First gas for Surya Essa?s ammonia plant expected in 2017
Wednesday, February 24 2016 - 03:43 AM WIB
PT Panca Amara Utama (PAU), a subsidiary of IDX-listed PT Surya Esa Perkasa Tbk. (SEP), has scheduled the first gas for its ammonia plant in Luwuk, Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, to occur in the first quarter of 2017.
"The precommissioning of the ammonia plant will be made in the first quater of 2017,? Corporate Secretary of SEP Kanishk Laroya told Petromindo.com.
He hopes that the ammonia plant will start commercial production in the fourth quarter of 2017.
?The progress of the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) works at the ammonia plant has currently reach 20 percent,? he said.
PAU appointed state-owned engineering and construction firm PT Rekayasa Industri as EPC contractor for the ammonia plant.
PAU has been allocated with 55 mmscfd of gas from Senoro-Toili block operated by the Joint Operating Body Pertamina - Medco E&P Tomori Sulawesi (JOB-PMTS) until December 2027.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak