May 21, 2021
Friday,
21 May 2021 - Kawasan Industri Kendal (KIP) signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA)
with PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk (PGN), Subholding Gas PT Pertamina (Persero)
to provide gas supply and development natural gas infrastructure.
Didik Purbadi as Director of PT. Kawasan Industri Kendal was present to sign
the agreement with M. Haryo Yunianto (President Director of PT. PGN) and Pahala
Nugraha Mansury (Deputy Minister of BUMN I).
According
to Pahala Nugraha, this collaboration is expected to be able to encourage and
restore the national economy from the Covid-19 pandemic. "The requirement
to bring investment to Indonesia lies in addition to the ease of investing, it
also lies in the efficiency in infrastructure and the costs required when
joining an industrial estate. In addition, it requires certainty of electricity
and energy availability for companies that will enter industrial estate,
"he said.
As a follow-up to the HoA signing, Kendal Industrial Park will work with PGN to
prepare a plan for the supply of natural gas and its supporting infrastructure.
As for the distribution of natural gas into the Kendal Industrial Park, one of
them will be sourced from Jambaran Tiung Biru which connects the pipeline
network between Batang and Semarang.
PGN
President Director M. Haryo Yunianto explained that in this collaboration, PGN
will provide natural gas supply and its supporting infrastructure in the form
of piped gas, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for
industrial and commercial energy needs in Industrial Estates. "The HoA
signing is part of an effort to provide certainty to potential investors on the
guarantee of the availability of natural gas supplies. In addition, it is expected
to increase the competitiveness of the investment climate in industrial
areas," said Haryo.
Haryo
continued that PGN is ready to support and cooperate with various parties so
that infrastructure and natural gas supply in Central Java can be realized
immediately. "The construction of the Gresik-Semarang gas transmission
pipeline has been completed, hopefully this can accelerate the realization of
the certainty of natural gas supply distribution. There is a plan to
collaborate with the Regional Government of PGN and the Regional Government of
Central Java regarding the provision of CNG and its supporting infrastructure,
so the supply of natural gas in Central Java is more reliable" explained
Haryo.
PGN is also completing the interconnection of the Gresem Pipe with the Java
Kalimantan (Kalija) Pipe to optimize the distribution of natural gas in the
industrial sector in the Kendal and Semarang areas. The finalization of the
Gresem-Kalija pipeline interconnection will also increase the utilization of natural
gas from the Kepodang Field, so that it is expected to strengthen the
reliability of natural gas supply.
Didik
Purbadi (Director of PT. Kawasan Industri Kendal) on the same occasion also
expressed his enthusiasm and hopes for this natural gas distribution plan.
According to him, the need for gas is very important for investors in the
Kendal Industrial Park. In fact, the need for this gas continues to increase as
the number of investors increases. He said, "Currently we have 70
investors who join with the total gas requirement reaching 10 MMcfd. Some of
our investors belong to the 7 industrial sectors regulated in Presidential
Decree No. 40/2016. Therefore, we hope, especially for investors who enter the
7 industrial sectors, they will receive the support of competitive gas prices
from the government."