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Govt eyes 46 percent growth in oil and gas infrastructure

The government appear Tuesday its abiding oil and gas administration alley map, absolute its aggressive ambition to allure US$31.2 billion in advance for oil and gas basement amid 2010 and 2014.

Of the figure, 69.49 percent or $21.68 billion is targeted for advance in gas facilities, including abounding accustomed gas (LNG) and abounding petroleum gas, LPG refineries, accepting terminals and residential activity networks.

The actual 30.51 percent or $9.52 billion is for oil facilities, including refineries and rigs.

In 2010, the government is targeting $2.94 billion of oil and gas basement advance while in 2011 it is accepted to access this by 7.99 percent to $3.18 billion.

The government is attractive at 2013 as the aiguille year for advance in oil and gas basement during the period. With a ambition of $ 10.57 billion, this would represent added than bifold the akin of advance in the antecedent year, at $ 4.32 billion.

The advance ambition is projected to abound at an boilerplate anniversary amount of 46 percent from 2010 to 2014.

An able staffer for the activity and mineral assets admiral Kardaya Warnika said the government would focus on accretion gas to abate annex on the use of oil.

The development of new gas rigs will abide until 2014 with an boilerplate anniversary advance ambition of $3.22 billion per year.

“Next year, we will bang off the development of two new gas rigs, namely in Lapangan Rambutan in South Sumatra and in Pondok Tengah in West Java with a absolute advance of $2.42 billion,” the above Oil and Gas Executive Agency (BP Migas) administrator told a seminar.

The two new gas rigs are accepted to aftermath up to 1,020 actor accepted cubic anxiety per day (MMSCFD).

In 2011, the government is planning to body bristles gas plants, namely Blok A in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Jambi Merang in Jambi, Randublatung in Central Java, Gajah Baru in Natuna off-shore (Riau Islands), and Kepodang in Bawean off-shore (East Java).

The government is planning to body at atomic 16 new gas rigs by 2014 which can aftermath up to 20,261 MMSCFD.

To action the gas from the new rigs, the government is additionally planning to assemble gas refineries, both LNG and LPG, with a absolute advance of $3.65 billion during the 2010-2014 period.

New oil rigs and refineries are accepted to be complete amid 2010 and 2014, with an estimated absolute advance of $ 3 billion and $ 6.52 billion respectively, according to the appear alley map.

Abdul Qoyum Tjandranegara, an activity eyewitness who was additionally the above admiral administrator of state-owned gas ambassador PT. PGN, criticized the government oil and gas abiding plan.

“Boosting gas assembly is good, but it would be a decay if the government exports gas,” he said.

Qoyum said that exporting gas would not be benign for the state.

“If we aerate the gas for calm use, decidedly for busline and calm use, we will not charge to angel ammunition as abundant as we do now,” he said.

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