Trans-Sumatra-Java-Bali pipeline will connect by 2021 - Report | Sector data
(The Insider Stories) – State-owned gas distributor PT Gas Negara (PGAS) plans to connect the Trans Sumatra-Java-Bali gas pipeline by 2021, with the project taking around eight years to complete, a report says.
PGAS president director Hendi Prio Santoso said the company will work on short-term projects that include an 80-kilometer-long pipeline in Lampung, a 350-kilometer pipeline in Central Java and a 500-kilometer pipeline passing through Duri and Dumai in Riau province and Medan in North Sumatra, The Jakarta Post reports.
The Lampung pipeline will be able to distribute 80 million standard cubic feet a day (mmscfd) of LNG and is due to be completed by the end of this year or early next year. The Duri-Dumai-Medan pipeline will pump 120 mmscfd and is an extension of the existing Duri pipeline, with construction due to start next year, while the Central Java pipeline will channel 50 to 100 mmscfd. The first phase will be a 45-kilometer pipeline connecting the cities of Semarang, Ungaran, Solo and Pekalongan.
PGAS through its unit PT Saka Energi Indonesia has taken over participating interests in two gas blocks from Sierra Oil Services Ltd. in the Ketapang PSC in East Java, operated by Petronas Carigali, as well as a 30% participating interest in the Bengkanai PSC in Central Kalimantan from Salamander Energy PLC, with both deals around $100 million. It is preparing $250-$500 million from this year’s capex for the short-term projects and other LNG activities, with cash and equivalents at $1.57 billion in December, the report says.
