ITS develops oil study

SURABAYA: The geophysics laboratory at Surabaya's Sepuluh November Technology Institute (ITS) will be turned into an oil and gas study center before making it into a study program in two to three years time.

"The reason for (turning the laboratory) into a study program is because the gas and oil potential in East Java has not been fully exploited," said the institute's rector Mohammad Nuh.

He said that so far East Java has potential oil and gas reserves, like Bojonegoro, Madura and along the northern coastal area. However, a lack of human resources has made it impossible to make maximum use of resources, he added. -- JP