DSNLG targets to produce 40 cargoes of LNG in 2017

By Febry Silaban

Donggi Senoro LNG plant

PT Donggi-Senoro LNG (DSLNG), the owner of the Donggi Senoro LNG plant in Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, aims to produce 40 cargoes of LNG in 2017, according to an official of the firm.

"We are still targeting 40 cargoes of LNG in accordance with our excess production (in 2016)," DSLNG Director for Corporate Affairs Aditya Mandala said.

Aditya added that the company remains committed to allocate 31 cargoes for long term overseas buyers, and the remainders to be sold to the domestic or in the spot market.

He said earlier that the DSLNG plant managed to ship a total of 40 cargoes of LNG in 2016 to long-term overseas buyers primarily in Japan and South Korea, with one cargo went to state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina. ?We have shipped 40 cargoes of the planned 36 cargoes for this year,? he said recently.

PT DSLNG is co-owned by PT Pertamina (Persero), PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Korea Gas Corporation.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak