PRESS RELEASE
First Eco-Green Accommodation Work Barge in Indonesia
Ready to Operate in Mahakam Delta
Jakarta, 7th May 2015 - PT Elnusa Tbk (Elnusa), one of the leading national provider of energy services, performed towing of ELNUSA SAMUDERA 8 (ELSA-8) from the Port of Tanjung Uncang, Batam towards Kalimantan on Wednesday, 5th May 2015. ELSA-8 is the first eco-green Accommodation Work Barge (AWB) in Indonesia, owned by ELNUSA and will work for Total E & P Indonesie (TEPI) in the Mahakam Delta, East Kalimantan. Besides ELSA-8, there are seven other barges owned by ELNUSA which also operates in the Mahakam Delta for variety of services.
Head of Corporate Communications ELNUSA, Sri Purwanto, explains, "ELNUSA has been more than 28 years working in the Mahakam Delta, with the addition of a new AWB unit we hope to take part and contribute better performance. TEPI’s trust over the last quarter century shows that ELNUSA has the competence and the excellent customer service that continues to be trusted subcontractor of oil and gas services in the Mahakam Delta. "
Elnusa proudly presents ELSA-8 which will start operation in June 2015 to provide variety of services such as Hydraulic Workover, Cementing, and Slickline Services. This barge is the second accommodation barge owned by ELNUSA that can accommodate 66 workers in the project, thus saving fuel consumption for various transportation activities such as mobilization and demobilization of workers from the barge to the platform.
As the first AWB eco-green in Indonesia, ELSA-8 has several advantages among them; (i) Made by the standards of the European Union, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Euro III / Stage IIIA and Tier 3, so it is environmentally friendly and can reduce carbon emissions, (ii) Using solar panels as an illumination system alternative is mounted on the whole the engine room and navigation, as well as (iii) Designed with the generator engine should utilize biodiesel as an energy source.
This barge was designed and made by Indonesian workers to adjust operational needs of TEPI and environmentally friendly system. This manufacturing indicates that ELNUSA as a national company has been able to make barge independently and innovate with regard to the environmental sustainability of Indonesia. ***
Elnusa at Glance
others Pertamina Group, Total E & P Indonesie, Chevron, and Vico Indonesia. ELNUSA has six subsidiaries that engaged in the business of upstream oil & gas support services and downstream oil & gas services.
For further information :
Sri Purwanto
Head of Corporate Communications
Graha Elnusa 16th Floor, Jl. TB Simatupang Kav. 1B, Jakarta 12560 Tel: (021) 7883 0850 Fax: (021) 7883 0907
