Indonesia's Pertamina to Build New Fuel Terminal Following Deadly Fire

Fransiska Nangoy
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Indonesia's state energy company PT Pertamina said on Tuesday it will develop a fuel storage facility in north Jakarta, following a deadly fire that broke out at a terminal earlier this year and spread into a densely populated residential area.

Pertamina has been under pressure to modernize and relocate from its Plumpang fuel terminal, one of Indonesia's oldest fuel storage facilities, after the March fire, which killed at least 33 people, according to local media reports.  

The new site will be managed by Pertamina International Shipping, the group's marine logistic unit, with expected investment of about $559 million in the first phase, spokeperson Aryomekka Firdaus said.

The new site will be larger than the Plumpang facility and will be developed on a 64-hectare (158.15 acres) area in Kalibaru, North Jakarta, with an expected storage of up to 6 million barrels, Pertamina said in a statement. 

The new terminal will be able to store gasoline, biodiesel and liquefied petroleum gas, as well as liquefied natural gas, crude palm oil and petrochemical products and hydrogen fuel. 

Asked whether Plumpang's operation will be moved fully to the new facility, Pertamina spokeperson Fadjar Djoko Santoso said under current plan, it "will complement" Plumpang.

(Reuters - Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by Martin Petty)

Categories: Asia Terminals LNG Infrastructure Liquid Bulk

Related Stories

Keyfield Ventures into Indonesia’s Oil and Gas Market with New Partner

Petronas, Inpex Secure Oil and Gas Exploration Rights off Indonesia

ABS Greenlights SHI’s Multi-Purpose Deepwater LNG Floating Unit

Indonesia Grants Approval to Kuwaiti Firm for Anambas Block in Natuna Sea

ADNOC’s XRG Partners Up with Petronas for Offshore Gas Block in Caspian Sea

Shell-Reliance-ONGC JV Complete India’s First Offshore Decom Project

TMC Books Compressors Orders for FPSO and LNG Vessels

Chuditch Gas Field Up for Summer Drilling Ops as Sunda Reshapes Ownership Structure

China's ENN, Zhenhua Oil Ink LNG Supply Deals with ADNOC

ADNOC Secures LNG Supply Deal with India's BPCL

Current News

OMV Exits Ghasha Gas Project off UAE with Lukoil Stake Sale

China's Sinopec Laucnhes $690M Hydrogen Venture Capital Funds

CIP, ACEN Partner Up for First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm in Philippines

Valeura Concludes Eight-Well Drilling Campaign in Gulf of Thailand

Three Dead in Chevron's Angolan Oil Patform Fire

BW Opal FPSO Vessel set for Work off Australia

Keyfield Ventures into Indonesia’s Oil and Gas Market with New Partner

Fire Contained at Vietnamese Oil Platform Undergoing Decommissioning (Video)

Velesto’s Jack-Up Rig Set for Drilling Job off Indonesia

Petronas, Inpex Secure Oil and Gas Exploration Rights off Indonesia

Subscribe for AOG Digital E‑News

AOG Digital E-News is the subsea industry's largest circulation and most authoritative ENews Service, delivered to your Email three times per week

https://accounts.newwavemedia.com