Govt Instructs Pertamina to Build Fuel Gas Infrastructures

Kartini L Makmur, Robert Sidauruk
 
It is now expected that PT Pertamina (Pertamina) will build infrastructure for the supply and distribution of gas fuel to the public due to the Government’s inability to fund the projects from State Budget. While the Government will still contribute to finance the project, Pertamina remains the main party that will bear most of the costs at their own expense.
 
“The Government has officially request Pertamina to build and operate 22 Compressed Natural Gas fueling stations (SPBG) and 7 mobile refueling units (MRU) in Jakarta, Banten, West Java, and Central Java,” said Adiatma Sadjito, Pertamina’s Media Manager in Jakarta on Wednesday.
 
To realize the project, Mr. Sadjito informed that the Government will allocate IDR 1.53 billion for Pertamina to establish the first 10 SPBGs and 7 MRU, while Pertamina will provide approximately USD 47 million of its own funds to cover the rest of the project.
 
“As a state owned enterprise, Pertamina is also responsible to support the Government’s program,” Mr. Sadjito added.
 
Pertamina has also been requested to distribute gas fuel to the public via 23 existing SPBGs that are located in Jakarta, East Java, South Sumatera and East Kalimantan. For this purpose, the Government has allocated a certain volume of fuel gas to Pertamina for distribution.
 
“The Government has allocated fuel gas of 33.7 MMscdf to be distributed from 2014 to 2019, which will be divided proportionally to each area, namely 24 MMscfd for Jakarta, 10.2 MMscfd for East Java, 1 MMscfd for Central Java and East Kalimantan, and 1.5 MMscfd for South Sumatera,” explained Mr. Sadjito.
 
Before making the request to Pertamina, the Government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), admitted that it has no capability to continue the project by merely relying on the state budget. This is due to the high investment costs for the project.
 
According to Susilo Siswoutomo, Deputy Minister of ESDM, the Government can no longer allocate funds to establish new facilities for fuel gas and needs to enter cooperation with another party.
 
As a result, the Government has officially instructed Pertamina through Minister of ESDM Decree No. 2435K/15/MEM/2014, the Government is officially to take over the project and partially contribute funds for the establishment of several SPBG.
 
“The Government is unable to fund the project for building gaseous fuel infrastructure by relying only on the State Budget, and can’t even realize its own program for converting to the widespread use of fuel oil to gas fuel,” said Mr. Siswoutomo.
 
(hot/kc)
Kartini L Makmur, Robert Sidauruk
 
It is now expected that PT Pertamina (Pertamina) will build infrastructure for the supply and distribution of gas fuel to the public due to the Government’s inability to fund the projects from State Budget. While the Government will still contribute to finance the project, Pertamina remains the main party that will bear most of the costs at their own expense.
 
“The Government has officially request Pertamina to build and operate 22 Compressed Natural Gas fueling stations (SPBG) and 7 mobile refueling units (MRU) in Jakarta, Banten, West Java, and Central Java,” said Adiatma Sadjito, Pertamina’s Media Manager in Jakarta on Wednesday.
 
To realize the project, Mr. Sadjito informed that the Government will allocate IDR 1.53 billion for Pertamina to establish the first 10 SPBGs and 7 MRU, while Pertamina will provide approximately USD 47 million of its own funds to cover the rest of the project.
 
“As a state owned enterprise, Pertamina is also responsible to support the Government’s program,” Mr. Sadjito added.
 
Pertamina has also been requested to distribute gas fuel to the public via 23 existing SPBGs that are located in Jakarta, East Java, South Sumatera and East Kalimantan. For this purpose, the Government has allocated a certain volume of fuel gas to Pertamina for distribution.
 
“The Government has allocated fuel gas of 33.7 MMscdf to be distributed from 2014 to 2019, which will be divided proportionally to each area, namely 24 MMscfd for Jakarta, 10.2 MMscfd for East Java, 1 MMscfd for Central Java and East Kalimantan, and 1.5 MMscfd for South Sumatera,” explained Mr. Sadjito.
 
Before making the request to Pertamina, the Government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), admitted that it has no capability to continue the project by merely relying on the state budget. This is due to the high investment costs for the project.
 
According to Susilo Siswoutomo, Deputy Minister of ESDM, the Government can no longer allocate funds to establish new facilities for fuel gas and needs to enter cooperation with another party.
 
As a result, the Government has officially instructed Pertamina through Minister of ESDM Decree No. 2435K/15/MEM/2014, the Government is officially to take over the project and partially contribute funds for the establishment of several SPBG.
 
“The Government is unable to fund the project for building gaseous fuel infrastructure by relying only on the State Budget, and can’t even realize its own program for converting to the widespread use of fuel oil to gas fuel,” said Mr. Siswoutomo.
 
(hot/kc)
2026 Hak Cipta Milik Hukumonline.com
Cookies Info