Jakarta Post: Pertagas Looks Beyond Java for New Reserves

Gas distributor Pertamina Gas (Pertagas), a subsidiary of oil and gas giant Pertamina, is looking to develop more facilities to process liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the country, particularly in Java, which has no more large reserves.

Pertagas president director Hendra Jaya said on Thursday that floating storage in East and Central Java would likely be needed in the near future to secure supply to the company’s Gresik-Semarang and Cirebon-Semarang pipelines.

“We are still expecting to deliver gas from fields in Java. However, in the future we have to develop regasification facilities to process supply from other areas, since reserves in Java will be depleted by around 2020,” Hendra said.

The facilities will be needed to process LNG delivered from other areas and sent through the company’s pipeline network, which will connect Gresik in East Java to Semarang in Central Java and finally to Cirebon in West Java. The pipeline, which is divided into two sections, remains in development. MORE