good news for the people of Aceh, especially those in Indonesia after the terrible natural disaster that is tsunami. since 2014 it has often been mentioned that in the waters between Meulaboh, West Aceh, and Simeulue District, there are an astonishing amount of hydrocarbon deposits: 320.79 billion barrels. I think this is very impressive, hopefully the people of Aceh can feel the results and managed well.

All data on the alleged offshore oil and gas reserves off the coast of Simeulue were first released by the Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), after a survey by the agency on the changes in the Simeulue-Aceh Barat seabed structure using test techniques three-dimensional seismic after the great earthquake of 2004. BPPT was not alone in the survey, but took BGR Germany (a kind of LIPI of Germany). The survey was basically to examine how actually the waters of Simuelue-Aceh Besar seabed as epicenter points after a magnitude 9.3 (not 8.9) earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami on December 26, 2004.

the findings found in the Sumatran bow-face basin after a seismic survey in the waters of western Aceh in depths of 500-800 meters from the seabed with a depth of 1,100 meters. As a result, the estimated volume of reserves between 17.1-10 billion cubic. If one cubic meter of 6.29 barrels is known, the total minimum volume is 107.5 billion barrels and the maximum volume is 320.79 billion barrels.

This is a new hope for Aceh, especially in the oil and gas business, after the end of the LNG era by ExxonMobil in Aron, North Aceh in October 2015. Well, if the Total survey in Aceh will prove that the hydrocarbon has value high economics, then the future of Aceh is in the sea, precisely in the waters of Simeulue.

it looks like the world's four oil and gas giants expressed interest in surveying new oil and gas resources off the coast of Aceh. The four big companies are Mubadala (Abu Dhabi), Primier Oil (UK), and Kris Energy (Singapore). These three companies are joining a consortium. While one other large company stand alone, namely Total Indonesia (France). "They have been positively interested and volunteered to do this great work for Aceh at their own expense and risk.

The oil and gas kings have studied data mining in Aceh. "Although the data has not concluded anything, but they are desperate to express their interest. This is truly a blessing for the people of Aceh, then the people of Aceh should be grateful. Moreover, for data acquisition along with initial exploration - in order to obtain certainty of oil and gas reserves - which will cost hundreds of millions of US dollars, Aceh alone does not have the ability to do so.

You see, based on satellite imagery, the geologists finally knew that the devastating earthquake caused chunks of the seafloor as far as 1,000 km and 152 km wide. This creates a large hole and sucks the seawater from various parts of Aceh into the cavity. That is what led to the emergence of marine phenomena receded pascagempa, before the tsunami hit Aceh coastal areas including coastal areas in 12 countries.

With the existence of oil and gas in Aceh surely the economy in this area will grow rapidly and also pembagunan infrastructure will be more sophisticated. I really hope this oil and gas potential in use as possible by the state of Indonesia. I can not imagine how if the industry will go forward, certainly the people in Aceh in particular can feel the produce of the earth that is in their area.

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Thanks you