Support
Facility & Infrastructure
In other to support
and facilitate the procurement of raw material,
production process and marketing/distribution,
PT PETROKIMIA GRESIK did have at its disposal
all sorts of support facility and infrastructure.
They included the following :
I. Pier & Its Ancillaries
The pier for loading and unloading was 625
meters long and 36 meters wide. The pier was
such as to enable 40,000 – 60,000 DWT
ships to berth along its sea-bound side and
another three of under 10,000 DWT ships along
its land-bound side concurrently at any one
time.
Is was equipped with a variety of loading/unloading
facilities such as:
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Continuous ship unloader, capable of unloading
material in bulk, at a capacity of 1,000
tons per hour.
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Multiple loading crane, capable of loading
various kinds of end products in bulk
at a capacity of 120 tons per hour as
well as in 50-kg sacks at a capacity of
120 tons per hour.
-
2 Kangaroo cranes, each capable of unloading
bulk material at a capacity of 350 tons
per hour.
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Belt Conveyor; the Corporation possessed
a system of belt conveyor, made up of
3 units with a total length of some 22
kilometers. These three belt conveyor
units were, one for filling product into
sacks at a capacity of 120 tons per hour
and the other two for unloading raw material
in bulk at a capacity of 1,000 tons per
hour each.
II. Power Station
In other to ensure the supply of electrical
power required for its production process
and all other activities within its industrial
compound, PT PETROKIMIA GRESIK hand 2 units
of power station a its disposal:
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Gas turbine generator, located at the
nitrogen fertilizer production unit and
capable of generating power 33 MW.
-
Steam turbine generator, located at the
phosphoric acid production unit and capable
of generating power 20 MW.
- In
addition to these two units of power station,
the Corporation did also get power supply
from the State-owned electricity company
PLN, amounting to 15 MW, for some of its
joint venture companies, lighting in its
employee housing complex, hospital and
other facilities.
III.
Water Treatment Facility
The first unit to supply clean water required
by the Corporation was located at Gunungsari
Surabaya, taking in its raw water from the
river Brantas. The clean water was subsequently
pumped through a 14-inch diameter pipeline
to Gresik at a distance of 22 Kilometers away.
The treatment and subsequent pumping capacity
of this Gunungsari plant stood at 720 cubic
meters per hour.
The second water treatment unit could be found
in Babat Lamongan, processing raw water from
the river Bengawan Solo. The processed water
was then pumped through a 28-inch pipeline
to Gresik some 60 kilometers away. The treatment
capacity of this Babat plant was 1500 cubic
meters per hour but, if so required, its capacity
could be stepped up to 2500 cubic meters hourly.
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