Energy Ideas To Expand The Utilization Of Gaslink C-cyl To Customers In Batam

Distribution of PT Gagas Energi Indonesia's Gaslink C-cyl products to the first customer in Batam City, Riau Islands, namely Mak Uncu Restaurant, Tuesday (29/3/2022). ANTARA/HO-PT PGN Tbk

JAKARTA - PT Gagas Energi Indonesia, as part of the Gas Subholding PT Pertamina (Persero), is expanding the utilization of Gaslink C-cyl natural gas products to customers in Batam City, Riau Islands.

A press release from Pertamina Gas Subholding PT PGN Tbk in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Thursday, April 1, said that Gagas continued to intensify his efforts to reach industrial and commercial sectors that had not been reached by the gas pipeline network.

The Gaslink C-cyl product, which will be introduced in early 2021, is compressed natural gas (CNG) for industrial and commercial sector customers, which is distributed using tubes with a capacity of 20-25 m3 or the equivalent of 20 kg.

Mak Uncu Restaurant is the first Gaslink C-cyl customer in Batam with a volume of 500 m3/month.

Fintos, as the owner of RM Mak Uncu, expressed his enthusiasm for the presence of Gaslink C-cyl. "Guaranteed supply availability is one of our main factors in choosing a gas supplier. Gagas with his Gaslink C-cyl conveys that he is able to fulfill this," he said.

The distribution of gas to RM Mak Uncu was carried out on Tuesday (29/3/2022) with the presence of Director of Sales and Operations at PGN Faris Aziz, President Director of Gagas Muhammad Hardiansyah, and General Manager of Sales and Operations Regional I Afdal.

In his speech, Faris conveyed the role of PGN as Pertamina's Gas Subholding in integrating natural gas infrastructure in Indonesia, both through pipeline and non-pipeline infrastructure.

"Through Gagas, we hope that access to natural gas energy can increase, especially for the public as well as the industrial and commercial sectors that have not been reached by pipeline infrastructure," he said. the sector in achieving efficiency and added value in its production process.

"We hope that customers can benefit from the efficiency, practicality, and reliability of supply from the use of Gaslink, especially Gaslink C-cyl which we began to bring to Batam. We present Gaslink C-cyl as an alternative to natural gas distribution, especially for customers who have limited land and space. The need for natural gas usage is still relatively small, around 300 m3 per month," he said.

In addition to Gaslink C-cyl products, Gagas also provides regular Gaslink services for the industrial and commercial sectors with greater demand for natural gas.

Gaslink's customer gas supply in Batam City is produced from a gas refueling station (SPBG) on Jalan Engku Putri, Batam City.

The SPBG, which has been in operation since 2016, serves around 75 vehicles per day, dominated by taxis with natural gas distribution of around 1,000 m3 per day and 20 Gaslink customers of around 3,000 m3 per day.