PHE ONWJ develops onshore processing facility in Balongan

PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ) has started the construction of an onshore processing facility (OPF) as it begins the development of the GG offshore gas field in Cirebon, West Java.

The scope of the GG development includes the construction of the Balongan OPF and an offshore platform to be linked by a 35 km underwater pipeline. Construction of the Balongan OPF in Indramayu Regency is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Executive Vice President/General Manager of PHE ONWJ, Jonly Sinulingga said that Tuesday the GG development will cover three wells which are expected to produce 31 mmscfd of gas. Total investment according to the plan of development is US$152 million. ?The project is expected to start operation in the first quarter of 2015,? he said.

Gas from the GG field will be processed at the Balongan OPF to produce LPG to be used by strategic industries in Indramayu Regency, West Java, such as the RU VI Balongan crude refinery, local administration-owned enterprises, and as fuel for oil lifting at the X-Ray rig owned by Pertamina EP.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak