CBM Asia Development & Medco Energi Enter Agreement to Sell Coalbed Methane Gas from Sekayu PSC
29 Noviembre 2011 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
CBM Asia Development Corp. ("CBM Asia" or the "Company") (TSX.V:
TCF) (US: CBMDF) (FWB: IY2) announces that Medco Energi has signed
a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”), to conduct the
sale and purchase of coalbed methane gas produced during the
dewatering stage at the Sekayu Coalbed Methane (“CBM”) Production
Sharing Contract (“PCS”), South Sumatra, Indonesia.
Mr. Alan Charuk, Chief Executive Officer and President,
commented, “This MOU will facilitate the early sale of coalbed gas
from the Sekayu PSC, where CBM Asia earlier this month announced
its NI 51-101 compliant Best Estimate of 1.062 trillion cubic feet
of unrisked, recoverable gross prospective gas resources. We are
currently assisting Medco’s engineering staff to design the pilot
production program, expected to be initiated during 1Q-2012.”
Under the terms of the MOU, the Sekayu CBM PSC has been approved
by Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas regulator, BPMigas, to sell
coalbed methane produced during the dewatering stage for local
power generation. The parties involved are working to define terms
of a Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (“GSPA”) that would provide
the basis for gas sales and deliveries which are expected to
commence during 2012.
ABOUT PT MEDCO ENERGI INTERNASIONAL Tbk
MedcoEnergi is a publicly listed integrated energy company on
the Jakarta Stock Exchange, with focus in exploration and
production of oil and gas business in Indonesia and Maghreb
countries. As an integrated energy company, MedcoEnergi also
involves in downstream business by producing LPG, trading and
distributing HSD, and producing industrial grade bio-ethanol. It
also involves in Power Generation business that produces
approximately of 1,500 MW of electricity. MedcoEnergi also strives
to nurture other energy businesses by entering into exploration and
production of Coal Bed Methane, Coal Mining, Gas Pipeline and
Distribution, and Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Services.
Its operation areas cover Indonesia - from western to eastern tip,
Oman, Yemen, Libya, as well as Gulf of Mexico.
ABOUT CBM ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORP.
CBM Asia Development Corp. is a Canadian-based unconventional
gas company with significant coalbed methane ("CBM") exploration
and development opportunities in Indonesia. The Company holds
various participating interests in four production sharing
contracts (each a "PSC") for CBM in Indonesia. Indonesia has one of
the largest CBM resources in the world with a potential 453
trillion cubic feet in-place, more than double the country's
natural gas reserves (Stevens and Hadiyanto, 2004). Since 2008 more
than 30 CBM PSCs have been granted by the Government of Indonesia,
representing exploration commitments of over US$100 million during
the next 3 years. In addition to CBM Asia, other companies active
in CBM exploration in Indonesia include BP, Dart Energy, ENI,
ExxonMobil, Medco, and TOTAL. BP, ENI, and the Indonesian
government have confirmed that commercial CBM production started in
March 2011 from the Sanga-Sanga PSC and is being exported from the
Bontang LNG facility. The Company trades on the TSX Venture
Exchange under the symbol "TCF".www.cbmasia.ca
ON BEHALF OF CBM ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORP.
"Alan T. Charuk"
President & CEO
For further information on CBM Asia Development Corp., please
contact Alan Charuk at (604) 684-2340, or (866) 504-4755, email
corpcom@cbmasia.ca or visit our website at www.cbmasia.ca.
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CBM ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORP.
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www.cbmasia.ca
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relate to future events or future performance and reflect
management’s current expectations and assumptions. Such
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