The oil and natural industry is a
capital intensive business and many companies in this line get investment from
foreign companies. Besides the huge capital required only experienced people
with the appropriate educational background would dare venture into this field.
Putera, as he is often called by those close to him, rejects this paradigm.
“It’s not always so. The key is hard work, determination, the willingness to
learn, not to lose hope in difficult situations. These are the main assets
actually,” he said.
Putera recalls that before his
current success he was just a marketing staff in a private domestic oil and gas
company. Although just an employee, Putera felt certain and optimistic that one
day he could own his own business by saving the commissions he received from
business tenders. “Previously I was only a marketing agent of an oil and gas
company and I received commissions from sales and tenders. I saved the
commission for my working capital. I always had the dream that one day I would
have my own company and finally that dream has come true,” said the father of
one.
Putera admits that the journey
there has been full of challenges and struggles. He can still recall having to
wait in a company’s waiting room to find out the result of a tender. Even after
becoming a director, Putera, whose hobby is fishing, still often works hands on
and gets involved in submitting tenders and staying in areas of conflict. ”When
I was Director of PT Batam Dwi Karya to procure drilling equipment I had to
stay in an area of conflict, Gujarat, India, and there was minimum security and
it was difficult even to get food,” said Putera, born in Kisaran, North Sumatra
on June 6, 1975.
Putera said doing business was
like learning to ride a bike; you often fall down and get up to ride again. But
one has to have high spirits, courage and optimism in order to open the door to
success, he said.
Networking and maintaining
others’ trust are also vital for success and equally important is treating the
employees as a company asset. Putera said that his business started with a
procurement order for drilling equipment worth US$ 124,000, but today GLN is
one of the largest suppliers in the oil and gas business.
Some of the services provided by
GLN are as follows: drilling services, engineering, procurement, construction
and installation/EPCI, fluid drilling, mud logging unit services and trading
and supplying of pipes and various drilling equipment. Under his leadership GLN
has won mega project tenders, such as integrated drilling project (MPPT) from
PT Pertamina EP in Region Java II worth $76 million.
Another major project was the 40
kilometer oil pipe infrastructure at Banyu Urip — Mudi, East Java, from PT
Pertamina EP Cepu-Mobile Cepu Limited (MCL) with a contract lasting until 2014,
on a BOO (build operate own) contract system with a capacity of 30,000 — 32,000
BOPD (barrels of oil per day).
Next GLN has also won a tender
for casing and tubing pipes for PT Pertamina EP, PT Pertamina Geothermal
Energy, Chevron Pacific Indonesia and several other oil and gas blocks in
Indonesia. He added that a successful businessman has to think about the long
term and ‘outside the box’.
He cited as an example that GLN
will make an initial public offering of its shares (IPO) in the first quarter
of 2012 and will purchase a new drilling rig with the capacity of 1,500-2,000
horse power (HP). “Long term thinking keeps one motivated and makes one
consistently want to realize one’s dreams,” said the former director of PT
Batam Dwi Karya.
As a successful businessman,
Putera, who is also fond of music, does not forget his social responsibility,
like building places of worship close to the project area and employing the
local people. In the eyes of his colleagues Putera is an inspiration for young
businessmen. He is also known for developing a network and relationship with
all layers of society. (Satria Ranga
Fausta)
The Jakarta Post, December 24, 2011
1 komentar:
Successful businessmen like Eka Taufik Syah Putera, Donald Trump, Richard Branson or Yuri Mintskovsky are a great inspiration for young businessmen. Putera is absolutely right! Courage, optimism, hard work and determination can really help young people open the door to success! very good article! thanks for the sharing!
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