Pertamina distributors ready for Y2K bug<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State oil and gas company Pertamina announced on
\nThursday that it was ready to face the Year 2000 (Y2K) bug,
\nsaying all its operations, including refinery and fuel
\ndistribution, would run as usual when the country entered the
\nnext millennium.<\/p>\n
Pertamina president Martiono Hadianto assured the public that
\nthe millennium bug would not pose any problems to the company's
\nfuel distribution lines.<\/p>\n
\"As a result of our efforts, Pertamina is now Y2K ready and
\nfuel and nonfuel distributions will remain normal before, during
\nand after the year 2000,\" Martiono said during a ceremony marking
\nPertamina's Y2K compliance at the company's head office in
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Pertamina had identified all the areas of its operation which
\nwere exposed to the Y2k threat, he said, adding that the state
\noil and gas company had taken necessary steps to anticipate Y2K
\ncomputer glitches.<\/p>\n
He said that for instance Pertamina had checked up possible
\nY2K-affected computer systems at fuel stations throughout
\nIndonesia and had upgraded the systems if necessary.<\/p>\n
Controllers at oil refineries had also passed Pertamina's Y2K
\npreparation program, he added.<\/p>\n
He said that to reassure Pertamina's partners and consumers,
\nthe company had used the service of an international Y2K
\nconsultant, Tava Technologies Inc.<\/p>\n
Tava performed assessments and analysis in several critical
\nareas of Pertamina's operations, he said.<\/p>\n
Martiono said Pertamina received its Y2K compliant certificate
\nfrom Tava following the consultant's audit on Y2K preparations by
\nPertamina.<\/p>\n
Pertamina's contingency plan and the following simulations and
\ntraining sessions were all prepared based on documents from the
\nBritish Standard Institutions, which issues operation standards
\nin anticipation of the millennium bug, he said, adding that
\ntraining sessions had been run since October.<\/p>\n
Martiono said to monitor Pertamina's operation across the
\ncountry, the company had set up a Y2K post at its head office,
\nwhich would be operated by a team from Pertamina's system
\ninformation and data management office.<\/p>\n
The Y2K problem, or the millennium bug, arises because older
\ncomputer systems record dates using only the last two digits of
\nthe year. If not corrected, such systems could treat \"2000\" as
\n\"1900\", generating errors or system crashes when the date rolls
\nover to Jan. 1, 2000.<\/p>\n
Calling the Y2K an \"interesting global phenomenon\", Martiono
\nsaid Indonesia's position would permit Pertamina to closely watch
\nevents in New Zealand, the first country to enter the next
\nmillennium, and still have between five to six hours in lead
\ntime.<\/p>\n
Martiono was unable to provide information on Pertamina's
\nbudget for its Y2K compliance program, however, head of the
\ncompany's planning division Didi Sunarwinadi said Pertamina had
\nnot allocated any special funds for the program.<\/p>\n
\"All spending came from our existing operational budget,\" Didi
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said Pertamina would be able to assess the costs for its
\nY2K program after the company's audit next year. (03)<\/p>",
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