After experiencing Turn Around (TA) or routine maintenance for a month, Pertamina Refinery Unit IV / Cilacap refinery is now fully operational to be ready to supply the increasing demand of passengers and fuel during Lebaran backflow.

Cilacap refinery with a processing capacity of 248 000 barrels per day oil refinery is the largest producer of petroleum in the ground water. The resulting fuel supply to the area of Bandung, Tasik, along the south line of Java, Yogyakarta and Boyolali all of which flowed through the pipes. This refinery also supplies fuel demand in the area of Tegal, Purwokerto, and some areas in north central Java path. It is known that most passengers on Premium needs a sharp increase from 63 500 kilo liters (KL) per day to 96 000 KL per day.

At the Cilacap refinery maintenance was performed on a number of units at the refinery complex, ie units Utilities, Fuel Oil Complex (FOC) II and Paraxylene. While the FOC I’ve had maintenance in 2008, so the TA conducted on schedule last month, FOC I remain operational and can still supply the fuel.

On schedule, the TA is scheduled for approximately 30 days beginning on July 1, 2010 and was completed on July 31, 2010. Currently, all units are experiencing maintenance was back in operation.

Cilacap refinery is one of six units of Pertamina’s refinery in the ground water that is very strategic because it supplies the fuel needs of 34% or 60% of national fuel demand in this Jawa.Kilang Island is the only refinery in the country is currently producing bitumen and base oil for infrastructure development needs in the homeland.

Broadly speaking, Cilacap refinery was divided into three major units, namely oil refinery I (FOC I), Oil Refinery II (FOC II) and refinery Paraxylene. FOC First built in 1974 with initial capacity of 100,000 barrels / day and then increased through debottlenecking project to be 118 000 barrels / day.

FOC I is designed to process raw crude oil from the Middle East, with the purpose other than to get fuel at once to get the non fuel products such as lubricating oil base material (lube oil base) and asphalt. Processing oil from the Middle East aims to be able to produce lubricant base material and asphalt.

Along with the growing need, Pertamina FOC II was built in 1981 and began operations in 1983 with a capacity of 200 000 barrels / day. Then in 1998/1999, the capacity of FOC II again increased to 230 000 barrels / day. This refinery to process oil “cocktail” that is a mixture of oil, not only from within the country also imported from abroad. (SF)

Martin Roll | August 29, 2010

Managing global brands in the current business landscape characterized by markets without boundaries, competitive co-optation, information overload and uncertain regulatory environments is indeed an extremely challenging task.

Unlike the leaders of yesteryear, chief executives of global corporations today are under pressure from multiple stakeholders.

The capital markets demand consistent quarterly results, many nongovernmental organizations expect social responsibility, diverse national regulations place different pressures on multinational companies and ultimately the empowered customer continually expects more for less money.

Given these challenges, the CEO of a global corporation is key to the formulation and implementation of winning strategies.

CEOs not only act as transformational leaders to internal stakeholders by leading with vision and motivating employees to deliver their best, but they also act as company ambassadors to external stakeholders such as customers, governmental agencies and other collaborators.

But with such diverse demands, how can new CEOs perform optimally?

Not only should they learn on the job, with every company and industry posing unique challenges, but they should also leverage some underlying commonalities to be able to act fast, accurately and in an efficient manner.

New CEOs are brought in either because the company wants to change direction or re-energize its stakeholders with a fresh perspective.

Either way, the new CEO always seems to have a mandate, as decided by internal and external stakeholders. As such, the first step a CEO should take is to understand the implications and importance of such a mandate.

When Citigroup brought in Vikram Pandit as its new chief, the mandate was to consolidate the different businesses and focus on core banking.

When Indira Nooyi took the helm at Pepsi, the mandate was to gradually move the beverage company away from soda to a healthier portfolio.

The biggest challenge for any CEO, old or new, is to understand, evaluate and, when necessary, tweak the culture of the company. Incompatible culture has been the fundamental reason for many failed acquisitions and CEO exits.

Handling corporate culture is very tricky. It tends to be deeply entrenched and resists change. As such, new CEOs should spend time with employees, managers and labor unions, to understand the myriad aspects of culture before implementing any strategic changes.

Effectively leading a global organization is essentially good teamwork. One of the most important things a new CEO should do is bring together competent and effective executives to form a formidable yet functional team.

Given the diverse functions that a CEO has to oversee and make decisions on, it is essential that the chief is supported by a top-notch team.

Contingent on the nature of the industry and the extent of competition, CEOs should bring in a chief operating officer to delegate all internal issues so that the CEO can focus on external matters of priority.

Leaders are always given some initial leeway, often referred to as the honeymoon period, to learn, make mistakes and eventually find their footing. CEOs are no different.

When a new chief is brought in from outside the company, this period tends to be longer as the CEO may not know the culture and other formal and informal norms of the company. Such time should be strategically used.

Most new CEOs tend to strike a competitive posture by implementing some observable change such as significant layoffs or divesting parts of the business.

However, this early time should be used to design a strategy that goes beyond the honeymoon and allows the CEO to take long-term action.

Managing perceptions has never been as important as it is now. With instant and constant media exposure, managing external expectations is extremely crucial for new CEOs.

Being new to the job, CEOs get bogged down by a number of different priorities and many tend to relegate interacting with the media to their PR departments.

Proactively engaging the media, especially influential institutional investors and stock analysts, can go a long way in allowing the CEO time to handle other priorities.

Martin Roll is a global business and brand strategist. Web site: http://www.martinroll.com

Source: Jakarta Globe

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India insisted on Friday it would block some BlackBerry services next week if the smartphone maker did not address security concerns, and government officials said they were hopeful for a solution soon.

Time is running out for Canada’s Research In Motion to give India the means to track and read its secure email and instant messaging services that officials fear could be misused by militants and to create political instability.

Executives of the Canadian firm will meet Indian government officials for a second day on Friday in last-ditch negotiations aimed at finding a solution ahead of an August 31 deadline. The government has said it will take a final decision on Monday.

“We will only accept a solution which will enable us lawful interception of BlackBerry services in the interest of national security,” a government official close to the talks told Reuters.

“The solution, if they come up with it, will have to go through field trials and satisfy our technical experts,” he said. “The government’s position does not change … We are hopeful they will come up with some solution.”

BlackBerry’s troubles in India, which could cut it out from one of the world’s fastest growing mobile phone markets, are the latest in the firm’s global headaches as governments worry its encrypted services could be used for activities from terrorism to peddling pornography.

India is one of a number of countries putting pressure on RIM for the same reason its BlackBerry device is so popular with business professionals and politicians: confidentiality.

The governments of Saudi Arabia and other nations fear it could become a tool to plan militant attacks or for those breaking Islamic laws.

SECURITY CONCERNS

RIM has offered to lead an industry forum to look at India’s need to have “lawful access” to its encrypted email and messenger in an effort to stave off the blocking of the popular services.

RIM said singling out BlackBerry for blocking would be counter-productive for India, as it would limit the efficiency and productivity of local firms.

But India says nothing short of a solution giving access to secure email would satisfy security agencies.

“I think these concerns have been addressed in other parts of the world. I see no reason why the Indian government and its agencies should take any risk at all as far as technology is concerned,” junior telecoms minister Sachin Pilot said on Friday.

Pilot said he was hopeful the company would offer a solution.

A shutdown would affect about 1 million users in India out of a total 41 million BlackBerry users worldwide, allowing them to use the devices only for calls and Internet browsing.

RIM uses powerful codes to scramble, or encrypt, email messages as they travel between a BlackBerry device and a computer known as a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) that is designed to secure those emails.

RIM has said BlackBerry security is based on a system where the customers create their own key and the company neither has a master key nor any “back door” to allow RIM or any third party to gain access to crucial corporate data. (Editing by Sugita Katyal and Miral Fahmy)

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JAKARTA. To improve service to customers, PT PLN (Persero) offers a layered system that enables secure the electricity supply without any power supply disruptions mentoleril (zero tolerance). Special services offered by PLN is composed of four layers than just supervising the entire electrical system up to the customer.

Special service with zero tolerance to interference, which is offered by PLN is further described President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Dahlan Iskan after signing an MoU with PT Angkasa Pura II, some time ago Wednesday (25 / 8), the cooperation level one, PLN is only limited supervision (consultant ) rest is done by the customer. However, PLN still help conduct checks and consultation. Phase two, the responsibility only to the sub station PLN (GI) alone, with this responsibility, the PLN will ensure the release of GI from the disorder. For the three stages of cooperation, PLN is responsible for up to a network of medium voltage transformer which entered the fourth stage of the overall customer and the customer will be handled electrical system handled PLN PLN.

with special services, PLN would seek various ways to become more reliable electricity supply. State Palace and the Parliament Building / MPR has cooperated this service for several years and have proven not to crash. ‘Palace and the House has partnered with PT PLN to phase three “, said Dahlan.

Regarding the tariff that applies to this service, PLN president director said that only differ slightly with industrial customers, “just a little higher, just a little, Rp. 100 higher than the industry,” he said.

In addition to PT Angkasa Pura II (AP2) and PT Semen Gresik, some industry circles in Bekasi, West Java, which is generally the Japanese businessmen have requested this special service with worry with the engine damage caused by the instability of power supply. (SF)

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By: Irsad Sati & Linda T. Silitonga

JAKARTA: The government tends to maintain the targeted economic growth of 6.3% in Budget 2011, although it recognizes the potential of the Indonesian economy to grow above the target quite open.

Coordinating Minister Hatta Radjasa said the assumption that growth would indeed be discussed again in conjunction with the House Commission XI, but the government has done a very careful calculation of the appearance of the figures are 6.3%.

According to him, correction of the growth target would be better placed on the Budget Amendment in 2011 as a response to the dynamics that occurred in the middle of the road. “Just when we set a target of 5.7% at the time of Budget 2010. [Then] in the APBN-P 2010, the discussion was agreed 5.8%. Now it’s just the beginning of 2011 discussion,” he said at the Presidential Palace today.

He added that 6.3% figure is quite realistic that will be sought to be retained for the 2011 state budget. Hatta explained that the growth target with its base fixed at the current growth of 5.8% and diparkirakan likely to grow at around 5.9% – 6%.

“So there may be a prediction that [growth] will be above 6.3%. But that’s all you need with careful calculation. The element that encourages the growth of everything higher.”

In this case, he said, the government has been taken of closely related with it, among them the tax ratio, the ability of government spending, public spending, to the value of exports. (Luz)

Source:  www.ekon.go.id

Director General of Water Resources to review some projects in the field of Water Resources of West Sumatra (18-21 August 2010). Namely, Rod Weir Construction Project Sinamar Kab. Tanah Datar, Intake Development, Procurement and Installation of Transmission Pipeline Coral-Payo Putiah Solok and Irrigation Development Phase II Batang Anai, Kab. Pariaman and Padang Pariaman.

Also present at the review of the SDA Kapuslitbang Moerwanto Arie Setiadi, subdirectorate Implementation of Western Region Bistok Simanjuntak, Head of Sub Raw Water Supply and Utilization of Ground Water Tri Sasongko Widianto, Head V Agus Setyawan BWS Sumatra, West Sumatra and the Head Office Ali Musri PSDA.

In retrospect, the Director General of Water Resources met with the Regents of Tanah Datar, M Sadiq Pasadigoe, Vice Regent of Tanah Datar, Aulizul Syuib. Vice Regent said that the dam construction project Trunk Sinamar this long-awaited community Kab. Tanah Datar and Sijunjung. He hoped that development projects quickly resolved. “For that please adequate funding and support from our side is ready in the field,” said Aulizul.

Meanwhile, Director General of SDA target bendungnya project construction activities can be completed in late 2010 despite the state’s changing climate at the moment. “We also hope to get support from regional governments and local communities as beneficiaries, especially the problem of liberation of their land,” said Amron.

Development of irrigation area located in Batang Sinamar Tanah Datar district and district Sijunjung will serve an area of 3200 ha of irrigation area. Benefits from development of irrigation area is to increase cropping intensity to 150% and increased rice production from 3 to 6 tons / ha.

Meanwhile on a visit to Solok City, Solok Mayor, Elias Irzal expressed his expectation for the addition of raw water for the City of Solok, river management and flood prevention. Director General of Water Resources said that there are several criteria must be met and such activities must be in accordance with the Strategic Plan of SDA.

“If the criteria has been entered then it could follow up. For raw water which is the central program is to increase water supply, and for the Directorate General of Water Resources of Raw Water Program, it is SPAM from DG CK. Please support from local government and people apart from that, too, if there were plans for a gas pipeline were completed immediately before the release of his land, said Amron.

Source of raw water corals that have been Putiah Payo untapped located in Lubuk Sikarah, Solok City. Source water from the river upstream so that the necessary construction of Forest Payo intake and installation of transmission pipelines to serve the needs of drinking water to the town of Solok.

Raw water sources are later able to serve the needs of clean water for the community as much as 90% or 5 850 house connections (SR), especially low-income communities. Total funds needed 25 billion until 2013.

Meanwhile, irrigation development activities Batang Anai, phase II, will serve an area of 6840 ha of irrigation area. The benefits of development is to increase cropping intensity to 250% and increased rice production from 3 up to 5-8 tons / ha. Batang Anai irrigation development cost of this second stage of 215 billion, with a mass of work is planned until 2013. (Humassda / eng)

Source : www.pu.go.id

Hajj flights of national airlines, Garuda Indonesia, was asked to maintain the performance of a fleet that will be used in the implementation of transport pilgrims this year, especially in terms of security and safety. It is expected to support the implementation of transport pilgrims to orderly, smooth, and safe.

“I am pleased that the chartered aircraft for hajj flights will Garuda majority recently. Old may be only one or two, belonging to Garuda itself, and then only for backup. However, although new, their performance must also be maintained. It is important to provide assurance of safety, security, and comfort our congregation, “said Director General of Civil Aviation Ministry of Communications Herry Bhakti S Gumay, Tuesday (24 / 8).

The statement disclosed the Director General Herry Bhakti after a witness in a contract signing ceremony in 1431 hajj masksapai H between Garuda Indonesia and the Directorate of Operation of Hajj and Religious Affairs Ministry Umroh in office, Jakarta. He said that, through the Ministry of Transportation Directorate General of Civil Aviation will support the management activities of the transport ministry pilgrimage, one of them with close supervision related to flight safety and security factors.

“Good to Garuda Indonesia and Saudi Arabia Airlines that also became the airline carrier Indonesian pilgrims, we will do intensive monitoring in the entire embarkation via ramp check pattern. We all hope that the upcoming implementation of the transport pilgrims can be done with the orderly and smooth manner, “he added.

Herry DG Responding to the statement, the President Director of Garuda Indonesia Satar revealed his side ready to carry out the mandate that all charged him. “According to the Director General of Civil Aviation landing, all the aircraft we lease to transport pilgrims this time all new. In fact, there are assembled in 2009, “he explained.

Of a total 211 thousand Indonesian pilgrims in the Hajj season this time, Garuda Indonesia, to get pilgrims quota carrying as many as 116 789, divided into 300 groups of flying (kloter) through 10 embarkation throughout Indonesia. Banda Aceh (12 kloter), Kildare (21 kloter), Palembang (21 kloter), Jakarta (49 kloter), Solo (88 kloter), Surabaya (19 kloter), Banjarmasin (15 kloter), Balikpapan (15 kloter) Makassar (42 kloter), and Medan (18 kloter).

“While approximately 94 thousands of pilgrims rest, carried by the Saudi Arabian Airlines, Saudi Arabian state-owned airline,” added the Director General of the Implementation of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah Religion Slamet Riyanto. According Slamet, if this year and previous years only two airlines that serve the Indonesian pilgrim flights, made possible in the coming year will be involved in several other airlines hajj flights transport tendering process.

Emirsyah added, to facilitate the entire congregation will he brought, as many as 15 units Garuda provides wide-body aircraft. The planes consist of four units of Boeing 747 series with a capacity of 455 seats, a unit capacity of 325 seat Boeing 767s, six Airbus A330 series 300 units with a capacity of 380 seats, and four Airbus 330 series 200 units with a capacity of 360 seats.

“Then to simplify the process of interaction pemanduaan church in the plane, we are also recruiting cabin crew from each embarkation. Of the 814 crew, 725 people (90 percent) of whom are local. With this, we would expect language barriers in communicating that the assembly can be resolved, since most of the assembly is only capable of speaking regions, “he concluded. (DIP)

PT Kereta Api (Persero) will impose restrictions on the maximum transport capacity of railway Economy 150% of capacity in accordance with the applicable land transportation in the Transportation Lebaran 2010 (1431 H).

This effort to improve the safe operation of railway travel and passenger safety and to improve railway services to public users of Economics. Thus declared President Director of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Jonan Ignatius in his letter addressed to the Minister of Transportation in Bandung in July 2010 regarding the restricted number of Passenger Transport KA Lebaran Year 2010.

Based on data obtained www.dephub.go.id, letters with numbers LL.310/VII/4/KA-2010 explained that PT KA have imposed these restrictions in the Idul Fitri – Lebaran previous years but said there is still leeway in its execution-looseness against restrictions on capacity. Therefore, starting this year’s Lebaran PT KA will make more stringent restrictions. (ARI)

Source : www.dephub.go.id

JAKARTA. PT Pertamina EP managed to increase the success ratio of exploratory drilling in the period from January to August 2010 to 84.6 percent. Of the 12 wells drilled have been closed until August 2010 and a re-entry wells, 11 wells otherwise successful and the two wells are deemed to be successful.

Exploration drilling success ratio of January to August 2010 period was higher than the same period in the previous two years. Of the eight wildcat wells, seven of them otherwise successful and produce oil and gas, “thus affirmed the Director of Exploration and Development of Natural Syamsu. Sunday (22 / 8).

Increased exploration drilling success ratio was a result of business process improvement to reduce risks and increase the chances of success of exploration prospects. Such efforts were conducted with the involvement of technology support and EP Technology Center, and optimization of monitoring the drilling operations to accurately and quickly identify indications of the existence of oil and natural gas.

In 2008, exploration drilling success ratio of the period from January to August reached 75 percent, or from eight wells have been drilled to completion in August 2008, six wells otherwise successful and two unsuccessful wells. Later in 2009, exploration drilling success ratio of the period from January to August reached 76.9 percent or from 12 drilled wells have been completed until August 2009 and a re-entry wells, 10 wells otherwise successful and three unsuccessful wells.

In the period January to August 2010, Pertamina EP conducting drilling 12 exploration wells and one re-entry. Consists of eight exploration drilling wildcat wells which includes five wells in the area of West Java (Acacia Good one, Karangluhur 1, Karangdegan 1, Teak Keling 1, and Cottage Blooms 1), one well in Jambi (Kalalili 1), and two wells in Sumatra Southern (1 and Ginaya Manduru 1). Of the eight wildcat wells, seven of them managed to find oil and gas, and one well was not successful. Meanwhile, a re-entry wells in Arjawinangun in West Java did not work either.

Furthermore, Pertamina EP also carry three drilling in Bekasi Deleniasi Pondok Makmur (PDM-3, PDM-4, PDM-5) and one drilling in Serpong, South Sumatra (PDW-6X). Four deleniasi drilling is successful finding oil and gas. Pondok Makmur wells will be developed in the Plan of Development (POD) The second phase is expected to be produced late in 2011.

In the first half of 2010 continued Syamsu Alam, Pertamina EP has managed to find new oil and gas reserves with the preliminary estimate amounting to 61 million barrels and gas amounted to 619 billion cubic feet of gas in the first half of 2010. The findings of this first half is much greater than the estimated amount of oil and gas production will be produced in 2010 amounted to 46.7 million barrels and 381 billion cubic feet of gas. (SF)

Description:

1. Exploration drilling: Drilling wells is being done to prove the existence of reserves of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) and to obtain subsurface data
2. Delineation drilling: Drilling wells in order to find the limit distribution of oil and gas in the producing laposan

The early history of the discovery of biogas in Europe originally appeared on the continent. Biogas is produced from anaerobic digestion processes found in a scientist named Alessandro Volta who conducted research on the gas which issued the swamp in 1770. Gas from the swamp are identified as methane gas.

In its development, in the year 1875 is that biogas is a product of anaerobic digestion processes. Subsequently, in 1884 a scientist named Pasteour other biogas challenged conduct research using animal waste mediation. Pasteour research that is the foundation for research into biogas to the present.

Development of biogas have ups and downs, like in the late 19th century Germany and France recorded utilizing agricultural waste into several units of power from biogas. During World War II, many farmers in the UK and other European continent makes small digesters to produce biogas. However, during its development because fuel prices are becoming less expensive and easy to obtain, in the 1950s the use of biogas in Europe is becoming obsolete.

If the era of the 1950s, Europeans began to leave and switch to fuel biogas, the opposite is actually happening in developing countries like India and China who need cheap and available energy. China’s use of biogas technology with the scale of households that have been utilized by nearly a third of households in rural China. Biogas development in China can be said to experience significant growth, in 1992 approximately five million households use biogas installation of biogas into fuel so that the main portion of the population of China.

As expressed by Prof. Li Kangmin and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, director of the The Institute of Science in Society, biogas is the heart of the growing eco-economy in China, but several obstacles must be resolved to achieve greater potential.

Similar developments also occurred in India, in 1981 began to develop biogas installations in India. Technique used together with biogas biogas technique developed in China that is using the model and the well wall with the drums as well as raw material with cattle dung and agricultural wastes. Carrying about three million households in India use biogas installations in 1999.

Stepping into the 21st century when aware of the need for replacement of fossil fuel energy, in various countries began to use as a new renewable energy, one of biogas. There was also a superpower like the United States showed particular concern for the development of biogas. In fact, the United States Department of Energy provided funds amounting to U.S. $ 2.5 million for the development of biogas in California.

While in Indonesia, signed in biogas technology in the 1970s which begins in rural development. Nowadays biogas is one of a new type of renewable energy is a concern for the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, as indicated by the Minister of Energy Darwin Zahedy Saleh took to conduct a working visit to the village of Self-Energy in the village Haurngombong, Sumedang. Minister of Energy promised to provide assistance to develop the energy potential which although looks small, but the impact is very big for the fulfillment of energy in Indonesia, particularly for rural communities Haurngombong.

“At the moment the government strives to reach out electricity to remote villages, it is expected that villages that have not been able to enjoy the flow of electricity can also take advantage of and use of renewable energy such as biogas technology”, said Minister of Energy Darwin Zahedy Saleh. (AND)

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