PT Pertamina Gas Negara Tbk (PGN, en, Pertamina Gas Company,

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Pertamina Gas Negara; formerly known as PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk, en, State Gas Company) is an Indonesian

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transportation and distribution company. The total length of distribution pipelines of the company is 3,187 km that serve around 84 million customers.

History

The gas exploitation in Indonesia was managed by a

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private gas company named ''L.J.N Eindhoven & Co.'', which was established in 1859. The company introduced the use of gas in Indonesia, which was at the time made from coal.http://bumn.go.id/upload/download_img/file_download/5a604e0322b3a_20180118023427/169/#zoom=z The transfer of power processes occurs at the end of

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in August 1945, when

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surrendered to the Allies. This opportunity was used by the youth and electrical workers (through Electricity and Gas Labour/Employee delegation), which together with the chairman of the Central Indonesian National Committee (KNIP) initiated to meet President

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for take over the company to the Government of Indonesia. On 27 October 1945, President Sukarno formed ''Jawatan Listrik dan Gas'' (Bureau of Electricity and Gas) under the Ministry of Public Works and Energy with a power generating capacity of 157.5 MW. In 1958, L.J.N. Eindhoven & Co nationalised and converted into ''PN Gas''. On 1 January 1961, the Bureau of Electricity and Gas converted into BPU-PLN (''Badan Pimpinan Umum Perusahaan Listrik Negara'', General Governing Agency of the State Electric Company). The agency, which managed the electricity and gas, then dissolved on 1 January 1965. At the same time, two state-owned companies was initiated: the

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) ( 'State Electricity Company', abbreviated as PLN) is an Indonesian government-owned corporation which has a monopoly on electric power distribution in Indonesia and generates the majority of the country' ...

(PLN) as the manager of electric power and Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) as the manager of gas. PGN was officially established on 13 May 1965. In 2018, PGN become a subsidiary of

Pertamina PT Pertamina (Persero), formerly abbreviated from ''Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak dan Gas Bumi Negara'' (lit. 'State Oil and Natural Gas Mining Company'), is an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation based in Jakarta. It was cr ...

. PGN has rebranded to become Pertamina Gas Negara on 10 December 2021.

Pipelines

The company owns and operates four transmission pipelines: *Grissik-Duri pipeline - operational since 1998, 536 km length. *Grissik-Singapore pipeline - operational since 2003, 470 km length. *Medan and Jakarta/Bogor pipeline - operational since 2000, 536 km length. *South Sumatera-West Java pipeline - 1,116 km length. In 2011 the company distributed and transmitted at

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References

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* Energy companies of Indonesia Oil and gas companies of Indonesia Natural gas companies Government-owned companies of Indonesia Companies based in Jakarta Energy companies established in 1965 Non-renewable resource companies established in 1965 Indonesian companies established in 1965 2003 initial public offerings {{energy-company-stub