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One of the Government’s policy in the sectors of oil and gas are unconventional oil and gas concessions such as methane gas (CBM) coal and shale gas. If it is second to none can be optimized, then Indonesia will get additional gas in the amount that is reasonably passable.

As offered by the site   MINERAL RESOURCES, oil and gas Upstream Business Coaching Director Edi Hermantoro in seminars in LKBN Antara, Tuesday (3/12), put forward, from known seismic results that shale rock is in almost all regions of Indonesia. In the near future, the Government will soon perform mapping areas where shale rock reserves his most potential to be developed into gas shale.

Shale Gas is gas obtained from crushed shale rocks or the formation of gas.

In the u.s., shale gas has been developed since 2000 and in 2004 is expected to generate $ 16 BCF gas. Australia has also been developing shale gas and is expected to begin production in may 2015-2016.

Gas shale Edi explained, if it is economically not very developed in the Earth which is about 300-400 meters below the surface.

“If it’s not too deep, Ingeborg quite a week. Once finalized, Ingeborg. So it will take a lot of the cost, “said Shaikh.

Not much difference with CBM, the process required to transform the gas shale rock took about 5 years. For the initial stage, the Government will conduct a pilot project in the area that is considered to be potential.

Business entities engaged in oil and gas production activities, especially in the oil and gas upstream activities, have the ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions flare (flare gas fuels) by 30-60% per year in developing environmentally friendly oil and gas industry.

As offered by the site lemigas, Director of engineering and MINERAL RESOURCES and oil and gas Environment Suyartono in his book “the Environmental Safety of oil and gas”, flare gas reduction policy of 30-60% per year is an attempt to achieve zero flare in 2012 in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and has been ratified by Indonesia through Act No. 17 of 2004.

Related to this, the program zero flare up  in collaboration with the World Bank has conducted an inventory of the amount of flare gas fuels (gas flare) and CO2 venting (individual-clusters and possible today) generated by a business entity in the business activities of oil and gas.

“A study that aims to identify the potential for CO2 reduction in flaring activities and enhance national capacity and venting with improvements to the system of collecting and reporting data related to the operation of upstream natural gas in Indonesia,” he explained.

One of the implementation of policies to achieve those goals were minimize waste disposal membrane to the environment by way of doing reindeer to membrane well. This has already started to do in some of the oil and gas, including LNG project.

Flare system is the installation of which must be in every oil and gas industry. The process involves a dangerous gas and flammable gases so as to trigger the crash. Flare system is a protection system of gas comes out of the system process by means of burning gas that comes out before entering the atmosphere.

However, burning of flare system turned out to be one of the causes of global warming so that combustion is to be reduced.

In 2008, the volume of a gas flare Indonesia around 113 MMSCFD. Of that amount, approximately 109 UNIT came from oil and gas upstream activities and the rest of the downstream oil and gas activities. While according to the World Bank, in 2007 Indonesia have burned approximately 215 MMSCF and was eighth in the world 13. The burning of Indonesia, adding to about 12 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere and dispose of more than US $ 400 million each year.

Gas flares can also be utilized to meet energy needs. Head of BPMIGAS r. Priyono some time ago expressed, during the semester 1 2009 BPMIGAS managed to facilitate the signing and selling gas flares burn at some places. Among other things, the Field is given the total volume of the Sukowati BSCF with value by 35.7 per total sales of US $ 71.4 million over 6 years.

In addition, sales of gas flares burn was signed from the field in Papua of 17.5 Matoa BSCF with a total value of sales of US $ 25.9 million over 10 years.

Hemp fiber can be used as raw material for the manufacture of the gas tube. The results are stronger than the tubes of steel plates.

So the broadcast VOICE of the Ministry of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY for research and technology, Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at 08.00-09.00 am viewing the topic of Hemp Fiber Gas cylinder, interview by phone with speaker Prof. Tresna p. Soemardi, Professor of the University of Indonesia, Depok.

According to the hemp plant can arguably Tresna versatile, ranging from the apical leaves until the roots can be utilized for a variety of needs, it featured as a raw material for military uniforms, can be created so the stem is firewood, and its leaves can be as livestock feed.

Rests on it, Tresna P Soemardi, offering alternative solutions tick raw material gas cylinder which has a comparable force even better than the steel plate. Despite their greater power, material derived from natural fiber composite epoxy was designed with light as well as a fixed stainless. Natural fiber composite epoxy in addition to the more environmentally friendly can also be produced

“Hemp Plant is rich in fiber (plant bast). Flax plants boehmeria nivea named as latin is easy to grow and grow in the tropics, so the material easy to obtain in Indonesia is very rich. Flax plants perfectly suited developed in the western part of Indonesia which has a wet climate. ” Details on the grounds that plants require a fair amount of rainfall throughout the year.

Advantages of hemp fiber strength supporting Component is reaching levels of cellulose 45 to 53 percent, whereas lignin as a component of composite materials to the detriment of just 21-26 percent. Hemp mechanical properties of the plant has a power 1050 Mega Pascal (Mpa), young’s modulus Gpa, 61.5 density 1.5 to 1.6 grams/cm3 and fiber length 60-260 millimeters. The use of fibre flax crops as composite material based on the consideration of the material was not easily cracked, more powerful, and can dampen vibrations.

“When gas Lpg composite tube accommodated in flax fibers, epoxy between gas Lpg with composite chemical reaction will not take place because of the good properties of epoxy remunerate once to the durability of resin. Moreover, material Composite tubes are pastis. That is, at the moment given the huge burden of declining due to the nature of elasticity concentrations that exceed the limit of the material. The gas tube from the flax fiber is very light and resistant to rust, Eco-friendly, and more artistic. “explained Tresna at length.

Yet Tresna gives an account, the strength of a composite material is determined by the properties of pembentuknya materials. In addition the strength is also determined by the orientation angle and the thickness of the layer. If the strength of the fiber and matrix, there is a difference which is quite far away, doing so will cause the flax fiber and matrix broken.

“In the process of making composite, there is a failure it featured that could be caused by factors of processing errors. In order for composite fiber flax epoxy tube not scratched or hit with hard objects, it will be good coated sheet aluminum. Nevertheless, there is a lack of fiber flax, which could become a powder or powder or it could be subjected to corruption or destruction. Even in the long run could experience fragility. “

Asian stocks fell in trading Monday triggered a growing concern due to cuts in the Euro Zone’s debt rating by Standard & poor’s which will further exacerbate the difficulties of the euro zone and recapitalization funds, threatening to derail progress in resolving the debt crisis.

Reuters report on rating agencies S & P cuts rating of 9 out of 17 Member States of the euro zone, including France and Austria, rating and said it may be terminated immediately if the bailout funds will downgrade the euro zone. It adds to Twitter, talks stalled over the bailout of Greece, put Athens under strong pressure to complete the deal with bondholders to cut debt to a more sustainable level or default risk in March that when it has to redeem bonds are great.

FTSE CNBC Asia 100 index, which measures the market across Asia, fell 1.6 percent.

Japan’s Nikkei average dropped 1.6 percent after S & P rating debt France from stripping to the status of triple-A precious and cut the credit ratings of eight countries of the euro zone, it is also another blow to the region in a bid to end the debt crisis.

Exporters fell due to news that approximates the pressure level of the euro in 11-year lows against the US dollar and the lowest in 16 months against the yen. While the Topix index fell 1.6 percent to 723,25.

Seoul shares slip, also triggered towards S & P downgrade 9 country euro zone. Joint-stock price index (KOSPI) Korea down 0.9 percent to 1,905.75

Australia also shares slip 1.1%. The Benchmark S & P/ASX 200 index was down points to 48.4 4.147 .5. New Zealand Benchmark NZX 50 index slipped 0.3 per cent to 3.216 v1.3.

Taiwan stocks opened up 0.8 percent after incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou was elected, showed better economic ties with China. The main stock index up Taiwan TAIEX 60,38 points to 7.241 .92.

Hong Kong shares opened down quite low, dragged by a weakening in China after the stock rose last week waiting for economic data expected out this week.

Hang Seng index was down 0.8 per cent to 19.057, 1. Shanghai Composite slipped 0.6 percent to 2.230 1,2,3,4,5. In Southeast Asia, Singapore Straits Times index and benchmark KLCI Malaysia both fell respectively 1 and 0.5 per cent.

The selling price is planned to follow Vi-Gas market mechanisms which refers to the LPG international price with government subsidies amounting to Rp 1,000 per liter of Premium equivalents (lsp).

The selling price of Gas will always Vi-changed following the LPG international price, in this case, and the rate of CP Aramco rupiah against the dollar. However, the Government will provide subsidies amounting to Usd 1000.00 per lsp. So in advance, the selling price of the LGV (Vi-Gas) will fluctuate with the magnitude of subsidies which are constant.

“Vi-Gas Price Formula is similar to the formula of subsidized FUEL at this time. If the FUEL is the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS) + Alpha then on LGV will resemble the CP Aramco + Betha versions. With this economization prices will drive GAS STATION to make an investment preparation means Vi-Gas so it can multiply the availability of GAS STATION serving Vi-Gas sales, “said Vice President Corporate Communication Aaron.

The plan was in line with government policy to convert FUEL (Premium) subsidized transportation sector begins to 2012. The Government is targeting a number of vehicles that are converted using the Vi-Gas is 250,000 vehicles in Java and Bali, consisting of public transportation as much as 200,000 and 4-wheeled vehicles with engines below 1,500 cc by as much as 50,000.

Since introduced in 2009, the selling price of Gas is not Vi-changes in level of Rp 3,600 per lsp. The price is a price promotion so not yet reflect the market price, as one form of attempts to introduce eco-friendly alternative fuels.

Currently, sales of Gas through the Vi-10 GAS STATION Pertamina is still relatively low, amounting to about 24,000 lsp per month. Pertamina plans to add to the GAS STATION could serve the sale of Vi-Gas  nine units in the near future.