12 December 2025
Press Release
TIMOR GAP RARAHANA BLOCK UNIP,.LDA. has officially launched the IPINAKA Magentotelluric and Audio Magentotelluric (MT/AMT) on 12 December 2025 in Lospalos, Lautem Municipality. This launching was directly participated by the CEO and President of TIMOR GAP E.P. (mother company), the representatives from the Government such as the Secretary of Estate for Forestry, the President of Autoridade Nacional do Petroleum (ANP) as the representative from Minister of Petroleum and Minerals, Municipal Authorities from Lautem, Baucau and Viqueque, Municipal Council of Securities, Veterans, the elders, community leaders and stakeholders from 3 Municipalities.
MT/AMT is as preliminary survey under exploration period prior to the Seismic survey which is the main step in exploration itself. The Eucharistic celebration on the morning session at St. Paul Parish Church Lospalos is the first and foremost agenda and continued by cultural ceremony led by the eldest of the tribe in Fataluku dialect (mother language of Lautem Municipality).
MT is an electromagnetic geophysical technique that uses natural electric fields from lightning sources, solar flares and ionospheric resonances that induce current flow in the ground which allows us to image the earth’s electrical resistivity structure from surface to great depths. Deep penetrating method for MT routinely measures from surface to 2, 5, 10 or more tah 10s of km depending on the application. MT acquisition might acquire the data in 12 hours or more on the other hand AMT will do 2-3 hours for the range of 2-3 Km. MT/AMT survey will cover 8 Post Administrative such as Uatocarabao (Viqueque Municipality), Laga, Baguia (Baucau Municipality), Lautem, Tutuala, Lore, Lavai, Luri, Illiomar (Lautem Municipality). This survey will acquire 154 points of MT and 144 points of AMT with the duration of approximately 2 months.
MT/AMT data acquisition and result will be a basis of reference for TGRB to assess or evaluate the line Seismic design to pick up the exact and important locations/spots/points due to the geological complexity and challenges in the field. It will assist and pave the way for Seismic to be optimized in its operation later on.
This event has been successfully conducted, all parties including religious, youth, chief of the Sucos and villages and stake holder have commitments to support this survey when it reaches their area, and they hope for a better outcome.
The ceremony was accomplished by ribbon cut from Secretary of State for Forestry accompanied by the CEO of TIMOR GAP E.P., President of ANP Managing Director of TGRB and followed by the simulation and deployment of MT/AMT sensors and porouspot to the ground which symbolically deployed by Fr. Elias de Deus SDB, the representatives from 8 Post Administrative Chiefs and the President of ANP.
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