It is really interesting in discussing contracts aspects in the IPM Drilling. Well if your Company is relatively small in terms of manpower within the Oil and Gas Explorations in Indonesia, you might as well thing of engaging IPM Drilling, since your do not have to tender 10 x for the Services relating to Drilling your Explorations or Producing Wells by just tender One IPM Drilling which is an Integrated Management Drilling
This Drilling Services consists of Drilling Services itself, and shall than includes the Mud Services, Cementing Services,
- Drilling Rig
- Logging Unit
- Cementing Unit
- Casing/Tubulars.
- Mud Engineering
- Waste drilling disposal
- Testing
- Transportation
- Fishing
- Directional Drilling/ Horiziontal
- Land – Heavy Equipment for road Constructions
Every Company who are specializing will be asked to supply the Materials.
In this IPM Drilling – the Oil Company – Out sources all the Services relating to the Drilling activities – The Concept is Let the Contractor do it, they just shift the Cost, So they don not have to do tender process several times.
Thus the Oil and Gas Companies, can skip the procedure doing many tenders with many vendors
Either the Oil Company or the Drilling IPM Contractor will design the Drilling Program. If The Drilling Contract Design this Drilling Program, the Design Cost will be included in their Lump Sump Turnkey Project.. There is a 100% Turn Key project or Semi Turn Key.
The Drilling Contractor shall lead the Drilling Operations. If the Oil Company has got many manpower, they usually manage the Drilling activities. The Oil Company will engage several Companies : the Drillling Company, The Mud Contractor, Wireline Logging, Perforating, Fishing.
But now a days the Drilling Companies shall do the Management of the Drilling several activities.
This Drilling Company shall own or lease the Drilling Rig. The Drilling Contractor shall enggage and manage all the relevant Supporting services such as the Cementing, Mudlogging, Casing-Tubing, Wireline Logging. Thus The Oil Company does not be worried how to manage such drilling other services activities. So this is a Turnkey P
Well as a Business Oil and Gas Operational Lawyer, you may be engaged in Drafting the IPM Drilling Contracts or you may also end up in assisting the Drilling Company in establishing the Drilling Companies. There are many interesting Legal Aspects in these venture. There are several questions that you have to raise. Is the Drilling Company has to be a PT Local Company or can there be a Foreign PT PMA Drilling Company engaged in the Drilling activities. Thus there is the Company Act Law issues, If the Shareholders of the Drilling Company consist of a PT PMA Foreign Company, is the Drilling Company automatically become an Foreign PMA Company.
These question has to be research with the BKPM, as well as the Director of Oil and Gas and BPMIGAS institutions. What Licenses are required to conduct such IPM Drilling Activities.
How about the BKPM (Foreign Investment Coordination Body) facilities for the equipment that are being imported from outside of Indonesia; Can this Drilling Company be granted such Facilities by BKPM or can they just use the Oil Companies' Facilities which are given such facilities under the PSC.
Well those are part of the interesting Issues that the Business Lawyer in the Oil and Gas activities have to check and dig out in assisting their Clients
But now a days the Drilling Companies shall do the Management of the Drilling several activities.
This Drilling Company shall own or lease the Drilling Rig. The Drilling Contractor shall enggage and manage all the relevant Supporting services such as the Cementing, Mudlogging, Casing-Tubing, Wireline Logging. Thus The Oil Company does not be worried how to manage such drilling other services activities. So this is a Turnkey P
Well as a Business Oil and Gas Operational Lawyer, you may be engaged in Drafting the IPM Drilling Contracts or you may also end up in assisting the Drilling Company in establishing the Drilling Companies. There are many interesting Legal Aspects in these venture. There are several questions that you have to raise. Is the Drilling Company has to be a PT Local Company or can there be a Foreign PT PMA Drilling Company engaged in the Drilling activities. Thus there is the Company Act Law issues, If the Shareholders of the Drilling Company consist of a PT PMA Foreign Company, is the Drilling Company automatically become an Foreign PMA Company.
These question has to be research with the BKPM, as well as the Director of Oil and Gas and BPMIGAS institutions. What Licenses are required to conduct such IPM Drilling Activities.
How about the BKPM (Foreign Investment Coordination Body) facilities for the equipment that are being imported from outside of Indonesia; Can this Drilling Company be granted such Facilities by BKPM or can they just use the Oil Companies' Facilities which are given such facilities under the PSC.
Well those are part of the interesting Issues that the Business Lawyer in the Oil and Gas activities have to check and dig out in assisting their Clients
Cheers
Agung S.Suleiman
Independent Business Lawyer
Jakarta, 2 April 2011
