Pertamina Releases New Eco-Friendly Platform to Java Sea Coast

PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ) has started a new chapter in maintaining national energy security. PHE ONWJ sent the topside of the OOA Platform, weighing 530 metric tons, from the fabrication location of the OO-OX Field Development Project, owned by PT Meitech Eka Bintan, a subsidiary of PT Meindo Elang Indah on Bintan Island, Riau Islands, via sea, to the north coast of West Java.

Previously, the 200 metric ton platform jacket structure was first shipped from the same location. The two OOA Platform structures will be assembled and connected via a 12-inch diameter subsea pipeline along 14 km to the Balongan Onshore Processing Facility (OPF), Indramayu. This subsea pipeline is at a depth of 2 meters (TOP) below the seabed, in accordance with Indonesian Government regulations.

The OOA Platform is part of the OO-OX oil and gas field development project managed by PHE ONWJ, which aims to increase national oil and gas production. In addition to the construction of the OOA Platform, this project will also drill 4 (four) development wells, namely OOA-1, OOA-2, OOA-3, and OOA-4. Through this effort, the OO-OX Field is estimated to be able to produce an additional 2,996 barrels of oil per day (BOPD), and 21.26 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (MMSCFD) when it starts production in the first quarter of 2026.

The project involving collaboration of several entities/subholdings within Pertamina, starting from engineering, procurement of goods & services, fabrication and installation of platforms, deployment of underwater pipelines, to provision of Indonesian-flagged support vessels is carried out by the Implementing Contractor PT Meindo Elang Indah (PDN). All stages are carried out with high safety standards, both in the offshore area, onshore pipelines and onshore processing facilities/OPF in Balongan, Indramayu.

In addition to focusing on increasing production, PHE ONWJ also shows its commitment to the environment by installing 14.22 kW solar panels on the OOA Platform to meet the electricity needs in operating this offshore platform. The use of solar panel technology on the OOA Platform is not only a technical innovation, but also a concrete implementation in reducing the carbon footprint and developing renewable energy in the oil and gas sector.