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Pertamina to inaugurate largest LPG tanker

State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina is set to inaugurate large-scale liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker Pertamina Gas I, which has a capacity of 50,000 tons. Pertamina director for trade and marketing Hanung Budya said in a press statement in Jakarta on Tuesday that the very large gas carrier (VLGC) was the world’s biggest and most technologically advanced LPG carrier that would reinforce the company’s tanker fleet. “This tanker will strengthen the stock resiliency and expedite LPG distribution, especially in the eastern part of Indonesia,” said Hanung as quoted by Antara news agency. Pertamina president director Karen Agustiawan will officially inaugurate VLGC Pertamina Gas I on Sambu Island and the Riau Islands, together with six other downstream oil and gas projects, on Wednesday. “The operating of the tanker vessel will also strengthen Pertamina’s bargaining power among tanker owners,” said Hanung. He said Pertamina Gas I was a multifunctional vessel that could function not only as a carrier but also as a container and loading and unloading station as well as a dock to transfer LPG to smaller vessels for distribution in regions across the country.