Energy companies raise alertness

Energy companies raise alertness

Febiola Desy Unidjaja and Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post,
Jakarta

Energy companies across the nation have raised alertness
following the weekend bomb blasts on the island of Bali, as the
government warned Monday of possible terrorist attacks against
their facilities.

Thus far, operations at the country's oil and gas fields
remain normal.

Fears over possible attacks have also spread to the industrial
island of Batam, which is home to more than 500 manufacturing
investors from across the globe. The island's authority urged
investors to increase security.

"Following the Bali tragedy, our attention has been focused on
security. We have intensified our security," said Yudiana, vice
president of American energy firm PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia.

The company, which is a subsidiary of American energy giant
ChevronTexaco, operates hundreds of oil wells in Riau province
with an output of about 700,000 barrels of oil per day, or more
than half of the country's oil output.

None of the company's foreign workers had left Indonesia
following the Bali bomb attacks, he said.

"But we have urged them and their families to raise
alertness," he said.

No special security had been given to foreign workers as all
of them work together with local colleagues in the same camps, he
said.

Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Monday that the government had
decided to deploy the Indonesian Military (TNI) to help guard the
country's vital energy installations against possible terrorist
attacks.

"TNI will increase surveillance at strategic and vital
installations, as there are indications that energy installations
are the next target of terrorist attacks," Susilo told a press
conference after a Cabinet meeting.

He said the Paiton power plant complex in East Java, the
Bontang LNG plant in East Kalimantan; the Arun LNG plant in Aceh;
and the oil facilities owned by CPI in Riau, were among the vital
energy installations that would receive special attention.

The Paiton power complex is home to a power plant belonging to
a U.S. Mission Energy-led consortium, while the Arun LNG plant is
partly owned by American energy giant ExxonMobil and the Arun LNG
plant is owned by a consortium comprising American firm Unocal
Corp, French firm TotalFinaElf and American firm Vico, which is
controlled by Anglo-American energy giant BP PLC.

On Batam, the Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA)
has urged manufacturers on the island to boost security to guard
their companies.

"Following the Bali attack, BIDA and the local police have
held a special meeting to discuss security. We have asked all
foreign and domestic investors to raise alertness," BIDA chairman
Ismeth Abdullah told The Jakarta Post on Monday.

Thus far, everything is running as usual, he said.

Batam, located in the Riau archipelago, about 20 kilometers
south of Singapore, is home to more than 560 foreign
manufacturing plants from 34 countries.

Preliminary list of people killed in Bali bomb blasts as of Oct. 14:

1. Mugianto (M), Indonesia;
2. Kadek Beri Prima (M), Indonesia;
3. Anna Sesilia Aviles (F), Equador;
4. Christhoper Bradford (M), Singapore;
5. DJ Sari Club (M), Indonesia;
6. Josua K. Daegan (M), Australia;
7. Pascal M. Dolf (M), -;
8. Faturraman (M), Indonesia;
9. S. Foley (M), -;
10. March Benny, Gajardo (M), UK;
11. Nash Gary (M), Australia;
12. Maria Johansson (F), Sweden;
13. Chris J. Kays (M), Singapore;
14. Bjorn J. Abon Magnusson (M), Sweden;
15. Christian Redman (M), Singapore;
16. Julie Stephen S. (F), Australia;
17. Stafford (M), UK;
18. Achmad Suharto (M), Indonesia;
19. Nassima Cladia Tele (F). Germany;
20. Jean Underwood (F), France;
21. Robin G. Webster (M), -;
22. Joshua Illifee (M), Australia;
23. Clint Thompson (M), Australia;
24. Adam Howard (M), Australia;
25. Agus Suhaeri (M), Indonesia;
26. David Majeridies (M), Australia;
27. Sukerma Kadek (M), Indonesia;
28. Berry (M), Holland;
29. Norbert Frericks (M) Holland;
30. Made Martana (M), Indonesia;
31. Steven Brooks (M), USA;
32. James Corey (M), Australia;
33. Findley (F), UK;
34. Linda Makwana (F), Australia;
35. Aris Munandar (M), Indonesia;
36. Deborah Snodgrass (M), USA;
37. Michael Stanoring (M), Australia;
38. Marlene Doris Whiteley (F), Australia;
39. Widayati (M), Indonesia;
40. Eun Jung Moon (F), Korea;

Source: Sanglah General Hospital, Denpasar, Bali