Indonesian gas distributor PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk  (PGN) is seeking partners to finance a natural gas pipeline on the island of Sumatra, a company official said.

“We are seeking partners to finance a gas pipeline project in Sumatra,” Agus Dihardjo, a company spokesman, said.
He said PGN would build a 450-km gas pipeline from central Sumatra to North Sumatra that would cost around $350 million.
The gas will come from the ConocoPhillips field in South Sumatra, which currently also supplies Caltex Pacific Indonesia in central Sumatra.
PGN has said the gas was needed in North Sumatra for industries and a possible power plant.
   PGN, which listed on the Jakarta stock exchange in December, is involved in several pipeline projects, including one from South Sumatra to West Java expected to be completed in 2006.