ASIATODAY.ID, WEST PAPUA – The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the largest gas refinery project in Indonesia on Friday, November 24 2023.
Jokowi is optimistic that the refinery, which was built with an investment of $4.83 billion, will boost national liquefied natural gas (LNG) production.
“Thanks God, Alhamdulillah, today we inaugurated Tangguh Train 3, the largest natural gas producer in Indonesia. This project will increase Tangguh LNG’s annual production capacity to 11.4 million tons per year, and contribute significantly to the gas production target,” said Jokowi when inaugurated Tangguh Train 3 at the Tangguh gas field, Teluk Bintuni, West Papua.
Jokowi thanked the British oil and gas company, BP, which is currently operating the Tangguh Train 3 gas refinery project, because it has succeeded in attracting many local workers in West Papua, even becoming workers in the majority population there.
“I am grateful for this new investment. I am happy that this project absorbs a lot of workforce, where 70 percent of Tangguh’s operational staff are from West Papua,” said Jokowi.
“I heard that in 2029 the target will increase to 85 percent and 105 LNG plant operation and maintenance technicians will be West Papuan men/women who have been recruited since high school, educated from BP in Berau,” he added.
Three Other Projects
Apart from inaugurating the Tangguh Train 3 project, Jokowi also groundbreaking three other projects in West Papua, which are still part of the upstream oil and gas project.
Among other things, the Ubadari Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Project which is the next integrated project from the Tangguh Project, the blue ammonia downstream project, and the immediate start of development of the Asap Kido Merah (AKM) Natural Gas Field in the Kasuri Working Area. (AT Network)
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