A worker checks a gas pipeline at Onshore Receiving Facilities in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java (Source: Antara) Hanoi (VNA) – The Indonesian Ministry ofEnergy and Mineral on February 6 started the construction of a 255-kilometre pipeline that will supplygas for industries between Cirebon in West Java and Semarang in Central Java.
According to head of theDownstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) Fanshurullah Asa, theproject, which is scheduled to be completed within the next two years, is partof Indonesia’s national strategic programme.
The pipeline has a designed capacity of between 350 and 500 million metricstandard cubic feet per day (9.9 – 14.1 million cu.m) of gas.
The project is part of the Indonesian Government’s plan to stop supplying gasto Singapore by 2023 to meet domestic demand.
The government said it would next conduct a bid for a gas pipeline connectingDumai in Riau and the Sei Mangkei Special Economic Zone in North Sumatra, anddistribution points in 193 other regions, aiming to increase gas consumption toat least 22 percent of total energy consumption by 2025.
This gas pipeline is considered a sustainable gas supply solution to enhancethe competitiveness of industry in Java - the world's most populous island./.
VNA
