Seminar on gas technology

JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina and Japan's Osaka Gas of International Cultural Exchange will sponsor a seminar here tomorrow to promote the use of environmentally- friendly gas technology.

The chairman of the seminar's organizing committee, Bambang Sugiarto, said yesterday Blue Sky Seminar '97 would feature speakers from the University of Indonesia, the Bandung Institute of Technology and the Bogor Institute of Agriculture.

The seminar is open to the public.

Bambang said the seminar would provide information on gas utilization and its impact on the environment, in addition to presenting research findings on environmentally-sound gas technology, sponsored by the Osaka Gas Foundation.

Osaka Gas Foundation head Minoru Wakasika said his organization, formed in 1992 by Osaka Gas of Japan, aimed at providing financial assistance to people in Southeast Asian to pursue domestic and foreign study on gas technology. (jsk)