Merakes Gas Field (Indonesia)

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Merakes Gas Field is an operating gas field in Indonesia.

Along with Badak Oil and Gas Field (Indonesia) and Nilam Oil and Gas Field (Indonesia), Merakes Gas Field is a part of the Bontang complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Merakes Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Merakes	Operating	Eni S.P.A.	Eni East Sepinggan (65.0%); Neptune Energy (20.0%); Pertamina Hulu Energy (15.0%)	2014	2018	2021	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Merakes Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	Gas in place	56633.16	million m³	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Merakes Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	4651.0	million m³/y	2021
production	gas	3927.51	million m³/y	2022

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Merakes Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
East Sepinggan Block	Offshore, Indonesia	Offshore	-1.545, 117.72 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Bontang complex:

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