The project involved installing Banlaw’s FuelTrack fuel management system at Indonesia largest mine, Sangatta, in East Kalimantan.

Monitoring depots were installed at 47 refuelling points and auto identification systems installed on 2000 vehicles and auxiliary equipment.

Banlaw managing director Bill Clifton said the project should pay for itself in six months.

“We now know where 99.98 per cent of our fuel goes which is a great result, considering that every litre we receive from the oil company is moved about five times around the mine before it is used, increasing the risk of loss or spill,” KPC general manager Simon Scott said.

Clifton said improved fuel systems at the mine were essential as fuel losses were frequent and because production would double over the next three years.

“Over three years the mine will be increasing its fleet by approximately 500 and its fuel usage is expected to increase from 620 million litres to 1 billion litres of fuel per annum,” he said.

Work started on the project in November 2008. Banlaw is continuing to provide 24-hour maintenance services and its Australian help desk is monitoring the system.