Gas pipeline in West Java under study

May 31, 2006
Indonesia is considering plans for a 220-km natural gas pipeline between Cirebon and Bekasi in West Java at a cost of $200-300 million.

Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, May 31 -- Indonesia is considering plans for a 220-km natural gas pipeline between Cirebon and Bekasi in West Java at a cost of $200-300 million.

The Cirebon-Bekasi proposal is part of the government's plan for a national transmission and distribution network.

The proposed line would be linked to the South Sumatra-Cilegon network and would complete the connection of the national network.

BPH Migas Chairman Tubagus Haryono, however, said the government needed to discuss the project since state-run PT Pertamina already has an underused 180-km gas pipeline from Cirebon to Kandanghaur Timur.

Haryono said meetings have been scheduled June 8-10 to discuss the matter and determine whether the tender will be to extend the existing pipeline or construct a new one.

The government is currently constructing or considering four other gas pipelines: the 1,219-km Gresik-to-Kalimantan line; the 366.5-km Pagar Dewa, South Sumatra-to-Cilegon, West Java, line; the 290-km Cirebon-to-Semarang, Central Java, line; and the 390-km Semarang-to-Gresik, East Java, line.

Indonesia said it would launch the tender for construction of the 1,219-km gas pipeline linking East Kalimantan to Central Java following a 1-month delay (OGJ Online, May 4, 2006).

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