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Ruby gas field is located between Kalimantan and Sulawesi Island, 300km south of Balikpapan city in Indonesia. The field lies at a depth of 0m !"#$ft% within the Sebuku &'oduction Sha'ing (ont'act !&S(% in the )akassa' St'ait. The fi'st gas p'oduction f'om the field occu''ed in *une +0"3, while full scale gas p'oduction commenced in ,ctobe' +0"3, with the establishment of an e-po't pipeline at the field. The gas is pu'chased by &T &upuk Kalimantan Timu'. &./R0,I0 !Sebuku%, a subsidia'y of )ubadala &et'oleum, ope'ates the Ruby gas field, with 102 stake in the Sebuku &S(. The othe' two license pa'tne's include Total .3& Sebuku and Inpe- South )akassa', each holding a "42 stake.
The Ruby field p'oduces gas, f'om fou' p'oduction wells, at the 'ate of about "00 million standa'd cubic feet pe' day !"1,000boed%. The field is e-pected to p'oduce about +40 billion cubic feet of gas du'ing its e-pected life of ten yea's. The gas is sold within Indonesia fo' domestic use. Indonesia has the "5th biggest gas 'ese'6es in the wo'ld, with about "0 t'illion ft3 of p'o6en 'ese'6es. /bout nine pe'cent of the global li7uefied natu'al gas was e-po'ted f'om Indonesia in +00#.
The natu'al gas p'oduced at the field is deli6e'ed th'ough a subsea pipeline to an onsho'e p'ocessing facility at )ahakam Block. The gas is then p'ocessed and supplied to a fe'tilise' plant, situated in .ast Kalimantan, th'ough an onsho'e pipeline.