Total announces a new gas discovery between the Tunu and Peciko fields in the offshore Mahakam block in Indonesia.
Drilled in very shallow water 8 kilometres southwest of the southernmost platform in the Tunu field, the Tunu Great South-1 well encountered a number of gas reservoirs that confirm the existence of an extension of the southern zone of Tunu. A production test will be conducted to confirm the find, and further wells will be drilled in the area to appraise its potential. The new resources could come on stream by 2009.