The Earth Resources Exploration Expertise Group (ESDB), Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, is an expertise group that covers the Earth Resources Exploration Expertise Field, especially in exploration: minerals and coal, groundwater, geothermal, and components of the earth’s environment.
In lecture activities, the Earth Resources Exploration KK supports the educational process in several study programs, namely the Mining Engineering Undergraduate Study Program, Metallurgical Engineering Undergraduate Study Program, Mining Engineering Masters Study Program, Geothermal Masters Study Program, and Mining Engineering Doctoral Study Program, all at the Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, and also the Master’s Study Program in Groundwater Engineering at the Faculty of Earth Science and Technology.
In the field of research, the Earth Resources Exploration Group carries out research activities in the fields of: mineral exploration, coal, groundwater, geothermal, printing and estimating mineral and coal resources and reserves, as well as mining environmental analysis.
Meanwhile, in community service activities, together with other KK, the Earth Resources Exploration KK carries out many mineral and coal work/exploration surveys, printing and estimating mineral/coal resources and reserves, mining planning, mining feasibility studies, and mining AMDAL. Apart from that, it also provides courses/training to the community and those involved in mining activities.
Currently, the Earth Resources Exploration Group is collaborating with Kyoto University, Japan, in developing geothermal exploration methods, namely in determining the position of geothermal reservoirs using various methods, from the use of satellite/sensory imagery, volcanic/magmatic gas emissions, geochemistry, hydrogeochemistry, hydrogeology , geothermometers, to reservoir modeling, as well as environmental monitoring due to PLTP operations. This collaboration took place from 2015 to 2020, funded by the Japanese government through JICA and JST. In this collaboration there is also assistance/grants for the necessary equipment, namely in the form of tools: Field Spectrometer, Radon Measurement System, Mercury Measurement System, GC Thermal Conductivity, X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence, Scanning Electron Microscope, Ion Chromatography, Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry, ICPM Spectrometry, Water Isotope Analysis, GC-electron Detector, and 3 Software (Satellite Image Processing, InSAR, Reservoir Simulation).
