RI to spend more than $48b for gas infrastructure

The government has completed the 2016-2030 National Natural Gas Infrastructure Roadmap which envisages the development of various gas infrastructure facilities that will require total investment of around US$48.2 billion.

Secretary of the Directorate General of Oil and Gas at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Susyanto said in a statement Wednesday that the various gas infrastructure facilities are needed to distribute gas output from existing and upcoming gas production projects.

He said that the country has huge natural gas potential of about 144.06 tcf comprising of 101.22 tscf of proven reserves and 42.84 tscf of potential reserves, with current production standing at 7,754 mmscfd.

Existing and upcoming gas projects include among others Block A Aceh, Jangkrik Field, Jambaran Tiung Biru, Madura, IDD Bangka, East Natuna, Tangguh Train 3, Masela and Masambo. ?The gas output from the fields will among others be used for the 35,000 MW power plant program, which requires around 1,100 mmscfd of gas, or about 20 percent of national production,? Susyanto said.

To support the development of the gas fields, new gas infrastructure facilities will be developed through 2030 including pipeline network (investment requirement about $12 billion), liquefaction facilities ($25.6 billion), regasification facilities ($6.1 billion), household gas pipeline line netwroks ($2.2 billion), gas refill stations and CNG ($1.93 billion), and LPG facilities ($0.4 billion).

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak