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Commercial Renegotiations (SMBC), Socit Gnrale (SG), National Australian
After exploration confirmed a resource of Bank (NAB), Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU),
330 MW, planning for the construction was Mizuho and ING. JBIC also provides political risk
underway in 1998, when the government, through guaranty for the portion of the loan provided by
Presidential Decree 05/1998, postponed the Sarulla commercial lenders, under an EPRG policy (Figure
project following the Asian financial crisis that 4).
hit Indonesia. Nevertheless, during this difficult
period, Unocal continued to complete the resource
feasibility study, and submitted a Notification of
Reserve Confirmation to PERTAMINA in 2000.
In 2002, the government issued Presidential
Decree 15/2002 effectively rescinding the
postponement of the project. After re-negotiation
with PERTAMINA and PLN, Unocal finally agreed
to pull out from the Sarulla project in the third
quarter of 2003, and sold its interests and rights to
develop to PLN for $60 million.
In 2004, after a law to promote private sector
participation in the geothermal sector was signed,
PLN opened an Independent Power Producers
(IPP) bidding process for the Sarulla development
rights, and in 2006 the Medco-Ormat-Itochu Figure 4. Sarulla Project Structure SOURCE: PFI ASIAN BEST
PRACTICE REPORT
Consortium won the tender to develop the project.
In 2007 Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc. joined the Going Forward New Era of Geothermal Energy
consortium. Converter Technology in Indonesia
An Indonesian special purpose company, Sarulla The Sarulla Operations Limited (SOL) has
Operation Limited (SOL), was then established by formally given notice of its intention to develop a
the consortium members, acting as the operating geothermal power plant of approximately 330 MW
company for steam resource development, and capacity in the Sarulla Contract Area. Following
construction and operation of plant facilities the financing closure, the project construction
under the framework of a Joint Operating Contract and development well drilling are currently
(JOC) with the concession holder, PERTAMINA underway at Sarulla. The project will develop two
Geothermal Energy (PGE), a subsidiary of PT geothermal resources, Namora-I-Langit (NIL) and
PERTAMINA. Silangkitang (SIL), for a total of 330 MW generation.
After a long process of renegotiations, in April PT. Halliburton Logging Indonesia is the drilling
2013 SOL signed a Joint Operating Contract (JOC) contractor and Integrated Process Management
with PT PERTAMINA Geothermal Energy (PGE), (IPM) contractor to SOL. PT. Thermochem Indonesia
which grants SOL the rights to use the geothermal is the well testing subcontractor to Halliburton for
field. An Energy Sales Contract (ESC) for the 330 MW all well testing services, reservoir engineering and
Sarulla geothermal power project was signed in the geochemical consulting, and well test equipment
same month with PT PLN, which will off-take the supply (LECM, piping, PTS tools, cap tubing,
energy produced by the geothermal power plant for instrumentation).
30 years. Due to the large size of development, the project
On March 28, 2014, the Consortium signed the will be constructed in three phases of 110 MW
financing agreements with a syndicate comprised each, starting with the 110 MW Silangkitang Plant
of the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation development, scheduled to be completed by the end
(JBIC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), of 2016. The subsequent NIL I and NIL II Plant at
acting as Lead Structuring Banks (ADB acting both the Namora-I-Langit field are scheduled to follow
in its own capacity, as well as an implementing approximately 12 and 18 months after, respectively.
agency for the Clean Technology Fund and for Following a comprehensive evaluation of
the Canadian Climate Fund), plus six commercial the Silangkitang and Namora-I-Langit resource
lenders: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation thermodynamics and fluid characteristics, the plant
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