Jakarta – World demand of energy is continuously rising. A number of countries which are now in economic growth booming consumes a huge amount of energy, consequently new stocks of energy source grow to be an absolute demand.

High economic growth which insisted huge amount of energy supply has definitely required an accurate plan and technology implementation to optimize production growth in the existing wells. Crude oil is still on domination for energy sources over gas and coal.

China and India, which are now in a fast growing economic growth, consumes up to 86% of the world energy demand. In order to meet this high demand, the production of oil and gas must be developed to stabilize the amount of the supply by implementing appropriate technology and discovering new reserves.

According to Head of Upstream Oil and Gas Supervisory Agency (BPMIGAS), R. Priyono, oil and gas production recovers only about 30% of the reserves. Meanwhile, by the application of appropriate technology, oil and gas industry will be able to recover 60-80% of the reserves.

The appropriate technology, for example the biggest Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) has been applied in Lapangan North Duri Area 12 in Riau. This EOR technology has proved to be able to extend the production period. This also increases the oil recovery three times than that of the primary recovery.

Source: Indonesian www.esdm.go.id
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