Japan asks for more LNG, oil supply
Thursday, March 17 2011 - 05:56 PM WIB
Japan asked Indonesia on Thursday to supply it more liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil after a devastating earthquake crippled a nuclear power plant.
"After the tsunami and earthquake, Japan's nuclear power plant is damaged and we have a massive shortage of electricity...therefore I asked Indonesia's government to add to its imports of liquid gas and crude oil to Japan," Japan's vice minister of foreign affairs Makiko Kikuta told reporters in Jakarta.
On Monday, Gde Pradnyana, a spokesman at BPMIGAS, said Indonesia was prepared to ship more of the cleaner-burning fuel to Japan if needed.
The supplies ?will come from excess capacity at Bontang plant,? Pradnyana said, adding that there are still 20 cargoes available for sale from the plant in East Kalimantan province. (*)