S'pore to buy RI gas<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore is discussing buying natural gas
\nfrom Indonesia's petroleum giant Pertamina to drive power
\nstations and homes, the local Business Times daily said
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
The power-guzzling city-state at presents imports gas via a
\npipeline from neighboring Malaysia.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the trade and industry ministry official said
\ntalks with Pertamina were \"on-going\" and that they revolved
\naround supplies from the Natuna fields in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n
Work on the mammoth US$42-billion Natuna project, to be
\njointly developed by Pertamina and US oil giant Exxon, is
\nscheduled to start in January 1997, with the first gas shipments
\nexpected by 2003.<\/p>\n
But marketing of the gas is already underway, with Pertamina
\ntrying to line up customers, like Thailand and Singapore.<\/p>\n
Singapore, whose electricity generation is mostly fueled by
\noil, imports some 150 million cubic feet of natural gas daily via
\na pipeline from Malaysia's northern Trengganu state under a 15-
\nyear contract expiring in 2007.<\/p>",
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