Lack of rigs may delay drilling at Cepu oil block

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Pertamina and ExxonMobil might have to delay drilling on their jointly-held Cepu oil block in East Java from September this year to early 2007 due to a shortage of available rigs,a senior official of the Indonesian state-owned company said April 6."We may delay our initial drilling plan from around September/October this year to early 2007 because of a rig shortage.We are having trouble finding a rig.However,if we find a rig,we will start drilling based on our initial plan," Pertamina Vice President lin Arifin Takhyan said.