PetroChina shuts well after fire, leak

PetroChina shuts well after fire, leak

JAKARTA: PetroChina Co., Asia's biggest oil company, has shut a gas well it operates in Indonesia's Jabung field in Sumatra after a fire and a leak but there has been no damage or injuries, Budi Setiadi, vice-president of PetroChina's Indonesian unit, said.

"The well has been closed. There has been no disruption to production as the well was still under test," he said on Thursday.

Trijana Kartoatmodjo, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Implementing Body (BP Migas) deputy of operations, said on April 1 that gas was still leaking at the Gemah-21 well after a fire had been put out.

The blowout occurred at a time when prospective employees were visiting the company's site, he said.

PetroChina and Malaysia's state-owned Petroliam Nasional Bhd. each owns 30 percent of the Jabung field. Indonesia's state oil company PT Pertamina has a 10 percent stake. -- Bloomberg