In 2017, the number of Indonesian oil and gas Working Areas (WK) reached 255 blocks. This number of oil and gas blocks was the lowest in the last seven years and has been declining since 2013. Based on location, the oil and gas WK consisted of 134 onshore blocks, 83 offshore blocks, and 34 onshore/offshore blocks.
Details of the number of oil and gas WK at the end of last year comprised 87 blocks in the exploitation phase, 119 blocks in the conventional exploration phase, and 49 blocks in the unconventional exploration phase. For oil and gas WK in the exploitation phase, this consisted of 73 production blocks and 14 blocks in the development phase. For exploration WK, this consisted of 88 active blocks and 31 blocks in the termination process. Meanwhile, unconventional WK consisted of 43 active blocks and 6 blocks in the termination process.
For information, in February 2018, 26 oil and gas blocks were auctioned using a gross split scheme. This number consisted of 24 conventional oil and gas blocks and 2 unconventional oil and gas blocks.
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