Pertagas ready to receive 100 mmscfd from Kangean

By Godang Sitompul

PT Pertamina Gas (Pertagas), a subsidiary of state owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina, said it is ready to distribute 100 mmscfd from the Terang, Sirasun and Batur (TSB) fields belonging to PT Kangean Energi Indonesia to customers in East Java.

?From the transporter?s point of view, we are ready. In fact, for the past two days, we have been delivering 300 mmscfd of gas from the TSB fields to PT PLN, PT Petrokimia Gresik and other customers,? Pertagas President Director Gunung Sardjono told petromindo.com on Wednesday.

By contract however, Pertagas is obliged to buy 100 mmscfd from Kangean. ?God willing, we?ll give it the best effort to absorb the gas at least in accordance with the contract,? Gunung said.

On Tuesday, BPMIGAS Deputy of Operation Rudi Rubiandini has said that contracted buyers of gas from the Terang, Sirasun and Batur (TSB) fields must be ready to receive the gas in full capacity within the next three days.

Editing by Dadan Wijaksana