Jokowi Inaugurates Tangguh Train 3 LNG Plant in West Papua Worth Rp72.45tn
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24 November 2023 11:27 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated the Tangguh Train 3 LNG plant in Bintuni Bay, West Papua today, Nov. 24. The national strategic project with an investment of Rp72.45 trillion is the development of liquified natural gas or LNG refinery projects in the Tangguh gas field.
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Arifin Tasrif, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, and Minister of Investment Bahlil Lahadalia accompanied the state head at the inauguration ceremony.
The ESDM Ministry’s spokesperson, Agus Cahyono Adi, said apart from the inauguration of the Tangguh Train 3 project, the government also announced three other development projects in the province that are still part of the upstream oil and gas project and its derivatives.
The Tangguh gas field is Indonesia’s largest natural gas producer, which aims to meet national gas demand. It has been operational since 2009 and currently has offshore gas production facilities that supply three LNG plants, each with a capacity of 3.8 million tons per annum (MTPA).
“With the operation of Train 3, Tangguh will become the largest gas producer in Indonesia with a total annual production of 11.4 MTPA or around 35 percent of national production, Agus explained.
He also said that the project would use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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