Main heat exchanger for Bontang train-G installed<\/p>\n
BONTANG, East Kalimantan (JP): PT Inti Karya Persada Tehnik
\n(IKPT), an Indonesian engineering and construction company,
\nerected the main heat exchanger for train-G of the Liquefied
\nNatural Gas (LNG) plant here over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The work completed 65 percent of the train construction.<\/p>\n
\"The main heat exchanger is the heart of this project. It
\nfunctions to cool down and liquefy the gas,\" Guntur Sumaryono, PT
\nIKPT's general site manager for train-G, told reporters after the
\nerection of the exchanger.<\/p>\n
He said that the bottle-like main exchanger is one of 120
\nkinds of equipment to be used in train-G. Of the 120 pieces of
\nequipment, 57 are made by local companies, including PT PAL, PT
\nBarata and PT Boma Bisma Indra.<\/p>\n
The 183-ton main exchanger -- the erection of which was delayed
\nfor several hours over the weekend due to heavy rain -- was
\nordered two years ago from Air Products Chemical Industry Co., an
\nengineering company in the United States. It cost more than US$16
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
Guntur said that the construction of train-G, which will have
\nan annual capacity of 2.6 million tons, will be completed in
\nNovember. \"I'm optimistic of meeting the schedule, as we have
\ncompleted 64.62 percent of the work, which is almost 4.5 percent
\nabove our target,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Train-G will expand the annual capacity of the Bontang LNG
\nplant to 18.5 million tons.<\/p>\n
PT IKPT, which is owned by timber tycoon Mohamad (Bob) Hasan
\nand President Soeharto's eldest son Sigit Harjojudanto, secured a
\n$511 million contract under a repeat order to construct train-G
\nfrom the state-owned oil Pertamina last March.<\/p>\n
Nurtjahjono, the project development manager of PT Badak NGL,
\nthe operator of the Bontang LNG plant, said that the plant's
\ntotal capacity will rise to 21.5 million tons per annum when the
\nconstruction of train-H is completed in the year 2000.<\/p>\n
He refused to disclose the source of funds for train-H. He
\nsaid that for the train-G, his company got loans from foreign
\nbanks.<\/p>\n
Currently, he said, all the LNG production from Bontang is
\nexported to Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n
According to him, Pertamina is currently pursuing negotiations
\nwith several prospective buyers for the LNG from train-H.<\/p>\n
Asked whether PT Badak will grant the contract for train-H to
\nIKPT, he said, \"I don't know yet. It depends on Pertamina as the
\nowner of this plant. But seen from IKPT's reputation until now,
\nthe company is likely to get the order to construct train-H.\"<\/p>\n
IKPT, which has been accredited with a ISO-9001 certificate by
\nLloyd's Register of Britain, is building train-G in cooperation
\nwith the Japanese company Chiyoda Corporation.<\/p>\n
IKPT became the first Indonesian company to act as the main
\ncontractor for an LNG train in the country in 1992 when it
\nclinched a contract from Pertamina to construct train-F.<\/p>\n
Its involvement in the Bontang LNG plant began as a sub-
\ncontractor in the construction of train-E. (13)<\/p>",
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