Local contractor Rekayasa Industri won the engineering, procurementand construction contract for the conversion job, said to be the world’s firstby Pertamina official Daniel Purba. The final investment decision on Arun’sconversion was taken in February.
Another key part of the LNG regasification hub project isa 340-kilometre gas pipeline that will run from Arun to Belawan. There isalready some existing gas pipeline infrastructure along part of the route andsome areas already have right of way but the exact routing of the new pipelinesections has yet to be determined.
