Radio communications specialist Team Simoco has completed the supply of a TETRA system for a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Indonesia.

To be installed by PT Alssa, a local systems integrator, the four-carrier TETRA-G system will cover an area of around 220 square kilometres from a single transmission site. It will support over 500 radio users equipped with Intrinsically Safe handportables. The network includes fully redundant switching for maximum reliability and an analogue gateway to provide voice and data communications throughout the plant, as well as connections to legacy analogue networks.

Operated by the Indonesian company PT Badak NGL, the Badak LNG plant is one of the largest of its kind in the world, and has produced over 415 million tonnes of gas to date. The plant has the capacity to supply over 22 million tonnes a year, to countries which include Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

“This is our first TETRA system contract in Indonesia’s oil and gas sector, marking a very important step for us as a company”, commented Ian Carr, Team Simoco’s chief executive. “We view this as a beachhead contract that will enable us to clearly demonstrate our capability to local industries and through our partnership with PT Alssa we are well positioned to expand our influence in the region’s TETRA markets.”

Dian Govindha, managing director of PT Alssa, added: “The system has been deployed in the remote and environmentally sensitive coastal region of East Kalimantan, where it will become a central part of the plant’s health and safety operations.”