PGN integrates infrastructure and natural gas commodity management - ANTARA News
News article in Antara News on 20 August 2024 translated in English -PGN integrates infrastructure management and natural gas commodities
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 20:48WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA) - PT PGN Tbk continues to develop the use ofnatural gas, one of which is through the integration of infrastructuremanagement, both pipeline and beyondpipeline, and natural gas commodities to be able to answer thechallenges in the downstream sector of clean energy.
PGN Group Head, Gas, and LNG Supply Muhammad AnasPradipta in a statement in Jakarta on Tuesday, said that the integration ofinfrastructure management and gas commodities will further provide reliability,flexibility, and affordability of the interconnection of market centers thatare getting stronger.
"With this integration, we are ready to makeadjustments in terms of operating patterns so that natural gas services can bemore flexible, then from the market side it can be easier to get supply certainty. Thisyear, the introduction of LNG products and beyondpipeline services into PGN's existingmarket is an enabler for quickwins according to the dynamics that occur on supply conditions, demand, and the gas business environment," he said.
Anas continued that the fulfillment of natural gasfrom Sumatra to Java will be more sustainable in the future through theintegration of transmission pipelines.
Meanwhile, looking at the geographical challengesand availability of existing LNG terminals, PGN is designing a small-scale LNGmode.
"The LNG transportation mode can providenatural gas needs for existing market centers. Indeed, the challenge is thecondition of scattered demand, so this is a challenge from the supplychain side. However, we will still do it as a solution forgas distribution in central and eastern Indonesia," explained Anas.
The development of LNG infrastructure, one ofwhich is an LNG hub, is also aimed at answering the challenge of supply & demand imbalance.
The LNG Hub will be a keyenabler in strengthening thereliability and availability of natural gas distribution as a transitional energy.
LNG infrastructure currently owned by PGNthroughout Indonesia includes FSRU Lampung (240 MMSCFD), FSRU West Java (500MMSCFD), LNG RT in Lhokseumawe, Aceh (400 MMSCFD), and LNG Lamong (25-30 BBTUD).
The planning of the LNG hub located in Arun, whichis located on an international trade route, is asset optimization and inaccordance with the strategic plan to adjust the potential for oil and gasfield development in the future.
Through Perta Arun Gas, PGN is currentlyrevitalizing one unit of LNG tanks and is expected to be operational in 2025.
PGN also plans to develop LNG bunkering in several locations such as Arun, Tanjung Priok and Bontang.
The target in the short term is bunkering in Bontang which can serve LNG fueledvessels with a capacity of 1,000-15,000 m3 on shippingroutes through the Makassar Strait to Australia (efficiency of 2-3 days) withan operational target of 2026.
In addition to building an LNG hub, the mechanismto overcome the supply & demand imbalance is through the development of retailbusinesses with CNG and LNG modes based on customer categories (volume) and thedistance between the supply location and customer demand.
Furthermore, it is a mapping of petrol stationlocations throughout Indonesia (24 petrol stations owned by PGN and Pertamina)with a potential customer need of 15.5 BBTUD, which can be served using CNG.
CNG services and retail market penetration alsoallow the use of cylindrical tubes with a capacity of 24 m3.
The projected gas demand reaches 0.5 BBTUD, whichrequires 1,320 cylinders. Meanwhile, the LNG supplychain uses isotanks, which have been run in Bontang by PT Pertagas Niaga.
"Planning synergy with industrial estates isthe key to optimizing the use of natural gas as a transitional energy,"said Anas.
According to him, PGN's gas management so far hasbeen almost 60 percent for industry.
"If PGN's quickwin efforts are synergistic and can become an orchestrationof blueprint planning for national natural gas servicestakeholders, we are confident and committed that expanding natural gasaccess by making industrial estates an anchor for natural gas absorption, whichcan give birth to a multipliereffect, which is significant for the national economy," hesaid.
This, continued Anas, will also increase theeffectiveness and efficiency of natural gas infrastructure development in thefuture which will have an impact on the downstream gas economy received by all stakeholders and the natural gas service chain.
