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Pertamina to send off 105 engineers abroad for professional certificates
State-run oil and gas producer Pertamina will send off 105 of its engineers abroad to get professional certificates in operating new refinery systems over the next few months.
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Pertamina spokeswoman Wianda Pusponegoro (left) gives a press statement accompanied by National Police Traffic Corps chief Brig. Gen. Agung Budi Maryoto in Jakarta on July 5. (thejakartapost.com/Anton Hermansyah)
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tate-run oil and gas producer Pertamina will send off 105 of its engineers abroad to get professional certificates in operating new refinery systems over the next few months.
Pertamina vice president for corporate communications Wianda Pusponegoro said the company would send off 105 engineers from July to November for "knowledge updates".
“We’re opening new refineries that will be ready by 2019. Our manpower needs to get licensed certificates to be able to work on the new sites by then,” she said on the sideline of the send-off ceremony in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Study destinations for the engineers vary from France under oil technology provider Axens, the US under Bechtel and UOP, and Britain under Foster Wheeler and Bechtel.
Pertamina is currently upgrading refineries in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, and Cilacap in Central Java. Both are scheduled for completion by 2019 and 2022, respectively.The refinery in Balikpapan will have six new facilities producing gasoline and aerosol, among other products, with new and advanced technologies that require updated knowledge.
Wianda said more engineers would be sent abroad to satisfy the company's needs in the coming years. (dmr)
