Tripatra wins international consultancy tender<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT Tripatra Engineering, an Indonesian
\nconsulting company, has won a project management consultancy
\ntender for a US$600 million project for the installation of 824
\nkilometers of gas pipelines in Sumatra, the company's president
\nPandri Prabono said yesterday.<\/p>\n
"Tripatra Engineering is the first national consulting company
\nin the country to win a project management consultancy which is
\nfinanced by multinational institutions," Padri said at the
\nreception for the project's inauguration at the Sahid Jaya hotel
\nhere.<\/p>\n
The gas pipeline construction will be financed by the Asian
\nDevelopment Bank, the European Investment Bank and the Exim Bank
\nof Japan.<\/p>\n
"Similar projects funded by multinational banks are usually
\nawarded to multinational consulting firms," Pandri said.<\/p>\n
He added that previously it had been virtually impossible for
\nIndonesian consulting companies to take part in the tender for
\nsuch a big project, let alone to win such a bid.<\/p>\n
A. Qoyuum, the chief executive of the state-owned PT
\nPerusahaan Gas Negara, which owns the project, inaugurated the
\nproject yesterday.<\/p>\n
The gas pipeline will be comprised of two sections. One 544-km
\nsection will run from a gas field in South Sumatra to Duri in
\nRiau, while a 280-km section will link Jambi in Central Sumatera
\nwith Batam in Riau.<\/p>\n
A public tender for the laying of the pipeline is still being
\nprepared.<\/p>\n
The pipeline project is slated to begin next August and is
\nscheduled to be completed within one year.<\/p>\n
Pandri said that Tripatra Engineering was one of six bidders
\nfor the project's management. The others were British Gas (UK),
\nSofregas (France), Pipeline Engineering Gmbh (Germany), Fluor
\nDaniel (USA) and Novacorp (Canada).<\/p>\n
Tripatra Engineering, which is also engaged in both the supply
\nof oil and gas mining equipment and the construction industry,
\nwas founded in 1973.<\/p>\n
The firm has previously been involved in projects of the
\nstate-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, including oil and gas
\npiping, booster compression and turbine construction. (kod)<\/p>",
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