PT Badak NGL Bontang of East Kalimantan will transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Jakarta using a 35 year old LNG tanker named Aquarius. “The same tank transported LNG to Osaka, Japan in 1977,” said President Director of PT Badak NGL Sutopo on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
He said that Aquarius was used for the first export of LNG in August 1, 1977. Now it will be used for domestic shipping of LNG to Jakarta Bay. PT Badak NGL began shipping abroad with 2 trains of LNG around the end of 70s. In the early 90s till now, Sutopo said, Pertamina's subsidiary company has an annual capacity of 22,5 million ton. “We have achieved 8,085 shipments as of April 21, 2012,” Sutopo said. All of these shipments were destined to buyer countries.
This time LNG will be sent to Jakarta Bay for a floating terminal project a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU). LNG Bontang has supplied 11.75 million metric tons LNG to West Java FSRU in the past 11 years. The new FSRU will be operated by PT Nusantara Regas.
The FSRU project in Jakarta Bay is to support government program to diversify energy to manage future energy challenges. With FSRU, Nusantara Regas can also explore other business potentials to make optimal use of the facility.
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