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PERTAMINA TO BUILD 6 BULK GAS FILLING STATIONS IN RIAU
Pekanbaru, Apr 20 (ANTARA) - State oil and gas company Pertamina plans to build six more bulk lequified petroleum gas filling stations (SPBEs) in Riau province to support a kerosene-to-gas conversion program in the region.
The province now had three SPBEs, namely in Pekanbaru, Pasir Putih and Kulin, Pertamina Corporate Communications Vice President Anang Noor said on Monday.
"The three SPBEs supply around 70 tons of LPG to customers per day. The gas comes from the RU II Dumai refinery," he said.
The province will launch a kerosene-to-gas conversion program in September 2009. Under the program, stoves, hoses and cylinders will be distributed among 514,000 households free of charge.
Anang said once the program was launched in the province, the LPG supplies would be raised from other refineries in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Cilacap, Central Java, and Balongan, West Java.
The Dumai refinery was only able to produce 120 tons of LPG per day, he said.
Earlier, Pertamina Corporate Secretary Toharso said the kerosene-to-gas conversion program launched in Java in 2008 had reached 15 million households, enabling the country to save Rp5.3 trillion in fuel subsidies.
He said the program would target around 23 million households this year.
"This year the kerosene-to-gas conversion programs in Java and Bali will be completed. The programs will be continued in other areas. Hopefully, the programs will affect all areas in Sumatra, Sulawesi and Kalimantan by the end of 2010," he said.
The province now had three SPBEs, namely in Pekanbaru, Pasir Putih and Kulin, Pertamina Corporate Communications Vice President Anang Noor said on Monday.
"The three SPBEs supply around 70 tons of LPG to customers per day. The gas comes from the RU II Dumai refinery," he said.
The province will launch a kerosene-to-gas conversion program in September 2009. Under the program, stoves, hoses and cylinders will be distributed among 514,000 households free of charge.
Anang said once the program was launched in the province, the LPG supplies would be raised from other refineries in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Cilacap, Central Java, and Balongan, West Java.
The Dumai refinery was only able to produce 120 tons of LPG per day, he said.
Earlier, Pertamina Corporate Secretary Toharso said the kerosene-to-gas conversion program launched in Java in 2008 had reached 15 million households, enabling the country to save Rp5.3 trillion in fuel subsidies.
He said the program would target around 23 million households this year.
"This year the kerosene-to-gas conversion programs in Java and Bali will be completed. The programs will be continued in other areas. Hopefully, the programs will affect all areas in Sumatra, Sulawesi and Kalimantan by the end of 2010," he said.
