PT pertamina international exploration and production (PIEP).
Pertamina is capable to produce 15 bar 15.000  barrels per day to 18.000 barrels.
There is an airport in MLN simply made of gypsum for overlay and it takes 15 minutes to arrive at the activity field.

There are 300 workers currently comprising of 20% pertamina workers and 80% algerian national company workers while indonesian workers there only 13 persons.
Since the field is located near to lybia which is under conflict, to ensure the security, the field is equipped with steel door and solid wall. The chamber also is guarded by algerian military after ensuring the area is safe and secure.

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