The world’s first marine CNG project
The Indonesian island of Gresik, which will start delivering CNG in 2013 to Lombok
The project, which is expected to deliver the first gas in 2013, will transport between 3,000 and 6,000 standard cubic feet of CNG per day from the Indonesian island of Gresik to another Indonesian island, Lombok, where it will feed the Peaking power plant.
RINA said it had already delivered the feasibility study, and is now developing the front end Engineering Design (FEED). This will be followed by support during tendering, and the provision of project management support during the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) phase. Tendering will open in May 2012 and a number of different technologies are being considered.
This pilot project will allow the use of cheaper natural gas instead of liquid fuel for power production. If the pilot project succeeds, it is expected that the marine CNG technology will be applied to other power plants across the country with similar or larger capacity. PLN has mapped out potential utilisation of CNG in Indonesia. CNG will come from low-capacity gas wells, marginal gas wells, gas flare and surplus of gas supply as a result of a fluctuating gas absorption pattern.
The Indonesian island of Gresik, which will start delivering CNG in 2013 to Lombok
