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PGN connects over 5,000 households in Banten to gas network
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PGN president director Gigih Prakoso (left), State-Owned Enterprises Ministry strategic industry and media affairs undersecretary Fajar Harry Sampurno (center) and Pertamina investment planning and risk management director Heru Setiawan pose for photographs after attending an event in Jakarta on Dec. 28, 2018. (Courtesy of/PGN)
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tate-owned gas subholding company PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) has announced that it has completed its gas pipeline network project to distribute natural gas to households in Serang, Banten.
PGN president director Gigih Prakoso, said the gas network project, funded through the state budget, would help reduce imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). “PGN will pump gas to 5,043 houses in the Kramatwatu district in Serang,” Gigih said in a statement.
The project costing Rp 124.8 billion (US$8.9 million) is part of the long-term plan outlined by the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry to build city gas facilities connecting 3 million households by 2025 and 5 million households by 2030.
Gigih said PGN would fully source the gas supply from ConocoPhillips Indonesia Grissik Ltd (CPGL) at 779 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd). “In the future, more schemes will be established to provide more gas for communities,” he said.
Earlier, the government assigned PGN to carry out a 1-million household gas-connection program, starting this year, despite limited state funding. Gigih told kontan.co.id recently that the company was waiting for the presidential regulation to allow PGN to proceed with the project, which will cost Rp 780 billion.
He estimated that connecting one household would cost about Rp 10 million. Therefore, with the funding, PGN would be able to connect 78,000 households this year. (das/bbn)
