A case study of exploration and evaluation of giant gas fields. This potentially giant gas discovery is located some 350 km east of timor island and 350 km north of darwin. Reference kaandal of the proposed tangguh lng expansion project in teluk bintuni. We cross section from kelp deep1 st1 to barakan1 through troubadour and abadi gas fields, b bb. The project to develop this irian jaya gas has been named tangguh.
The gas reserves were discovered in the mid1990s by atlantic richfield co. The abadi field is indonesias first discovery in the middle jurassic plover formation. The tangguh liquefied natural gas lng project is a major greenfield development to extract natural gas. Pdf constraints on the tectonic evolution of the birds head, west. The ubadari1 well was drilled in 1997, discovering gas in the middle. Vorwata or wiriagar deep, as the natural gas reserves are produced. The biak basin and its setting in the birds head region. Further development of gas supply including gas supply for lng train 3 and development. Full text pdf 2176k abstracts references9 bintuni basin is a foredeep basin located in irian jaya, indonesia. Tangguh lng is a unitized development of six gas fields located in the wiriagar, berau and muturi production sharing contracts pscs in bintuni bay, papua barat. Ns cross section from thrust zone in ba bar selaru block t o lynedoch gas field through abadi gas field. Join, renew or reinstate membership vote now election. The natural gas field contains over 500 billion cubic metres 18 trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas reserves, with estimates of potential reserves reaching over 800 billion cubic metres 28 trillion cubic feet the tangguh field is developed by a consortium of international companies.
Some of the items listed are basins or projects that comprise many fields e. Geology, resources and tectonics the tamar giant gas field. Tangguh lng expansion project asian development bank. Structural evolution of ubadari field, birds head, papua, indonesia. Tangguh, bintuni basin, papua, indonesia adelaide research. These fields have the potential to become one of the worlds premier. Download citation petroleum geology in bintuni basin in east indonesia. Proven reserves for each field are listed below together with shares of each psc partner. Opening the subsalt miocene gas play in the levant basin giant fields of the decade 20002010. A case study of exploration and evaluation of giant gas fields bintuni basin is a. Petroleum geology in bintuni basin in east indonesia. Geologic map of seram island from showing key geologic units and structural features.
Located in the northwestern part of bonaparte basin, offshore western timor presents the opportunity for a distinct exploration concept due to the discovery of the abadi gas field. Pdf basin and petroleum system modeling of offshore. In the salawati basin the event overlying the kais limestone marking a sharp change in deposition from carbonates and marls to the siliciclastics of the klasafet and klasaman formations is termed the u marker gibsonrobinson and soedirdja, 1986. Called tangguh after the indonesian word for resilient, the reserves are estimated to be over 18. The combined fields are considered to have the potential to support more. The tangguh gas field is a gas field lies in bintuni bay, in the province of west papua. Barakan1 through troubadour and a badi gas fields, b bb. Petroleum geology in bintuni basin in east indonesia jstage. The tangguh gas fields, situated near the bintuni bay region of west papua province, were discovered by arco exploration in the mid1990s. The new venture team continued to work studying the regional geology and evaluating block opportunities in the. This list of natural gas fields includes major fields of the past and present n. The tangguh gas field is a gas field lies in bintuni bay, in the province of west papua, indonesia. The zohr discovery was a gamechanger for the region proof of a new play the eastern mediterranean has a complex, longlived tectonic history the eastern mediterranean has a favourable petroleum systems framework about 12 km of sediments in levantine with multiple source rocks, so with stacked petroleum systems and a first class messinian evaporitic seal. Tangguhdiscovery of a major gas province in irian jaya, indonesia.
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