Govt announces domestic market gas allocation
Thursday, February 7 2013 - 01:51 AM WIB
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik unveiled on Wednesday gas allocation for the domestic market for the period of 2013-2025 in a bid to meet the country?s growing need for energy.
Speaking at a press conference, Jero said that the gas for the domestic market will be sourced from the following projects.
Last year, the Tangguh LNG plant in Papua agreed to allocate 20 cargoes of LNG per year for the domestic market. The cargoes were initially dedicated for US Sempra Energy. In addition, 40 percent of output from the Tangguh Train III facility, which will start production in 2018, will be allocated for the domestic market.
The Mahakam Block will provide 16 cargoes per year. ENI Jangkrik and North East Jangkrik will allocate 14 cargoes in 2016, increase it to 18 cargoes per year starting 2017, and 4 cargoes per year in 2024-2025.
The Chevron IDD project in the Makassar Strait will allocate 50 cargoes per year in 2017-2019, 30 cargoes per year in 2020-2021, 16 cargoes in 2020, and 10 cargoes in 2023.
Jero said that these gas will be distributed to various gas infrastructure projects in the country including floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) in Jakarta, West Java, Lampung and Central Java.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak