Natuna gas field project

Indonesia's state oil and gas firm Pertamina and its partners could spend between $20 billion and $40 billion on the offshore Natuna gas field project, depending on delivery methods and the extent of production, a senior company official said on Monday.

"We are still discussing with our partners on the scenarios to develop East Natuna," Muhammad Husen, Pertamina upstream operation director, said.

The companies could transmit the natural gas via pipelines or liquefy it for exports, he said. They were also considering whether to develop the project at Natuna's full capacity, or split it into several stages.

"The cheapest option would be through pipes, delivering it to Sumatra, Java or exporting it to Malaysia," Husen said.

In December, Pertamina signed agreements with Exxon Mobil , Total and Petronas as partners to develop the Natuna gas field.

"First we want to agree which scenario to take, then we talk about production level, delivery of LNG," Harun said, adding that the companies could then ask for government incentives to develop the project.

The project could take 5-10 years to start production as the field contains more than double the amount of carbon dioxide compared with other gas projects under Pertamina, he said.

East Natuna has approximately 46 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves and contains 71 percent carbon dioxide.

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the Natuna Natural Gas Project

The Natuna Islands are a 272-island archipelago of Indonesia, located in the Natuna Sea between east and west Malaysia and Kalimantan. The islands are officially part of the Riau Archipelago Province. Natuna is one of the northernmost island groups of Indonesia. The main islands of Natuna Archipelago are Natuna, South Natuna and Tambelan. The South Natuna group comprises the islands of Serasan, Panjang and Subi. The Anambas archipelago, located several hundred kilometers to the west and comprising Terempa, Matak and Jemaja Andriabu Island, are also sometimes included in the Natuna Islands. Natuna can however offer unspoiled beaches and a landscape and a culture that is absolutely worth a visit. The islands are known for lovely woven textiles and their traditional dance. The Natuna islands are spread over a wide area, located in the South China Sea between east and west Malaysia, Kalimantan and Singapore. The main groups of islands are Anambas to the west, Natuna, south Natuna and Tambelan. One of the largest natural gas fields in the world has been found here, The Natuna gas field in the North and South Natuna archipelago is believed to have 222 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in reserve, 46 trillion of this can be recovered. In the future the Natuna Natural Gas Project will be very important for Indonesia's economy.

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Kekah( Presbytis Natunae )

Kekah( Presbytis Natunae )

Kekah is rare primates that exist only in Natuna. This is the Latin name primate Presbytis Natunae.

Kekah scattered in the mountains with an altitude of 1035 m below sea level. 

Kekah one of fauna that are threatened to extinction due to land conversion and poaching. Kekah the young have a higher sale value, as well as adults who have been trained kekah.

The number of people who want to maintain this Natuna Kekah, because the morphology is very funny and unique shape, his body in baluti by black fur is thick and white in color interspersed with the facial characteristics such as wearing glasses. In addition it is also easy to tame animals, and is considered to have prestige value if preserving it. Some people who keep claiming kekah very easy to take care, because kekah not be fed anything at all, as humans commonly eaten foods (rice, bread, milk, bananas, and vegetables). Of course, many cases of death kekah in maintenance due to the consumption of feed that is not appropriate.

Besides these primates is considered an enemy of the farmer as a kind of ape animals like to eat fruit, leaves, and tubers. With so many logging and rubber perkebunaan open it is increasingly threatened animal habitat conservation areas in the absence of the Natuna Islands. Therefore, the protective action against Kekah Natuna very urgent to be done. If not, in the near Kekah Natuna will become extinct, and the earth will lose one species of primates endemic in Indonesia.

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Phenomenon of the great Mosque Natuna

Mosque Natuna

Natuna Great Mosque was inaugurated by the Regents Natuna Rusnadi Daeng on April/4/2009. Natuna area around the mosque will also be equipped with the Hajj, Meeting Hall, Education Building, Commercial Building, Plaza as well as city parks and to present some of the buildings around the mosque has been occupied as an office area Natuna regency government.          This mosque will look beautiful and majestic when viewed up close, especially if we get into. Location of the ablution in the room which is located under, so when climbing the stairs to get to the court of the mosque, we are required to get down the stairs again to perform ablution. To place a man there are ablution in the west, while for women there are places on the east side of ablution.        From the point of his ablutions, we must rise again to get to the main room of the mosque. When entering the main room of the mosque is visible that the mosque is so big. Mosques are full of symbols with the life of Prophet Muhammad SAW, six dome at the top symbolize the Five Pillars of Faith. When viewed from inside the mosque lies the red carpet in a neat row, row, and ornaments in a beautiful mosque. While the front of the pulpit preacher and natural look with wood carvings of brown paint. Some of the front row for male pilgrims while for female worshipers is at the rear rather not far from the row in front of a wooden barrier whose height is no more than 1 meter. The main door was patterned carving looks very big. 

       When viewed from outside the main mosque dome will appear with several small domes and four minarets around it on all four sides. However, not only because of its vastness and beauty of design, but also because since the beginning of construction on the intend to "Center of Excellent" or center of virtues, such as schools and libraries.
  
informants : Natuna.org

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