JAKARTA – PT Pertamina (Persero) ensures that investments in strategic projects that are carried out in all business lines will continue to run for the future of national energy security and independence.

Fajriyah Usman, Vice President for Corporate Communication at Pertamina, explained that despite being hit by a triple shock during the Covid 19 pandemic and causing problems in the field, Pertamina remains committed to running strategic projects that are useful to maintain and increase production of oil and gas and national energy products in the next few years.

Several strategic projects in the upstream sector such as the Jambaran-Tiung Biru Project managed by PT Pertamina EP Cepu are continuing. Currently, a rigless perforation has been successfully carried out with the Smart Coiled Tubing Unit in Jambaran East and 2 wells have been drilled in Jambaran Central.

“This project will produce gas from the Jambaran-Tiung Biru unitization field with an average gas sales production of 192 MMSCFD with onstream gas targets in 2021,” said Fajriyah in a written statement received by Dunia Energi, Sunday (1/11).

In addition, activities off the north coast of West Java carried out by PHE ONWJ are continuing. After completing the KLD-1 well drilling, the KLD ONWJ development project is currently entering the KLD-3 well drilling stage. This project is targeted to contribute to additional reserves and production by December 2020.

In other business sectors, added Fajriyah, Pertamina also continues to realize the development and construction of refineries escorted by PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (KPI). One of them is the Balikpapan and Lawe-lawe RDMP projects, which are one of Pertamina’s largest projects with a value of US $ 6.5 billion. This project will increase refinery capacity, improve product quality and reduce the cost of production of fuel, which will boost foreign exchange and tax revenue.

“Currently the Balikpapan RDMP project has reached 22.26% as of 22 October 2020, running with strict health protocols, as well as encouraging the economic recovery program because it absorbs more than 5,000 workers,” he explained.

In addition, to ensure the availability of reliable storage and distribution facilities in the future, Pertamina also continues to carry out storage tank infrastructure projects both at the BBM Terminal, LPG Terminal and at the DPPU as well as maintaining 280 vessels.

Apart from investing, Pertamina also ensures that project implementation in 2020 meets the provisions for using the Domestic Component Level (TKDN). Until the first semester of 2020, Pertamina’s TKDN average reached 54%. Pertamina’s consistency in strengthening domestic components is believed to strengthen the national industry, create jobs, and reduce dependence on imported products so that they can move the wheels of the national economy.

“As a state-owned oil and gas company, Pertamina continues to carry out business and projects in accordance with the direction of the Government, in this case the Ministry of BUMN and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, namely striving for the future of energy as well as driving the national economy by optimizing the use of domestic resources,” he said. (RA)