The Ministry Of Energy And Mineral Resources Has Inaugurated 3,405 Jargas Connections In Tanjung Jabung Barat Jambi

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) through the Directorate General of Oil and Gas (Ditjen Migas) inaugurated 4305 gas networks for households in Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency. The task force was built from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) for the 2022 fiscal year, where the gas supply comes from the Petrochina International Jabung Working Area with a gas allocation volume of 0.2 Million Standard Customs Feets per Day (MSCFD). Planning and Planning Director and Infrastructure Development of Oil and Gas Laode Sulaeman said the government has carried out gas network development through the State Budget since 2009, and until 2022 construction has been carried out as many as 703,308 household connections (SR) distributed in 17 provinces, 64 districts/cities. "The gas network development program is one of the National Strategic Programs (PSN) that supports energy diversification. This program is implemented in order to optimize the utilization of natural gas potential through "pipelines for the household sector by using APBN funds where the operation and development are assigned to SOEs as parties that have duties and functions, technical capabilities, experience in organizing natural gas supply and distribution activities," Laode explained to the media, Thursday, February 9. The purpose of the gas network program, he continued, is to provide access to energy to the community, to have a positive impact on the community through saving material costs. Gas fueling the earth, helping the community's economy towards the economy of an independent and environmentally friendly society and reducing the burden of fuel and/or LPG subsidies on the household sector. "In addition, the benefits of natural gas such as reducing exhaust emissions will significantly reduce the level of environmental pollution. The construction of gas for households is a form of environmental protection for generations of our children and grandchildren who will come. Gas development is a form of period investment "long for the nation's future," he added. Based on data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, according to the economic comparison matrix and savings in the use of natural gas through pipes for the household sector with LPG, the use of 1 LPG cylinder of 12 kg per month (at a market price of Rp. 213,000/tubes) or 4 3 kg LPG tubes per month (at a market price of Rp. 22,000/tubes) can be equivalent to 15 m3 of natural gas at a gas price of Rp. 4,250/m3, so with the use of natural gas through pipes for the household sector, each household can save on a fuel consumption cost of approximately IDR 150,000 (Non-Subsidized LPG) and IDR 25,000 (Subsidized LPG) per month.