DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL SHALE GAS AS AN EFFORT

IN FACING ENERGY CRISIS IN INDONESIA

I Gede Odesya Satya1), Rima Megayanti2), Theomas Abdi Jaya3)
1),2),3)
Petroleum Engineering Department, UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta

Fulfillment of the energy needs has always been very important for the development and economic
progress of a country. In an increasingly modern era, Indonesia must continue to explore and exploit to
meet energy needs. Indonesia's oil reserves are currently around 3.7 billion barrels or around 0.2 percent
of the world's oil reserves. This figure is certainly tentative in that if the discovery of new oil fields through
intensive exploration activities is successfully carried out, the reserve figure will automatically increase.
However, assuming oil production averages 830 thousand barrels per day and without finding new
reserves, Indonesia's oil reserves will run out in 12 years.
This condition certainly spurs efforts to diversify energy fulfillment, one of which is to explore
unconventional energy such as shale gas. The potential of shale gas in Indonesia is indeed greater than
conventional gas. As quoted from the official website of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources,
to date there are seven basins in Indonesia that contain shale gas. Of the seven basins, Indonesia's Shale
Gas potential is very high, estimated to reach 574 TSCF. Greater than Coal Bed Methane, which is only
453.3 TSCF and natural gas 334.5 TSCF. With this high potential, it is expected that shale gas can be a
solution in facing the energy crisis in Indonesia

Keywords: unconventional energy, shale gas, crisis energy solution