Pertamina, Marubeni sign technology agreement with GE
Monday, March 14 2016 - 01:39 AM WIB
A consortium of state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina and Japan?s Marubeni has signed an exclusive agreement with General Electric (GE) for the latter to supply a combined cycle gas turbine technology to the former?s upcoming power plant project.
Pertamina Vice President for Communications Wianda Pusponegoro said in a statement Sunday that the exclusive agreement with GE forms part of a plan by the consortium to participate in the Jawa-1 PLTGU combined cycle power plant project with capacity of 1,600 MW to be held by state-owned electricity firm PT PLN.
She said that GE has agreed to provide the most advanced combined cycle gas turbine technology in the world.
She said that PLN is expected to open tender for the project in May of this year.
The consortium has earlier named Samsung C& T as the EPC contractor for the project.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak