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Mahakam

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Mahakam 

(Kutai), a river in the eastern part of the island of Borneo (Kalimantan), Indonesia. Length, approximately 720 km; basin area, approximately 80,000 sq km. In the upper course it flows in the mountains, where the channel is full of rapids; in the lower course it flows along a marshy plain. It empties into the Makassar Strait, forming a vast delta. The water level is high throughout the year. There is fishing and logs are floated down the river. The Mahakam is navigable in the lower course. The city of Samarinda is located on the river.



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The story of my meeting with Rhani at Hotel Grand Mahakam has been spiced up to sound so 'superb' and vulgar," he told the court.
The official said these include the Mahakam block in Kalimantan, which is currently operated by a unit of France's Total and is one of Indonesia's biggest gas fields, and the Madura BD field in East Java, operated by Husky Energy and China's CNOOC.
East Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, has two main petroleum producing regions: the Tarakan Basin, associated with Tarakan island and primarily an oil play in Tertiary clastics, is a very old group of oilfields whose cumulative production appears to have exceeded the calculated volumes of the producing reservoirs, which has suggested communication with other sources of oil; and the Kutei Basin in the Mahakam Delta, where oil has been produced since the late 19th century.
 
 
 
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