ExxonMobil's operation still running smoothly in troubled Aceh<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The second day of operation of ExxonMobil Oil
\nIndonesia's Arun gas fields in Aceh is running normally and gas
\nproduction is expected to increase within the next few days,
\naccording to a company' senior official.<\/p>\n
ExxonMobil spokeswoman Julia Tumengkol said on Thursday that
\nExxonMobil would likely increase production as the company
\ncontinued to restore the gas field facilities.<\/p>\n
She also said that the plan to increase production would also
\ndepend on the latest security situation.<\/p>\n
"We're now still operating the gas fields on a day to day
\nbasis," she told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
The company is now pumping gas from Cluster II, one of four
\nclusters operated by ExxonMobil, a unit of the U.S.-based Exxon
\nMobil Corp.<\/p>\n
Sidick A Nitikusuma, head of general affairs at state oil and
\ngas company Pertamina's directorate of production sharing
\nmanagement, said earlier that the resumption of operations would
\nenable nearby liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer PT Arun NGL to
\nrecommence its LNG production in mid-August.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a South Korea official at the Ministry of Commerce,
\nIndustry and Energy, or Mocie, said as quoted by Dow Jones, that
\nSouth Korea hoped liquefied natural gas imports from Indonesia's
\nAceh province could resume starting October.<\/p>\n
However, the official said it was not immediately clear when
\nIndonesia would restart its LNG exports.<\/p>\n
Indonesia told Mocie that it would restart providing LNG to
\nSouth Korea starting August, but South Korea does not have the
\nroom to receive the volume until October, the official said.<\/p>\n
"We can't receive LNG (from Aceh) until October because South
\nKorea has already made arrangements to replace the LNG supply
\nfrom Aceh until September", the official said. However, Indonesia
\nhas not confirmed when natural gas exports from Aceh will
\nrestart, he added.<\/p>\n
An official at Korea Gas Corp., or Kogas, also said Kogas has
\nsecured enough LNG until September. However, the official said
\nKogas anticipates a shortage of supply if Indonesia does not
\nprovide LNG from Aceh after September as South Korea's LNG demand
\nrises in the second half of the year due to seasonal demand.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is South Korea's largest LNG supplier. South Korea
\nhas a long-term contract with Indonesia to import 5.3 million
\nmetric tons of LNG a year.<\/p>\n
South Korea also receives 11.56 million tons of LNG a year
\nfrom its other contract LNG suppliers, Malaysia, Qatar, Oman and
\nBrunei. (05)<\/p>",
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