Located in Bontang, East Kalimantan, PT Kaltim Methanol Industry utilizes natural gas, as its raw material, from Badak Gas Field Center supplied by Production Sharing Contractors of Pertamina, namely Total Fina Elf Indonesie, VICO Indonesia and Chevron.
The first natural gas was piped on January 23rd, 1997 continued with plant commissioning, and then started up on March 31st, 1997. Following the first drop of raw methanol on February 29th, 1998 and Pure Methanol Grade AA (purity min 99,85%) on March 8th, 1998, the plant commercially began its operation obtaining the installed capacity of 660.000 MTPY on July 29th, 2000.
The technology used is Methanol Synthesis Process with low pressure licensed by Lurgi-Germany. The methanol process can be described as follows:
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