$100m pipeline network

$100m pipeline network

JAKARTA (JP): PT. Manggala Wibawa will build a $100 million
pipeline network to speed up fuel distribution from state-owned
oil company Pertamina's refinery in Balikpapan to Samarinda in
East Kalimantan, Antara reported over the weekend.

The company's president, Arissetyanto Wibowo, said in
Samarinda that construction would start in October and was
expected to be completed in three years.

The company will also build two oil depots as part of the
contract, Wibowo said.

The 139 pipeline network will span from Balikpapan through
Muara Jawa-Sanga Sanga to Samarinda. Twenty-seven kilometers of
the network will be under the sea.

"There are no major problems with land acquisition because
the provincial administration supports the project," Wibowo said.

The company would employ mostly Indonesians, but some
expatriates would be hired to help build the underwater facility,
he said. (08)