Pasifik Agra Energi to Build Indonesia's First Cryogenic Energy-Integrated LNG Terminal

Pasifik Agra Energi will spend about $500 million in building Indonesia’s first cryogenic energy-integrated LNG terminal at an industrial park in Bantaeng regency, South Sulawesi.

The privately owned firm conducted a feasibility study in conjunction with a Japanese energy company. The study started in February and would be completed in August, Pasifik Agra president director Westana H. Wiraatmadja said, Jakarta Post reported Monday.

The terminal would cater to gas needs of the industrial park, as well as in eastern and central parts of Indonesia. The LNG terminal, Wiraatmadja explained, would be the first in Indonesia to integrate LNG and gas with the utilization of LNG cold energy.

According to Jakarta Post, Bantaeng Regent M. Nurdin Abdullah said Bajiminasa Bantaeng, a firm owned by the local administration, would be the gas distribution agent to industrial markets and power plants, while Pasifik Agra would supply the LNG either from local markets or imports.

"The gas terminal can support the development of gas-based power plants. The government can help prepare the infrastructure to transform Bantaeng into a city-gas based region," he said.