Ministry assigns Pertamina to build fuel, LPG storage tanks

By Romel S. Gurky

Petromindo|Khalsa

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan had on May 31 issued new Ministerial Decree No 2157/K/10/MEM/2017 on the assignment for state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina to build and operate fuel oil and LPG tanks as part of efforts to help ensure supply across the country.

According to copy of the decree obtained by Petromnindo.com on Wednesday, Pertamina will also be in charge of developing the required supporting infrastructure facilities such as jetty. The company will use its investment budget to finance the projects.

The decree says that Pertamina shall prioritize regions that mostly require the storage facilities. It also says that the company must complete construction of the fuel and LPG storage tanks by 2019 at the latest.

Once the new decree becomes effective, the previous Ministerial Decree No 806/K/12/MEM/2016 on the assignment for Pertamina to build and operate fuel oil and LPG storage tanks is nullified.

Planned fuel oil storage tanks

No.	Location	Capacity (kl)	Year of completion
1.	Badas, Nusa Tenggara Barat	1x2,500	2017-2018
2.	Waingapu, Nusa Tenggara Timur	1x2,500	2017-2018
3.	Maumere, Nusa Tenggara Timur	1x2,500	2017-2018
4.	Pare-Pare, Sulawesi Selatan	1x2,500	2017-2018
5.	Merauke, Papua	1x2,500 1x5,000	2017-2018
6.	Ternate, Maluku Utara	1x1,000 1x5,000	2017-2018
7.	Masohi, Maluku	1x1,000	2017-2018
8.	Bula, Maluku	1x1,000 1x2,000	2017-2018
9.	Dobo, Maluku	1x2,000	2017-2018
10.	Labuha, Maluku	1x500 1x1,000	2017-2018
11.	Saumlaki, Maluku	2x500	2017-2018
12.	Nabire, Papua	1x5,000	2017-2018
13.	Namlea, Papua	1x1,000 1x2,000	2017-2018
14.	Wayame, Maluku	1x10,000 1x20,000	2017-2018

Planned LPG storage tanks

No.	Location	Capacity (kl)	Year of completion
1.	Jayapura, Papua	2,000; jetty	2017-2019
2.	Wayame, Maluku	2,000; jetty	2017-2019
3.	Tenau (Kupang), Nusa Tenggara Timur	1,000; jetty	2017-2019
4.	Bima, Nusa Tenggara Barat	1,000; jetty	2017-2019

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak