Kalimantan-Java gas line nets five bids

Feb. 13, 2006
Indonesia's oil and gas regulatory body BPH Migas has reported five bids for the construction of a 1,219-km natural gas pipeline connecting East Kalimantan with Central Java.

Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Feb 13 -- Indonesia's oil and gas regulatory body BPH Migas has reported five bids for the construction of a 1,219-km natural gas pipeline connecting East Kalimantan with Central Java.

The bidders include PT Bakrie Bros., state gas distributor PT Perusahaan Gas Negara, PT Barata Indonesia, PT Bumi Karsa Lini Nusa, and PT Alfa Karisma.

BPH Migas Chairman Tubagus Haryono said the winning bidder will be announced in May.

The Kalimantan-Java pipeline is intended to be part of the Integrated Indonesian Gas Pipeline project, a 3,588-km network that will move gas from fields in East Kalimantan, South Sumatra, Riau, and East Java to Java and Sumatra.

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