Indonesia awards 5 new oil and gas blocks

摘要

Jakarta-Indonesia has awarded five oil and gas blocks out of a total of 16 offered in a tender round held last year, leaving the remaining 11 unallocated, a senior official said September 11. A consortium of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina and Malaysia's Petronas Carigali won the right to explore the West Gelagah Kambuna block offshore North Sumatra, the Energy and Mines Ministry's oil and gas director general, Evita Legowo, said.