Pertamina seeks more business deals from Angola?s Sonangol
Wednesday, October 2 2013 - 02:57 AM WIB
After obtaining LNG refinery operation and maintenance (O&M) contract from Angola LNG in Soyo, Angola, Indonesia?s state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina is seeking for more business opportunities from Angola?s national oil and gas company?s Sonangol.
Salis Aprilian, Senior Vice President for Engineering and Operation Management at Pertamina?s Gas and Power Directorate, said that if his company could perform satisfactorily in the LNG O&M works, it would be easier to get new businesses from Sonangol, which owns 20 percent stake in Angola LNG.
?Who knows, later on, the LNG excess can be bought from Angola. Or, if they (Sonangol) wants to develop a power plant, support can be provided by Pertamina?s Gas and Power Directorate,? he told Petromindo.com Wednesday.
He is quite optimistic his company could expand business cooperation with Sonangol.
Angola LNG operates one of the world?s most modern LNG plants in Soyo, delivering 5.2 million tons per year of LNG - plus natural gas, propane, butane and condensate. Angola is the second-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa.
Shareholders of Angola LNG are Sonangol (22.8%), Chevron (36.4%), BP (13.6%), ENI (13.6%), and Total (13.6%).
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak