Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The National Energy Council (DEN) revealed that the government is currently intensively boosting natural gas infrastructure projects in the country. This follows the abundance of natural gas reserves that Indonesia has.
Secretary General of the National Energy Council (DEN) Djoko Siswanto said that in order for the use of natural gas in Indonesia to run optimally, the existence of gas infrastructure is quite important. For example, the construction of the Cirebon-Semarang (Cisem) natural gas transmission pipeline.
“Previously it was not funded by the APBN, now the transmission pipe from Cirebon-Semarang has been financed by the APBN, the budget is IDR 3 trillion for 3 years,” he said at the ‘Road to CNBC Indonesia Awards 2023: Best Energy Companies’ event, quoted on Wednesday (01/11/ 2023).
Apart from that, the government will also boost construction of the Dumai-Sei Mangkei natural gas transmission pipeline, which is also part of the National Strategic Project (PSN). According to him, if all transmission networks can be connected evenly, then Indonesia can utilize gas resources as a whole.
“If everything is connected, then we can use the gas as a whole for domestic purposes as stated in Government Regulation on National Energy Policy Number 79 of 2014. It is stated that until 2036 we will no longer export it, we will use it domestically. as long as the infrastructure is complete,” he explained.
Previously, SKK Migas Secretary Shinta Damayanti explained that in the energy transition, natural gas was seen as a strategic commodity that could be developed further. Bearing in mind, RI holds a wealth of natural gas which is quite abundant.
Some of them are in the Tangguh Train III project, the Masela Block, the Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) project, and most recently in the Andaman II Block.
“Of course it can be monetized immediately but we must not forget that when talking about gas we have to talk about the infrastructure for its use in the industry because we have to determine who will use the gas,” said Shinta at the CNBC Indonesia Energy Transition Forum, Thursday (22/12/ 2022).
Therefore, he hopes that the construction of the Cirebon-Semarang or Cisem section project and the Dumai-Sei Mangkei section can be finalized soon. So that the excess gas supply in East Java can meet the shortage of gas supply in West Java to Sumatra.
“Currently Cisem provides a solution for Java and Sumatra, while we still have 68 basins that have not yet been explored and most of them are in the east and gas, now the homework is to explore later and find out who will use it and that connection is very important homework,” he said.
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Originally posted 2023-11-01 05:35:05.