PT Rakayasa Industry won the tender on operation
contractor for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of revitalization
project of Arun LNG refinery to become Receiving and Regasification LNG
Terminal.
Pertamina’s Vice President Corporate Communication,
Ali Mundakir, said that EPC tender on the project has been held since April
2012 and attended by five companies. After passing through several stages, PT
Rekayasa Industri was chosen as the best candidate for operator of the EPC
project.
“We have decided PT Rekayasa Industry as the tender
winner with the best offer last week. PT Rekayasa Industry has also committed
to complete the work in time and with good quality”, Ali told Business News
(11/7).
Arun LNG Refinery Revitalization Project becomes a
Receiving and Regasification LNG Terminal planned to have a total capacity of
400 MMscfd. The gas supply is expected to be utilized by fertilizer industry,
electric fuel, and industries in Aceh and North Sumatera. So far, the project
has not receives final assurances of gas supply contractually.
Supply plan at 140 MMscfd for the State Electricity
Company (PLN) from Tangguh LNG project which is planned to be supplied through
Arun Receiving and Regasification LNG Terminal is still on the stage of
discussion regarding price at government level. Pertamina has also stated its
interest in buying local LNG for the need of the project to Tangguh LNG
producer, Oil and Gas Regulator (BPMigas), and the government.
The Arun LNG refinery revitalization project is
expected to revive industry activities in Aceh, to maintain sustainability of
Pupuk Iskandar Muda, and to maintain sustainability of electricity supply in
the province in the western part of Indonesia. In additional to that, the
piping project to connect Arun and Belaswan and gas supply for Arun receiving
and regasification terminal will increase sustainability of energy supply and
raw materials for industries in North Sumatera.
Ali said that Pertamina could not yet sign the project
operation contract with PT Rekayasa Industry because it still depends on
assurance of gas allocation. Pertamina highly supports government’s attempt to
perform finalization of gas supply assurance to strategic projects for the sake
of national energy sustainability.
Pertamina also head Annual Pertamina Quality (APQ)
Awards for creation of innovation and new business opportunity. All of these
will have a concrete impact on growth of Pertamina as a quick-yield energy
company.
President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero), Karen
Agustiawan, said that to realize the vision as a World Class Energy Company,
Pertamina’s management and operational workers should give the highest
contribution in order to continually perform innovation, creation, and to
create improvements in order to realize effectiveness of process and quality of
work output that will stimulate the company.
“APQ Awards must be made as an intermediate target
that must be achieved to create the main target which is bigger and to achieve
satisfactory achievement in international forums. Moreover, this event must become
a media for the creation of innovation and new business opportunity that have a
concrete and positive effect on the company in a short time”, Karen told
Business News (11/7).
APQ Awards 2012 with the theme “Making Pertamina
Quality People Who Are Able to Compete at International Level with Sustainable
Improvement Culture and Renewable Spirit” involving Pertamina’s people from all
of the company’s operation/production centre. There are 95 reports on the best
lessons learned, problem solving, and trouble shooting from 1,241
innovation/creativity themes generated in 2012.
From all the innovations, there are 12 winners
selected from all existing categories. “Specifically, I will also congratulate
winners of APQ Awards 2012. Our hope is that the best achievement reached
should not stop right now. APQ Awards which is a media to socialize and
increase sustainable improvement culture must be able to accelerate
productivity, business efficiency, and high performance achievements.”
Minister of State Enterprises, Dahlan Iskan, in his
welcome speech, expressed his pride about the achievement of Pertamina quality
people, especially in the APQ Awards 2012. He took an example of the innovation
created by Gugus Kendali Camar Refinery Unit V Balikpapan with the theme
“Development of LSWR-500 Product To Become New Product” which generate a
concrete and significant result for the company.
“I am very surprised and proud as the innovation could
generate contribution in the form of profit at around Rp 1.3 trillion a year.
This is an extraordinary innovation and worth to be continually developed not
only in one business unit, but in all existing business units of Pertamina.”
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