Pertamina, PLN have yet to request access to Chevron?s geothermal data room
Thursday, May 19 2016 - 11:56 AM WIB
A total of 14 firms have requested access to Chevron Corp?s geothermal assets in Indonesia, but state owned firms PT Pertamina and PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) are not among those firms, a senior official of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said on Thursday.
?On my desk, there are now request letters from 14 companies to open the data room. We however have yet to receive request letters from Pertamina and PLN,? Yunus Saefulhak, Director of Geothermal at the Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) told Petromindo.com.
Yunus refused to unveil the names of the 14 firms but he said he expected both PLN and Pertamina to request permit to open the data room so that they can participate in the second-phase tender scheduled to be held by Chevron in August of this year.
PLN and Pertamina has told the media they are interested to acquire the assets.
Previous reports said that Chevron is planning to sell its geothermal assets in Indonesia and the Philippines. In Indonesia, according to the firm?s website, Chevron operates the Darajat and Salak working areas in West Java province, which have a combined operating capacity of 647 MW. Chevron operates the geothermal fields through two subsidiaries, namely Chevron Geothermal Indonesia, Ltd., which manages the Darajat project and Chevron Geothermal Salak, Ltd., operates the Salak project.
The Darajat project supplies geothermal steam to a three-unit plant generates 270 MW of power. Chevron holds a 95 percent operating interest in Darajat. The first unit of the power plant with a capacity of 55 MW is owned by PT Indonesia Power, a PLN subsidiary. The second and third units with capacities of 95 MW and 121 MW respectively are owned by Chevron, according to reports.
Editing by Johannes Simbolon