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But contingency measures are in place by pipeline operator PowerGas
By RONNIE LIM
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PIPED Indonesian gas supplies from South Sumatra - which currently accounts for over one-third of Singapore's needs - have not been disrupted by Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake in West Sumatra, sources said.
This follows checks by the Singapore importer, Gas Supply Pte Ltd (GSPL), with ConocoPhilips, the field operator, while separately, there are also contingency measures in place by Singapore gas pipeline operator PowerGas and its Indonesian counterpart, PT Trans Gas Indonesia, the sources added.
There have been several electricity blackouts or near incidents here over the last few years caused by disruptions to gas supplies from Indonesia and Malaysia, with the last occurring in November last year, when power stations here had to switch to using fuel oil after lightning struck an onshore gas receiving facility.
GSPL, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, imports 350 million standard cubic feet of gas daily (mscfd) from Grissik, South Sumatra, with this representing 37 per cent of total Singapore imports of 940 mscfd currently.
'Padang, where the quake occurred is north-west of where the ConocoPhillips field is, which is more on the eastern side of Sumatra,' a source said.
According to GSPL's website, the Sumatran gas it buys is piped through a 477-km high-pressure pipeline originating from Corridor in South Sumatra, passing through Jambi and Jabung enroute to Batam and then onwards to Singapore.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>In all, there are four gas pipelines - two each from Indonesia and Malaysia - supplying to Singapore.
Sembcorp Gas brings in 325 mscfd of Indonesian gas from West Natuna gasfields, while Senoko Power imports about 150 mscfd from Malaysia, with Keppel Gas bringing in another 115 mscfd from across the Causeway.
Sembcorp Gas will bring in another 86 mscfd of Natuna gas from 2011 under a second US$5.5 billion deal it recently signed, while India's GMR Group hopes to secure 110 mscfd of Sumatran gas to kick-start its long-stalled Island Power cogeneration plant on Jurong Island.
Given the interconnectivity of the electricity and gas networks here - with 80 per cent of electricity here generated from natural gas - the Energy Market Authority is carrying out a thorough review of both networks to identify potential weak spots to beef up, so as to prevent any major power failures which will be costly to the economy.
Further, to diversify its gas supplies, Singapore will also start construction of the $1-1.5 billion liquefied natural gas terminal on Jurong Island in January, with the terminal scheduled to start receiving LNG come 2013.
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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Gas supply unaffected by Sumatra quake
But contingency measures are in place by pipeline operator PowerGas
By RONNIE LIM
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This follows checks by the Singapore importer, Gas Supply Pte Ltd (GSPL), with ConocoPhilips, the field operator, while separately, there are also contingency measures in place by Singapore gas pipeline operator PowerGas and its Indonesian counterpart, PT Trans Gas Indonesia, the sources added.
There have been several electricity blackouts or near incidents here over the last few years caused by disruptions to gas supplies from Indonesia and Malaysia, with the last occurring in November last year, when power stations here had to switch to using fuel oil after lightning struck an onshore gas receiving facility.
GSPL, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, imports 350 million standard cubic feet of gas daily (mscfd) from Grissik, South Sumatra, with this representing 37 per cent of total Singapore imports of 940 mscfd currently.
'Padang, where the quake occurred is north-west of where the ConocoPhillips field is, which is more on the eastern side of Sumatra,' a source said.
According to GSPL's website, the Sumatran gas it buys is piped through a 477-km high-pressure pipeline originating from Corridor in South Sumatra, passing through Jambi and Jabung enroute to Batam and then onwards to Singapore.
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Sembcorp Gas brings in 325 mscfd of Indonesian gas from West Natuna gasfields, while Senoko Power imports about 150 mscfd from Malaysia, with Keppel Gas bringing in another 115 mscfd from across the Causeway.
Sembcorp Gas will bring in another 86 mscfd of Natuna gas from 2011 under a second US$5.5 billion deal it recently signed, while India's GMR Group hopes to secure 110 mscfd of Sumatran gas to kick-start its long-stalled Island Power cogeneration plant on Jurong Island.
Given the interconnectivity of the electricity and gas networks here - with 80 per cent of electricity here generated from natural gas - the Energy Market Authority is carrying out a thorough review of both networks to identify potential weak spots to beef up, so as to prevent any major power failures which will be costly to the economy.
Further, to diversify its gas supplies, Singapore will also start construction of the $1-1.5 billion liquefied natural gas terminal on Jurong Island in January, with the terminal scheduled to start receiving LNG come 2013.
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