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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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