Unocal funds water project

JAKARTA (JP): Geothermal power producer PT Unocal Geothermal Indonesia, a subsidiary of American energy company Unocal Corp. has built clean water facilities for the community living around its power plant in Salak, Sukabumi, West Java.

A spokesman for state oil and gas company Pertamina, Ramli Djaafar, said the company had spent US$41,000 building the facilities. It will supply clean water to 3,859 people living in the Kiaraberes and Bojong Gintung villages in the Pulosari district, about 10 kilometers south of the 165-Megawatt geothermal power plant.

Ramli said Unocal had handed over the facilities to the local government in a ceremony held on May 27. (jsk)