Chinese Energy Giant Supplies Gas to Indonesia

Chinese oil and gas firm CNOOC with six other production sharing contractors started supplying gas to Indonesia's state electricity company PT PLN through an 85-kilometer submarine pipeline.

Indonesian subsidiary, CNOOC South East Sumatra (SES), will supply 50 billion British thermal units (BBTU) of gas per day to the 750-megawatt (MW) power plant in Cilegon, West Java, in the first year and is expected to deliver 80 BBTU per day afterwards, said The Jakarta Post.

The company's partners include Inpex Sumatra Ltd, KNOC Sumatra Ltd, Orchard Energy Sumatra BV, Fortuna Resources (Sunda) Ltd, Talisman UK (Southeast Sumatra) Ltd and Talisman Resources (Bahamas) Ltd, it said.