Samarinda – Awareness of the use of natural gas as environmentally friendly clean energy continues to increase for industries in East Kalimantan. Saturday (29/01), PT Pertagas Niaga as part of Pertamina's Gas Subholding carried out a trial of LNG filling for consumers of PT Total Energi Naratama (TEN) as a provider of Diesel Dual Fuel Engine (DDF) conversion in Samarinda. This LNG fuel is used by TEN for testing the engine of the DDF ship.

“This is a good sign because more and more industries, especially the maritime industry, are aware of the importance of using LNG as a cleaner energy as well as economically profitable,” explained the President Director of Pertagas Niaga, Aminuddin.

In the early stages, TEN uses LNG with a volume of 20 MMBTU and if the trial process is successful, TEN will increase the volume to meet the need for fuel to propel the ship's engine. This effort is inseparable from compliance with IMO 2020, namely the policy to reduce air pollution originating from the shipping world.

Pertagas Niaga's LNG supply is obtained from Pertamina Gas' Filling Station Plant 26 in Bontang, East Kalimantan. In addition to supplying ship fuel, the LNG Subholding Gas Group in East Kalimantan has been used for PLN's power plants, hospitals in Samarinda and heavy equipment industry in Balikpapan.

Subholding Gas is optimistic that the use of LNG in the maritime sector will continue to expand in accordance with the geographical characteristics of the Indonesian territory and also its utilization in various sectors as many parties are increasingly aware of using environmentally friendly energy in accordance with ESG commitment.