Indonesia awards oil blocks to Shell, Petronas, Pertamina

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JAKARTA, March 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia's state-owned

Pertamina, Royal Dutch Shell (Xetra: R6C1.DE - news) , and Malaysia's Petronas

were among the companies awarded 11 Indonesian oil and

gas blocks last year, government officials said on Wednesday.

Indonesia offered a total of 16 conventional and

unconventional oil and gas blocks last year, Wiratmadja Puja,

acting director general of oil and gas at the Indonesian energy

and mines ministry said. Government officials previously put the

number at 21.

"We will bid (another) 12 oil and gas blocks this year --

two conventional blocks and 10 shale gas blocks," Naryanto

Wagimin, director oil and gas upstream at the Indonesian energy

and mines ministry said, referring to 2015.

"We want more realistic (bids) and prioritize the more

credible companies."

Below is a table of awarded blocks for 2014:

Company Block Planned investment

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Petronas North Madura II $68 million

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Statoil ASA Aru offshore $2.9 million

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PT Petcon Resources Kualakurun $2 million

Petronas

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PT Mentari Abdi Pratiwi Garung $3.5 million

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Royal Dutch Shell South Moa Island $1.95 million

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PT Gema Terra Southeast Papua $4 million

Transform Exploration

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Pertamina Abar (West Java) $12.9 million

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Pertamina Anggursi (West Java) $11.9 million

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Bukit Energy Indonesia Sakakemang $11.5 million

Pertamina

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Petroselat Ltd Selat Panjang $11.8 million

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Bukit Energy Indonesia Palmerah $13.7 million

Palmerah Deep Ltd

New Zealand Oil & Gas Ltd

PT SNP Indonesia

Bumi Perdana Energy Ltd

Glory Wealth Pacific Ltd

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(Reporting by Wilda Asmarini, editing by William Hardy)