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Exploration activities in a decade we're going toward making a significant contribution to the discovery of oil and gas reserves or resources in Indonesia. The success of exploration activities is a joint result of several parties including the government and Cooperation Contract Contractors under SKK Migas control. The Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) continues to take various initiatives to find giant discoveries or significant oil and gas reserves. In the road map of exploration activities, a total of around 805 wells and 127,411 km of 2D seismic surveys and 64,513 km2 of 3D seismic surveys have been carried out to search for giant discoveries over the past decade. Exploration drilling activities were mostly carried out in the Western area of Indonesia with a total of 358 wells, followed by the Kalimantan area with planned drilling of 258 wells. Then as many as 195 wells were drilled in Java and Eastern Indonesia with 115 wells. Most seismic survey activities were carried out in eastern Indonesia with a total area surveyed along 60,928 km and an area of 25,470 km2, Kalimantan 24,475 km and an area of 15,287 km2, Java along 22,4455 km and 7,969 km2, the southern Sumatra area 6,708 km and an area of 6,708 km and 4,696 km2 and the survey in the North Sumatra and Natuna area is 12,854 km and 11,091 km2. Besides, various policies have been issued to intensify exploration activities in particular to maintain the Republic of Indonesia's National Energy Security in the eyes of the World.