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Bloomberg. “All said and done, we are still not staying indoors as well as the government’s deci-
100% out of the pandemic, and people are still sion to extend its scheme to offer free LPG cylin-
working from home.” ders to lower-income households.
While transportation fuels struggled in the “Despite COVID-19 causing a major
face of last year’s lockdowns, demand for LPG slowdown in the world economy, LPG
expanded by 4.3% y/y to 27.41mn tonnes. Con- imports into India have grown in 2020,”
sumption of LPG, which is used as a fuel in cook- Singapore-based FGE analyst Sam Sng told
ing, was driven by the greater number of people the newswire.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Indonesia’s PGN unveils
three-year gas plan
PROJECTS & INDONESIA’S state-owned Perusahaan Gas PGN intends to take over handling the Balo-
COMPANIES Negara (PGN) has unveiled a three-year ngan refinery’s gas supply from Pertamina EP
plan to support the government’s drive to and Pertamina Hulu Energi, which have been
bolster domestic natural gas consumption. feeding the facility via a Pertamina Gas pipeline,
The government wants to reduce the coun- this year. In order to hit this target, PGN said it
try’s demand for oil by replacing it with gas would finish building the SSWJ-WJA pipeline in
where possible, or coal, in order to cut both the first half of this year.
the national fuel import bill as well as levels of Suprijanto added that the long-term needs
pollution. of the Balikpapan refinery would be met
PGN, a unit of state-owned Pertamina, said through the development of Senipah-Balik-
on January 13 that it intended to complete a papan gas pipeline, while the Cilacap refinery
range of pipeline projects in 2021-2023 that would be fed from PGN’s liquefied natural gas
would help feed industrial, commercial and res- (LNG) portfolio.
idential customers. Suprijanto said: “PGN is preparing the con-
The list included the South Sumatra struction of the Cilacap LNG receiving terminal,
West Java (SSWJ) to West Java Area (WJA) which is targeted to start operating in the second
integration pipeline, which is slated for half of 2022.”
the first half of this year. Other projects In addition to tapping the company’s LNG
include the development of pipelines in portfolio for downstream projects, PGN is also
North and Central Sumatra, Kalimantan working to help state-owned power utility PLN
and Central Java, as well as a Kendal-Se- switch 52 diesel-fired thermal power plants
marang-Demak pipeline. (TPPs) over to LNG feedstock.
In the downstream, Pertamina senior spokes- The Indonesian Energy Minister
man Agus Suprijanto said PGN also intended to ordered the two companies in January
supply all of Pertamina’s refineries in addition to 2020 to work together on achieving the
standalone petrochemical projects. switchover by 2022.
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