PLN takes over construction of E. Kalimantan gas pipeline
Friday, June 23 2017 - 04:47 AM WIB
State-owned electricity firm PT PLN has taken over from state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina construction of the planned PK52-Tanjung Batu gas pipeline section in East Kalimantan.
Director General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources IGM Wiratmaja Puja said on Thursday that PLN has already made advanced preparations to start construction process of the pipeline project which will be used to transmit gas including from Mahakam block to the utility?s power plants in Tanjung Batu.
He said that Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan on June 15 issued a new Ministerial Decree No. 2240 K/10/MEM/2017, which revokes a December 2016 Ministerial Decree No.8078/K/10/ MEM/2016 on the assignment for Pertamina to develop and operate the PK 52-Tanjung Batu gas pipeline facility. According to the previous decree, Pertamina was supposed to team up with PLN in producing the front end engineering design for the project that was supposed to have been completed by November 2016.
In its considerations, the new decree is issued as PLN has made preparations to develop the PK 52-Tanjung Batu pipeline including holding tender to select the EPC contractor, and completing the required environmental impact assessment or AMDAL.
Bisnis Indonesia quoted data from upstream oil and gas authority SKK Migas said that the pipeline will transmit 40 bbtud of gas from Mahakam, Sanga-Sanga and Sebuku blocks in East Kalimantan for four PLN power plants in Tanjung Batu with combined capacity of 140 MW. (*)