JAKARTA (Dow Jones): PT Perusahaan Gas Negara said Wednesday that it had commenced work on the South Sumatera-West Java transmission gas pipeline project.The commencement of the 105-kilometer project was marked by the start of offshore trenching for Labuhan Maringgai, an important section of the South Sumatera-West Java transmission pipeline.
"The operational process is exercised by means of a dredger vessel, which is located 1.2 kilometers from Bojonegara port on Labuhan Maringgai in Cilegon, a 105-km length offshore segment," the state-owned gas distribution company said in a press release.
Nippon Steel Corporation will install the submarine pipelines, it said.
Offshore trenching is scheduled to be commissioned in February next year. (**)
