Lapindo Brantas
| Industry | Oil and gas |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Sidoarjo, Indonesia |
Key people | Rinov Putra Laksono |
| Products | Petroleum Natural gas |
PT Lapindo Brantas is an Indonesian oil and gas exploration company. It was established as a joint venture between PT. Energi Mega Persada Tbk. (50%), PT. Medco Energi Tbk. (32%) and Santos Australia (18%). The Bakrie family, through its investments, held a controlling stake in PT. Energi Mega Persada Tbk. Lapindo Brantas currently employs a staff of 77 permanent and contract employees and 142 personnel working for the company through a third party contract.[1]
Operations
[edit]Exploration and production
[edit]Lapindo Brantas operates in the Brantas Block in East Java, Indonesia. The working area covers 3,042 square kilometres (1,175 sq mi) encompassing two onshore and three offshore sites:
- Area-1: Kediri Regency, Nganjuk Regency and Jombang Regency (onshore);
- Area-2: Sidoarjo Regency, Pasuruan Regency and Mojokerto Regency (onshore);
- Area-3: Probolinggo Regency and Situbondo Regency (offshore);
- Area-4: Probolinggo Regency and Situbondo Regency (offshore);
- Area-5: Probolinggo Regency and Situbondo Regency (offshore).
Gas distribution
[edit]In 2009, Lapindo Brantas started to supply households in East Java with natural gas.[2] The project involves supplying 8 million cubic feet per day (230×103 m3/d) of gas to households in surrounding villages of Surabaya.[3]
Sidoarjo mud flow
[edit]The Sidoarjo mud flow is the result of an erupting mud volcano[4] in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia that has been in eruption since May 2006. It is the biggest mud volcano in the world; responsibility for it was credited to the blowout of a natural gas well drilled by Lapindo Brantas, although some scientists[5] and company officials contend it was caused by a distant earthquake.
Lapindo Brantas took responsibility in covering the cost of emergency response and victim resettlement, paying more than Rp.5 trillion (approx. US$550 million)[6] despite its acquittal as the cause of the mudflow in 2009 by Indonesia's Supreme Court.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Welcome". Lapindo-brantas.co.id. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Government May Subsidize City Gas Pipelines". The Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Lapindo – History". Lapindo-brantas.co.id. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ Richard van Noorden (30 August 2006). "Mud volcano floods Java". news@nature.com. Retrieved 18 October 2006.
- ^ Charles Q. Choi. "What caused mud eruption? New study favors quake over drilling". NBC News.
- ^ "Bakrie: Social Impact Report: Sidoarjo Mud Volcano" (PDF). Dl.dropbox.com. Retrieved 23 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Evidence May Reopen Lapindo Mud Case". The Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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