PT. Kaltim Methanol Industri is a petrochemical industry producing methanol Grade AA (purity min 99, 85%) whose raw material is natural gas from Badak Gas Field Center supplied by Production Sharing Contractors of Pertamina, namely PT. Total Fina Elf Indonesie, Vico Indonesia, and Chevron.
The company started to operate commercially and attained the installed capacity of 660.000 MTPY on July 29th, 2000. The strategic port location that lies at latitude 00° – 10’-34” north and longitude 117°-20’-36” east has made PT. Kaltim Methanol Industri accessible to its customers, particularly those in the Asian Region.
To support the methanol loading activities, KMI has its own port facilities under the Minister of Transportation Decree No.SK-52/AL.003/PHB/1998, ISPS Code No. 02-0014-DV. The jetty has a capacity of 30.000 DWT with the length of 206 meters and the pool of 11,50 m LWS. It has two loading arms whose capacity is 1300 MT/hour each.
The technology used is methanol synthesis process with low pressure licensed by Lurgi Germany. Its operation is supported by 200 workers skilled in their fields.
The product of PT.Kaltim Methanol Industri is marketed in various places both domestic and overseas. 70% of the product abroad (480,000 MT) is marketed by Sojitz Corporation, the remaining 30% of the product (180,000 MT) is marketed in Indonesia by PT. Humpuss.
Methanol purchasers are industries such as formaldehyde, acetic acid, MTBE and others that use methanol as their raw material. 80% of methanol purchasers in Indonesia are in the fields of formaldehyde that produce adhesives for plywood and other wood processing industries. |
