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The Badak Field is located on the East Coast of Kalimantan approximately 40 Kilometers South of equator and 120 Kilometers Nor& East of Balikpapan. It is part of Kutai Basin which includes the Mahakam river delta. It was discovered in January 1972 by drilling and testing Badak-1 . Intensive development from 1972 to 1977 resulted in developing approximately 7 TCF gas reserves. These gas reserves were used to justify building the two train Bontang LNG Plant. The Plant was put on stream in June, 1977 and currently has a liquefaction capacity of 600 MMCF/D.As of March 1978, 43 wells have been drilled including one dry hole. The majority of wells are dually conipleted. The 42 wells include 34 gas completions and 25 oil completions for a total of 59. Reservoir pressure range from 1590 to 5165 psi with temperature range between 129 and 276F. Porosities between 14 and 32 percent and Water Saturation of 18-50% are present in various reservoirs in the field.Sixty Eight plus reservoirs are present between 3,700 and 1 1,000 Feet. Proved reserves are estimated at 7 TCF gas in place and some 108 MMSTB proven oil in places in 16 oil reservoirs.Current production is just over 600 MMCF/D, which is delivered to the Bontang LNG Plant. The 11,500 STB per day condensate and 10.700 STB per day of oil production are delivered to Santan Terminal for loading on.