Total to double gas output

Total to double gas output

SINGAPORE (Reuter): Total Indonesie, a unit of Total SA of
France, plans to more than double gas production in Indonesia to
2.2 billion standard cubic feet per day (scfpd) by year 2000, its
president and general manager said.

Total currently produces 1.0 billion scfpd which includes 800
million scfpd from the Tunu field, which is part of the Mahakam
block on Kalimantan.

"By 2000, we expect to produce 2.2 billion scfpd," Bernard
Vitry told Reuters by telephone yesterday.

He said he expected Tunu production to rise to 1.5 billion
scfpd by year 2000.

About 500 million scfpd would be produced from the Peciko
field, due on stream in 1999 and also in the Mahakam area, he
said.

The existing Tambora field, also in the Mahakam area, will
produce about 100 million scfpd, around current levels, and the
remaining gas will come from associated gas production from oil
fields, he said.

Total estimated that Tunu production capacity would be near
2.0 billion scfpd by 2000 and Peciko production capacity would be
900 million scfpd.