Release: Natural gas supply to Sembcorp gas? industrial customers not affected
Monday, November 17 2003 - 03:53 AM WIB
November 15, 2003
1. The gas pipeline leak in Indonesia has not affected SembCorp Gas? supply of natural gas to its 51 industrial customers.
2. ?SembCorp Gas is maintaining continuous and uninterrupted supply of natural gas to our industrial customers. We have been in contact with the pipeline operator, ConocoPhillips Indonesia, since yesterday, November 14, 2003, when the leak occurred. The gas inflow, though reduced, is sufficient to meet the demands of our industrial customers. We are working with ConocoPhillips to restore full gas supply to our power generating and industrial customers,? says Francis Gomez, Director, SembCorp Gas.
3. In addition to the power generating companies, SembCorp Gas has 51 other customers in industries such as manufacturing, electronics and food processing located on Jurong Island and the Jurong and Tuas industrial estates.
4. SembCorp Gas, Singapore?s first commercial importer and distributor of natural gas, imports 325 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of natural gas from West Natuna Sea in Indonesia via a 640-kilometre sub-sea pipeline to SembGas? receiving terminal in Jurong Island.
5. See EMA?s news release dated November 15, 2003 for background information. (End of release)
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Release from Energy Market Authority of Singapore (EMA) dated 14-Nov-2003, 12:00:00 am SGT.
GAS SUPPLY FROM WEST NATUNAS DISRUPTED
There has been a disruption to the supply of natural gas from the West Natuna gas fields due to a leak in the pipeline system linking West Natuna to Singapore. The leak was detected in the late afternoon on 14 November 2003. Investigations are still on-going.
The generation companies have been alerted to this problem and are switching to alternative fuel. Electricity supply to consumers will not be disrupted.
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