Arco sells gas to PLN

Arco sells gas to PLN

JAKARTA (JP): American oil and gas company Atlantic Richfield
Company (ARCO), a contractor of state oil and gas company
Pertamina, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday
to supply natural gas to a power plant in Central Java owned by
state electricity company PT PLN.

Pertamina's spokesman, Ramli Djaafar, said in a statement that
under the MOU, ARCO would supply the Tambak Lorok gas turbine
power plant with between 80 million cubic feet and 115 million
cubic feet of natural gas per day for 15 years, starting from
2003.

The gas will replace high speed diesel fuel which PLN is
currently using at the power plant.

ARCO will supply the gas from the Kepodang gas field in
Muriah, Central Java, which it recently bought from Anglo-Dutch
oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell.

The Tambak Lorok plant has two power generators, each with a
505 megawatt capacity. (jsk)