Pertagas-Chandra Asri Establish Cooperation To Develop Gas Utilization For Petrochemicals

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JAKARTA - An affiliate of Pertamina Gas Sub Holding, PT Pertamina Gas (Pertagas) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the potential and analysis of the utilization of natural gas facilities and products with PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk.

The signing of the MoU was carried out by Gamal Imam Santoso, President Director of PT Pertamina Gas, Edi Rivai as Director of Legal External Affairs & Circular Economy of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical and Rully Aryawan as Supply Chain of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical.

The cooperation includes the development of utilization of natural gas products and their derivatives owned by Pertagas for the fulfillment of the Chandra Asri factory in Cilegon Banten, as well as analysis of the utilization of Chandra Asri facilities for the development of gas terminal infrastructure for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) or the Pertagas gas pipeline distribution network.

"Pertagas and Chandra Asri will work together to develop gas processing products into raw materials for gas pipelines," said Director of Legal External Affairs & Circular Economy of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Edi Rivai in an official statement, Monday, August 1.

Chandra Asri has the advantage of producing raw material for PE 100 pipe which has high durability and a thinner thickness than using PE 80 material which is commonly used in household gas networks (jargas).

Through this collaboration, these products will later be used in the development of gas networks in the Pertagas Group, one of which is the Jogja - Solo - Semarang gas network. Through this collaboration, of course, it will increase the percentage of the domestic component level (TKDN) in the city gas network project in the Pertagas Group.

Edi also thanked Pertagas for opening a partnership space with Chandra Asri.

"We are committed to providing the best raw material for gas pipelines that meet all SNI Standards for Pertagas as one of the backbones of the strategic sector in the country. TKDN) as an effort to support government programs," said Edi.

Meanwhile, the President Director of Pertagas, Gamal Imam Santoso, said that the cooperation that was built was to support the government's program in equitable use of gas as clean energy, especially for petrochemical plants.

"This collaboration has great business potential in the future for the gas industry, not only in terms of supplying gas for petrochemical plants but also to support the use of energy that is more environmentally friendly and cleaner and in line with the government's program to reduce carbon emissions," said Gamal.

The signing of the cooperation between Pertagas and Chandra Asri is a form of the company's commitment to increase the use of green energy and support government programs in reducing carbon emissions by 29 percent by 2030.