DPR ‘knows’ Oil and gas mafia: Pertamina boss certainly knows

PT Pertamina (Persero) officials are believed to recognize oil and gas, mafia perpetrators. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was also advised to eradicate the oil and gas mafia through Pertamina's bosses. House of Representatives Commission VII member Dr. Ir Kardaya Warnika DEA assessed the practice of oil and gas mafia can actually be felt. But to find its existence is fairly difficult.

"When it comes to the oil and gas mafia, I always say it smells like a fart, smells, but if you look at it, someone who farts is difficult, but it feels there," he said.

oil and gas mafia

According to Kardaya, the practice of oil and gas mafia is difficult to investigate because most of them act in accordance with existing regulations. But they take advantage of the gaps in the applicable provisions.

"The oil and gas mafia sees an opportunity if the purchase of oil feels more expensive than it should be, well that is a sign. Actually, the oil and gas mafia is hard to see because they work according to the regulations, so it's legal. But they are exploiting loopholes in existing regulations, "he added.

He gave an example, for example, there are oil and gas projects that are participated by several companies. If traced it turns out that the parent of the holding companies participating in the tender is one party. With such a practice, Kardaya believes Pertamina officials as the BUMN and the largest oil and gas company in Indonesia know and are familiar with oil and gas mafia players.

"Actually, the Pertamina boss certainly knows that. They, oil and gas mafia usually have good relations with Pertamina officials, "he said.

Therefore, he suggested Jokowi summon Pertamina officials. Forced to stop the practice of oil and gas mafia then threaten to be removed from his position if it is not done.

"The president has said first he wants to eradicate the mafia. Secondly, he says he knows who is playing, in my opinion just call it Managing Director with Pertamina's Chief Commissioner. No need to talk out, I know this is someone who plays, I do not want to know this practice must be lost, if it does not disappear then sanctions will be removed, "he explained.

"Because the official was afraid of only one, namely losing his position, by God alone the official was not afraid, after being sworn in the official did something strange," Kardaya concluded.

Evidence of the Mafia Oil and gas refineries were not immediately built

Previously, according to a count of the official governance reform team led by Faisal Basri when dismantling the official mafia practices in 2014-2015 in Petral's body, it was known that oil importers could get USD 1 to USD 3 from each barrel of oil imports into Indonesia. This is Evidence There is an oil and gas mafia.

The President Jokowi

Regarding the oil and gas mafia, the Jokowi government is now again making efforts to eradicate it. So what is the proof that the oil and gas mafia is still hanging around? Energy Economics Observer from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Fahmy Radhi said, one proof of the oil and gas mafia was the absence of oil and gas refinery development.

Saudi Aramco

"There is a systemic effort blocking the construction of refineries. It was also complained by Jokowi, Pertamina had not built a refinery in 35 years, even though there were also many investors such as Saudi Aramco, there was Russian Rosneft, there was OOG (Overseas Oil & Gas) Oman, it had been in the framework of signing a framework agreement, but until now there were none which can be realized, "he said.

Rosneft

Fahmi who was once the Anti-Mafia Oil and Gas Team which was once chaired by Faisal Basri, believes that the oil and gas mafia is closely related to imports. They can continue to live if Indonesia continues to import oil and gas, so they do various ways to prevent it.

"So if based on our findings first, then looking at current symptoms, one of the indicators is indeed an increase in oil and gas imports, and the oil and gas mafia playing in the import route earlier, hunting rent in imports" he added.

The amount of oil and gas imports has indeed become Jokowi's concern. The President claimed to have known the name of the mastermind behind the import of oil and gas which reached 800 thousand barrels per day.

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DPR ‘Tahu’ Mafia Migas: Bos Pertamina Pasti Tahu

Para petinggi PT Pertamina (Persero) diyakini mengenali para pelaku mafia minyak dan gas. Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pun disarankan memberantas mafia migas melalui para bos Pertamina. Anggota Komisi VII DPR Dr Ir Kardaya Warnika DEA menilai praktik mafia migas sebenarnya bisa dirasakan. Namun untuk mencari keberadaannya memang terbilang sulit.

“Kalau tentang mafia minyak dan gas itu saya selalu mengatakan ini seperti bau kentut, tercium tapi kalau dilihat siapa yang kentut susah, tapi dirasakan ada,” ujarnya.

Menurut Kardaya, praktik mafia minyak dan gas sulit diselidik lantaran kebanyakan dari mereka beraksi mengikuti peraturan yang ada. Namun mereka memanfaatkan celah-celah dari ketentuan yang berlaku.

“Mafia minyak dan gas ini melihat peluang kalau pembelian minyak terasa lebih mahal dari yang semestinya, nah itulah tanda-tandanya. Sebetulnya mafia minyak dan gas ini susah dilihat karena mereka bekerja mengikuti peraturan ketentuan, ya legal saja. Tapi mereka memanfaatkan celah-celah dari peraturan yang ada,” tambahnya.

Dia mencontohkan, misalnya ada proyek minyak dan gas yang diikuti oleh beberapa perusahaan. Jika ditelusuri ternyata induk dari induk perusahaan-perusahaan yang ikut tender merupakan satu pihak. Dengan praktik seperti itu, Kardaya yakin petinggi Pertamina selaku BUMN dan perusahaan migas terbesar di Indonesia tahu dan kenal dengan para pelaku mafia minyak dan gas.

“Sebetulnya bos Pertamina pasti tahu itu. Mereka mafia minyak dan gas biasanya mempunyai hubungan yang baik dengan petinggi Pertamina,” tutur dia.

Oleh karena itu dia menyarankan Jokowi untuk memanggil para petinggi Pertamina. Paksa untuk menyetop praktik mafia minyak dan gas lalu ancam copot dari jabatannya jika itu tidak dilakukan.

“Presiden sudah mengatakan pertama dia ingin memberantas mafia. Kedua dia mengatakan dia tahu siapa yang bermain, menurut saya ya tinggal panggil saja

Direktur Utama bersama Komisaris Utama Pertamina. Tidak perlu bicara keluar, saya tahu ini orang yang bermain, saya tidak mau tahu praktik ini harus hilang, kalau tidak hilang maka sanksinya ya dicopot,” terangnya.

“Karena pejabat itu takutnya hanya satu, yaitu kehilangan jabatan, dengan tuhan saja pejabat tidak takut, setelah disumpah pejabat itu melakukan hal aneh-aneh,” tutup Kardaya.

Bukti Mafia Minyak dan gas, kilang tidak segera dibangun

Sebelumnya menurut hitungan tim reformasi tata kelola pejabat yang dipimpin Faisal Basri sewaktu membongkar praktik mafia pejabat pada 2014-2015 lalu di tubuh Petral, diketahui para importir minyak ini bisa mendapatkan USD 1 sampai USD 3 dari tiap barel impor minyak ke Indonesia. Ini Bukti Ada Mafia minyak dan gas. 

Terkait mafia minyak dan gas kini pemerintahan Jokowi kembali melakukan upaya untuk memberantasnya. Lantas apa buktinya mafia minyak dan gas masih berkeliaran? Pengamat Ekonomi Energi dari Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Fahmy Radhi mengatakan, salah satu bukti adanya mafia minyak dan gas adalah tidak adanya pembangunan kilang minyak dan gas.

“Ada upaya sistemik menghalangi pembangunan kilang. Itu kan dikeluhkan Jokowi juga, sudah 35 tahun Pertamina tidak membangun kilang, padahal banyak juga investor seperti Saudi Aramco, ada Rosneft Rusia, ada OOG (Overseas Oil & Gas) Oman itu sudah dalam tahap penandatanganan framework agreement, tapi sampai sekarang tidak ada satu pun yang bisa direalisasikan,” tuturnya.

Fahmi yang pernah menjadi Tim Anti Mafia minyak dan gas yang pernah diketuai oleh Faisal Basri, meyakini mafia minyak dan gas erat kaitannya dengan impor. Mereka bisa hidup terus jika Indonesia masih terus impor minyak dan gas, oleh karena itu mereka melakukan berbagai cara untuk menghalanginya.

“Jadi kalau berdasarkan pada hasil temuan kami dulu, kemudian melihat gejala sekarang ini, salah satu indikatornya memang peningkatan impor minyak dan gas, dan mafia minyak dan gas bermain di jalur impor tadi, berburu rente di impor" tambahnya.

Besarnya impor minyak dan gas memang sudah menjadi perhatian Jokowi. Presiden mengaku sudah mengetahui nama dalang di balik impor minyak dan gas yang mencapai 800 ribu barel per hari.

Duta Masyarakat, Page-1, Monday, Jan 20, 2020

Pertamina and ADNOC Work in Balongan Refinery

PT Pertamina and the national oil company Abu Dhabi, ADNOC, have agreed to work together to further develop the potential for developing the Integrated Petrochemical Refinery Complex in Balongan, Indramayu, West Java.

The signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Pertamina and ADNOC was carried out in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Sunday (1/12/2020). 

Nicke Widyawati

    Pertamina President Director Nicke Widyawati said the MoU was a follow-up to the comprehensive strategic framework (CSF) agreement that had been signed by both parties in July 2019.

The MoU was conducted to explore opportunities for cooperation in all oil and gas business chains, both in the UAE, Indonesia and internationally. Nicke further explained, as a result of the intensive discussion, Pertamina and ADNOC succeeded in increasing the agreement towards a more strategic and specific direction.

Among them are to evaluate the potential for developing crude to petrochemical complexes in Balongan. As a first step, both parties will study and explore the proposed business structure and technical configuration in the development of the refinery.

"Pertamina is opening up to a strategic partnership. The potential collaboration with ADNOC will strengthen Pertamina's business steps especially in optimizing the development of petrochemical refineries in Balongan, West Java so that later it can produce high-value products and meet the demand for domestic and foreign petrochemical products, especially polyolefins, "Nicke said.

On the same occasion, Pertamina and ADNOC also signed LPG supply agreements. This year, ADNOC will provide LPG up to 528,000 metric tons for Pertamina in order to secure domestic LPG needs.

"This transaction is also effective because the source is directly from the producer," Nicke said.

For information, ADNOC is known as one of the largest LPG producers in the world with a capacity of more than 10 million metric tons per year.

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Pertamina dan ADNOC Kerjaama di Kilang Balongan

PT Pertamina dan perusahaan minyak nasional Abu Dhabi, ADNOC, bersepakat menjalin kerja sama untuk mengembangkan lebih lanjut potensi pengembangan Kompleks Kilang Terintegrasi Petrokimia di Balongan, Indramayu, Jawa Barat. 

Penandatanganan nota kesepahaman (MoU) antara Pertamina dan ADNOC dilakukan di Abu Dhabi, Uni Emirat Arab (UEA), pada Minggu (12/1/2020).

Direktur Utama Pertamina Nicke Widyawati menyatakan MoU itu merupakan tindak lanjut dari kesepakatan comprehensive strategic framework (CSF) yang telah ditandatangani kedua belah pihak pada Juli 2019.

MoU dilakukan untuk menjajaki peluang kerja sama di seluruh mata rantai bisnis minyak dan gas, baik di UEA, Indonesia, maupun internasional. Lebih lanjut Nicke menjelaskan, sebagai hasil diskusi intensif tersebut, Pertamina dan ADNOC berhasil meningkatkan kesepakatan ke arah yang lebih strategis dan spesifik. 

Diantaranya untuk mengevaluasi potensi pengembangan crude to petrochemicals complex di Balongan. Sebagai langkah awal, kedua belah pihak akan mempelajari dan mendalami usulan struktur bisnis dan konfigurasi teknis pada pengembangan kilang tersebut.

“Pertamina membuka diri untuk strategic partnership. Potensi kolaborasi dengan ADNOC akan memperkuat langkah bisnis Pertamina khususnya dalam mengoptimalkan pengembangan kilang petrokimia di Balongan Jawa Barat sehingga nantinya dapat menghasilkan produk yang bernilai tinggi serta memenuhi permintaan produk petrokimia dalam dan luar negeri, terutama polyolefin,” ujar Nicke.

Dalam kesempatan yang sama Pertamina dan ADNOC juga menandatangani perjanjian pasokan elpiji. Pada tahun ini ADNOC akan menyediakan elpiji sampai dengan 528.000 metrik ton untuk Pertamina dalam rangka mengamankan kebutuhan elpiji dalam negeri.

“Transaksi ini juga efektif karena sumbernya langsung dari produsen,” ujar Nicke.

Sebagai informasi, ADNOC dikenal sebagai salah satu produsen elpiji terbesar di dunia dengan kapasitas lebih dari 10 juta metrik ton per tahun.

Media Indonesia, Page-10, Friday, Jan 17, 2020

Pertamima and Adnoc Explore Potential of Balongan Refinery

PT Pertamina (Persero) and the United Arab Emirates Nab (UAE) oil company Adnoc have committed to developing the Petrochemical Integrated Refinery Complex in Balongan, West Java. 

Mubdala Petroleum

    The two companies have also signed a memorandum of understanding or memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further develop the potential for the development of the Balongan Refinery in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Nicke Widyawati

Pertamina President Director Nicke Widyawati said the two companies agreed to increase cooperation to be more specific and strategic in Arabia.

"As a first step, both parties will study and explore the proposed business structure and technical configuration of the development of the refinery," Nicke said.

The agreement is a follow-up to the Comprehensive Strategic Frame-work (CSF) agreement that was signed by both parties in July 2019. This was done to explore opportunities for cooperation in all oil and gas business chains, both in the UAE, Indonesia and internationally.

Nicke Widyawati ensured Pertamina was open to strategic cooperation. The potential collaboration with Adnoc, according to him, will strengthen Pertamina's business steps, especially in optimizing the development of the petrochemical refinery in Balongan.

"So that later it can produce high-value products and meet the demand for domestic and foreign petrochemical products, especially polyolefins," said Nicke.

She considered the potential of this cooperation was important because the development of the crude oil processing complex into petrochemicals would also be integrated with Balongan's Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP).

In addition, Pertamina and Adnoc also signed a supply agreement for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Thus, in 2020 Adnoc will provide LPG up to 528 thousand MT LPG to Pertamina in order to secure the domestic LPG needs.

"This transaction is also effective because the source is directly from the producer," said Nicke.

Regarding LPG supply, Adnoc is known as one of the largest oil and gas companies that produce LPG in the world with a capacity of more than 10 million MT per year. 

Sultan Ahmed al Jaber

    Meanwhile, Adnoc CEO Sultan Ahmed al Jaber said the agreement with Pertamina would support and strengthen the company's presence in Indonesia. Al-Jaber rate, Indonesia is one of the fastest-growing markets in Southeast Asia.

"This signed agreement also shows opportunities for innovative value creation and strong bilateral relations between the UAE and the Republic of Indonesia," Al-Jaber said.

In addition to cooperating with Adnoc, Pertamina is also collaborating with UAE company, Mubadala, to accelerate the development of RDMP Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.

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Pertamima dan Adnoc Eksplorasi Potensi Kilang Balongan

PT Pertamina (Persero) dan perusahaan minyak Uni Emirat Nab (UEA) Adnoc telah berkomitmen mengembangkan Kompleks Kilang Terintegrasi Petrokimia di Balongan, Jawa Barat. Kedua perusahaan juga telah menandatangani nota kesepahaman atau memorandum of understanding (MOU) untuk mengembangkan lebih lanjut potensi pengembangan Kilang Balongan di Abu Dhabi, UEA.

Direktur Utama Pertamina Nicke Widyawati menyatakan, kedua perusahaan sepakat untuk meningkatkan kerja sama ke arab yang lebih spesifik dan strategis. 

"Sebagai langkah awal, kedua belah pihak akan mempelajari dan mendalami usulan struktur bisnis dan kofigurasi teknis atas pengembangan kilang tersebut," kata Nicke.

Kesepakatan tersebut merupakan tindak lanjut dari kesepakatan Comprehensive Strategic Frame-work (CSF) yang telah ditandatangani kedua belah pihak pada Juli 2019. Hal tersebut dilakukan untuk menjajaki peluang kerja sama di seluruh mata rantai bisnis minyak dan gas, baik di UEA, Indonesia, maupun internasional. 

Nicke Widyawati memastikan Pertamina membuka diri untuk kerja sama strategis. Potensi kolaborasi dengan Adnoc, menurut dia akan memperkuat langkah bisnis Pertamina khususnya dalam mengoptimalkan pengembangan kilang petrokimia di Balongan.

“Sehingga nantinya dapat menghasilkan produk yang bernilai tinggi serta memenuhi permintaan produk petrokimia dalam dan luar negeri terutama polyolefin," tutur Nicke.

Nicke Widyawati menilai potensi kerja sama ini penting karena pengembangan kompleks pengolahan minyak mentah menjadi petrokimia juga akan terintegrasi dengan Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP) Balongan. 

Selain itu, Pertamina dan Adnoc juga menandatangani perjanjian pasokan liquied petroleum gas (LPG). Dengan demikian, pada 2020 Adnoc akan menyediakan LPG sampai dengan 528 ribu MT LPG untuk Pertamina dalam rangka mengamankan kebutuhan LPG dalam negeri.

“Transaksi ini juga efektif karena sumbernya langsung dari produsen,” ungkap Nicke.

Terkait pasokan LPG, Adnoc dikenal sebagai salah satu perusahaan minyak dan gas yang memproduksi LPG terbesar di dunia dengan kapasitas mencapai lebih dari 10 juta MT per tahun. 

    Sementara itu, CEO Adnoc Sultan Ahmed al Jaber mengatakan, perjanjian dengan Pertamina akan mendukung dan memperkuat kehadiran perusahaannya di Indonesia. Al-Jaber menilai, Indonesia adalah salah satu pasar dengan pertumbuhan ekonomi tercepat di Asia Tenggara.

"Kesepakatan yang telah ditandatangani ini juga menunjukkan peluang penciptaan nilai yang inovatif dan hubungan bilateral yang kuat antara UEA dengan Republik Indonesia," kata Al- Jaber.

Selain bekerja sama dengan Adnoc, Pertamina juga menggandeng perusahaan UEA, Mubadala, untuk mempercepat pengembangan RDMP Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur.

Republika, Page-15, Friday, Jan 17, 2020

Pertamina Teams Up With Investors to Build Refineries

PT Pertamina continues to explore cooperation with various parties to develop the oil and gas business. At present, the state-owned oil and gas company is working on the RU V Balikpapan Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP) with an investment of US $ 5.5 billion. 

    Pertamina needs investors to fund around the US $ 1.6 billion of the total investment value. One investor who is willing to fund the Balikpapan Refinery project is Mubadala.

Mubdala Petroleum

PT Pertamina Corporate Communication Vice President Fajriyah Usman said that his side had cooperated with Mubadala not only in the refinery field but in the upstream oil and gas sector. Mubadala also has an oil and gas block in Indonesia. We are discussing this, "said Fajriyah Usman.

Fajriyah Usman

Mubadala is an oil and gas company from the United Arab Emirates that has an integrated business. This means that Pertamina can not only get funding from Mubadala but also a partner in developing the oil and gas block.

Fajriyah said the commitment to cooperate with Mubadala had been carried out in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this week. Pertamina has signed a principle agreement and refinery principle agreement to further evaluate investment cooperation opportunities in the processing sector.

The agreement will provide a clear structure and ensure cooperation as a pathway to potential joint investment. Well one of them is in order to ensure the acceleration of the development of RDMP RU V Balikpapan.

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Pertamina Gandeng Investor Untuk Membangun Kilang

PT Pertamina terus menjajaki kerjasama dengan berbagai pihak untuk mengembangaan bisnis minyak dan gas. Saat ini, perusahaan minyak dan gas milik pemerintah ini sedang menggarap proyek Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP) RU V Balikpapan dengan investasi US$ 5,5 miliar. 

    Pertamina membutuhkan investor untuk mendanai sekitar US$ 1,6 miliar dari total nilai investasi tersebut. Adapun salah satu investor yang bersedia mendanai proyek Kilang Balikpapan adalah Mubadala.

Vice President Corporate Communitucion PT Pertamina Fajriyah Usman mengatakan pihaknya menjalin kerjasama dengan Mubadala bukan saja di bidang kilang tapi di hulu minyak dan gas. Mubadala juga punya blok migas di Indonesia. Kami sedang membicarakan hal ini," kata Fajriyah Usman.

Mubadala adalah perusahaan migas yang berasal Uni Emirat Arab yang memilki bisnis terpadu. Artinya, Pertamina selain bisa mendapatkan dana dari Mubadala sekaligus juga bermitra dalam pengembangan blok migas.

Fajriyah menyebutkan, komitmen kerjasama dengan Mubadala sudah dilakukan di Uni Emirat Arab (UEA) awal pekan ini. Pertamina sudah menandatangani perjanjian prinsip dan refinery principle agreement tuntuk mengevaluasi Iebih lanjut peluang kerjasama investasi di sektor pengolahan. 

Perjanjian tersebut akan memberikan struktur yang jelas dan memastikan kerja sama sebagai jalur menuju investasi bersama yang potensial. Nah salah satunya dalam rangka memastikan percepatan pengembangan RDMP RU V Balikpapan.

Kontan, Page-14, Friday, Jan 17, 2020

Mubadala, Pertamina Prospective Investor in Balikpapan Refinery Project

Mubadala Investment Company, a financial investment company from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has the potential to become an investor in the Balikpapan Refinery Project which is managed by PT Pertamina (Persero). The investment needed for this project is estimated at the US $ 5.5 billion. 

Mubadala Investment Company

    Pertamina has signed a principle agreement or Refinery Investment Principle Agreement to further evaluate investment cooperation opportunities in the processing sector.

The agreement will provide a clear structure to ensure cooperation as a pathway to potential joint investment. This agreement is also a follow-up to the development of relations between Mubadala and Pertamina and Indonesia, which includes the upstream, processing and Petrochemical sectors.

Nicke Widyawati

Pertamina President Director Nicke Widyawati said the signing of this agreement was a form of Pertamina and Mubadala's commitment as one of the investors who expressed interest in developing the Balikpapan Refinery. The signing of this principle agreement is needed to continue the partnership process to the due diligence and negotiation stages.

"This shows the seriousness of the two parties to reach a business agreement in order to accelerate the construction of the Balikpapan Refinery, as mandated by the Government to Pertamina," said Nicke Widyawati.

According to Nicke, Pertamina is currently looking for Equity Investors (capital investment partners) to join in developing the Balikpapan Refinery East Kalimantan. The process began in May 2019, with the issuance of Project Teaser to prospective investors consisting of international oil and gas companies, trading companies and financial investors.

"After the teaser project was published, several investors have sent a Letter of Interest (LOI) to Pertamina and the next process will be a project sounding and a visit to the Balikpapan Refinery for interested investors," said Nicke.

According to Nicke, potential partners targeted for the Balikpapan Refinery Project are financial investment companies. This is because the project has entered the construction stage and there is already a tolling scheme. So that Mubadala is a financial investment company that has the potential to meet the criteria set by Pertamina.

"In addition, Mubadala is also considered to have technical competence that is expected to help Pertamina in project management," said Nicke Widyawati.

Previously, in November 2019, Pertamina had issued a Preliminary Information Memorandum to selected investors who had expressed their interest and commitment to the Balikpapan Refinery project.

The estimated investment needed for the project is around the US $ 5.5 billion. Until the end of November 2019, the construction progress of the Balikpapan Refinery has reached 9%, compared to the 6% plan. The Balikpapan Phase I refinery is targeted to be operational in June 2023.

At the same time, Pertamina has also prepared the Balikpapan Phase II Refinery Project. The basic design (basic engineering design / BED) of this project has been completed, and is now in preparation for the auction this year and then continues construction in the same year, 2020.

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Mubadala, Calon Investor Pertamina di Proyek Kilang Balikpapan

Mubadala Investment Company, perusahaan investasi keuangan dari Uni Emirat Arab (UEA), berpotensi menjadi investor dalam Proyek Kilang Balikpapan yang digarap PT Pertamina (Persero). Investasi yang dibutuhkan untuk proyek ini diperkirakan mencapai US$ 5,5 miliar. 

    Pertamina telah meneken perjanjian prinsip atau Refinery Investment Principle Agreement untuk mengevaluasi lebih lanjut peluang kerja sama investasi di sektor pengolahan.

Perjanjian tersebut akan memberikan struktur yang jelas untuk memastikan kerja sama sebagai jalur menuju investasi bersama yang potensial. Perjanjian ini juga merupakan tindak lanjut dari pengembangan hubungan antara Mubadala dan Pertamina dan Indonesia, yang mencakup sektor hulu, pengolahan, dan Petrokimia.

Direktur Utama Pertamina Nicke Widyawati menuturkan, penandatangan perjanjian ini merupakan bentuk komitmen Pertamina dan Mubadala sebagai salah satu investor yang menyatakan minat untuk pengembangan Kilang Balikpapan. Penandatanganan perjanjian prinsip ini diperlukan untuk melanjutkan proses kemitraan ke tahap uji tuntas dan negosiasi.

“Ini menunjukkan adanya keseriusan kedua belah pihak untuk mencapai kesepakatan bisnis dalam rangka mempercepat pembangunan Kilang Balikpapan, sebagaimana yang diamanahkan Pemerintah kepada Pertamina,” kata Nicke Widyawati.

Menurut Nicke, saat ini Pertamina sedang mencari Equity Investor (mitra investasi modal) untuk bergabung dalam mengembangkan Kilang Balikpapan. Proses tersebut dimulai sejak Mei 2019, dengan penerbitan Project Teaser kepada calon investor yang terdiri dari perusahaan minyak dan gas internasional, perusahaan perdagangan, dan investor keuangan.

“Setelah project teaser diterbitkan, beberapa investor telah mengirimkan Letter of Interest (LOI) kepada Pertamina dan proses selanjutnya akan dilakukan project sounding dan kunjungan ke Kilang Balikpapan bagi investor yang tertarik,” ujar Nicke.

Menurut Nicke calon mitra yang ditargetkan untuk Proyek Kilang Balikpapan adalah perusahaan investasi keuangan. Hal ini mengingat proyek telah memasuki tahapan konstruksi dan sudah ada skema tolling. Sehingga Mubadala merupakan salah satu perusahaan investasi keuangan yang berpotensi sesuai dengan kriteria yang ditetapkan Pertamina.

“Selain itu, Mubadala juga dipandang memiliki kompetensi teknis yang diharapkan dapat membantu Pertamina dalam hal manajemen proyek,” tutur Nicke Widyawati.

Sebelumnya, pada November 2019, Pertamina telah mengeluarkan Preliminary Information Memorandum kepada investor terseleksi yang telah menyatakan minat dan komitmennya terhadap proyek Kilang Balikpapan. 

Estimasi investasi yang diperlukan untuk proyek tersebut sekitar US$ 5,5 miliar. Hingga akhir November tahun 2019 lalu, progres konstruksi Kilang Balikpapan sudah mencapai 9%, dibanding rencana 6%. Kilang Balikpapan Tahap I ini ditargetkan bisa mulai beroperasi pada Juni 2023. 

Pada saat yang sama, Pertamina juga sudah menyiapkan Proyek Kilang Balikpapan Tahap II. Desain dasar (basic engineering design/BED) proyek ini sudah selesai, dan kini sedang dalam persiapan lelang pada tahun ini kemudian dilanjutkan konstruksi pada tahun yang sama yaitu 2020.

Investor Daily, Page-9, Friday, Jan 17, 2020

Pertamina-Adnoc Develops Petrochemical Integrated Refinery in Balongan

PT Pertamina (Persero) and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) agreed to explore further the potential for the development of the Petrochemical Integrated Refinery Complex in Balongan, West Java. Both of them signed a memorandum of understanding / MoU.

This MoU is a follow-up to the Comprehensive Strategic Framework (CSF) agreement signed by the two companies in July 2019. The CSF is to explore opportunities for cooperation in all oil and gas business chains, both in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indonesia, or international.

Pertamina President Director Nicke Widyawati said from the intensive discussion, Pertamina and ADNOC had succeeded in increasing the agreement in a more strategic and specific direction. One of them is to evaluate the potential of developing the oil processing complex into petrochemicals in Balongan. As a first step, both parties will study and explore the proposed business structure and technical configuration for the development of the refinery.

Nicke Widyawati

"Pertamina is opening up to a strategic partnership," said Nicke Widyawati.

According to Nicke Widyawati, the potential for this cooperation is important because the development of the petrochemical complex is planned to be integrated with the Balongan Refinery upgrading project. 

    So that in addition to reducing imports of fuel oil (BBM), this project will also minimize the import of petrochemical products. It targets the project to produce high-value products and meet domestic and foreign petrochemical product demands, especially polyolefins.

"The potential collaboration with ADNOC will strengthen Pertamina's business steps especially in optimizing the development of the petrochemical refinery in Balongan," said Nicke.

She explained, ADNOC was a potential strategic partner calculated by Pertamina. Because, in addition to his experience managing integrated refineries of petrochemical facilities with the largest capacity in the Middle East and the fourth largest in the world, ADNOC also offered an option to offer Pertamina's participation in the oil and gas production block in the UAE.

The upstream oil and gas cooperation will later be discussed by the two parties. In addition, on the same occasion, Pertamina and ADNOC also signed a liquid gas / LPG supply agreement. In 2020, ADNOC will supply up to 528 thousand metric tons of LPG to Pertamina to secure domestic LPG needs.

"This transaction is also effective because the source is directly from the producer," Nicke said.

ADNOC is also known as one of the largest oil and gas companies that produce LPG in the world with a capacity of more than 10 million metric tons per year for domestic and international markets.

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber

Meanwhile, Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said the agreement with Pertamina would support ADNOC to strengthen its presence in Indonesia as one of the fastest-growing economic markets in Southeast Asia. 

    This signed agreement also shows the opportunity for innovative value creation and strong bilateral relations between the UAE and the Republic of Indonesia.

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Pertamina-Adnoc Kembangkan Kilang Terintegrasi Petrokimia di Balongan

PT Pertamina (Persero) dan Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) sepakat menggali lebih lanjut potensi pengembangan Kompleks Kilang Terintegrasi Petrokimia di Balongan, Jawa Barat. Keduanya telah menandatangani nota kesepahaman/MoU.

MoU ini merupakan tindak lanjut dari kesepakatan Comprehensive Strategic Framework (CSF) yang telah ditandatangani kedua perusahaan pada Juli 2019. CSF ini untuk menjajaki peluang kerja sama di seluruh mata rantai bisnis minyak dan gas, baik di Uni Emirat Arab (UEA), Indonesia, ataupun internasional.

Direktur Utama Pertamina Nicke Widyawati mengatakan dari diskusi intensif tersebut, Pertamina dan ADNOC berhasil meningkatkan kesepakatan ke arah yang lebih strategis dan spesifik. Salah satunya untuk mengevaluasi potensi pengembangan komplek pengolahan minyak menjadi petrokimia di Balongan. Sebagai langkah awal, kedua belah pihak akan mempelajari dan mendalami usulan struktur bisnis dan konfigurasi teknis atas pengembangan kilang tersebut.

“Pertamina membuka diri untuk strategic partnership,” kata Nicke Widyawati.

Menurut Nicke Widyawati, potensi kerja sama ini penting karena pengembangan komplek petrokimia ini rencananya akan terintegrasi dengan proyek perbaikan dan peningkatan kapasitas (upgrading) Kilang Balongan. Sehingga selain akan mengurangi impor Bahan Bakar Minyak (BBM), proyek ini juga akan meminimalkan impor produk petrokimia. 

   Pihaknya menargetkan proyek ini dapat menghasilkan produk yang bernilai tinggi serta memenuhi permintaan produk petrokimia dalam dan luar negeri, terutama polyolefin.

“Potensi kolaborasi dengan ADNOC akan memperkuat langkah bisnis Pertamina khususnya dalam mengoptimalkan pengembangan kilang petrokimia di Balongan,” tegas Nicke.

Nicke Widyawati menjelaskan, ADNOC merupakan mitra strategis potensial yang diperhitungkan Pertamina. Pasalnya, selain berpengalaman mengelola kilang terintegrasi fasilitas petrokimia dengan kapasitas terbesar di Timur Tengah dan terbesar ke­-4 di dunia, ADNOC juga memberikan opsi tawaran partisipasi Pertamina di blok produksi migas di UEA. 

Kerja sama hulu migas ini nantinya akan didiskusikan oleh kedua pihak. Selain itu, dalam kesempatan yang sama, Pertamina dan ADNOC juga menandatangani perjanjian pasokan gas minyak cair/LPG. Pada tahun 2020 ini, ADNOC akan memasok LPG sampai dengan 528 ribu metrik ton untuk Pertamina untuk mengamankan kebutuhan LPG dalam negeri.

“Transaksi ini juga efektif karena sumbernya langsung dari produsen,” ujar Nicke.

ADNOC juga dikenal sebagai salah satu perusahaan migas yang memproduksi LPG terbesar di dunia dengan kapasitas mencapai lebih dari 10 juta metrik ton per tahun untuk kebutuhan dalam negeri maupun pasar internasional. 

Sementara itu, Menteri Negara Uni Emirat Arab (UEA) Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber mengatakan, perjanjian dengan Pertamina akan mendukung ADNOC untuk memperkuat keberadaannya di Indonesia sebagai salah satu pasar pertumbuhan ekonomi tercepat di Asia Tenggara. Kesepakatan yang telah ditandatangani ini juga menunjukkan peluang penciptaan nilai yang inovatif dan hubungan bilateral yang kuat antara UEA dengan Republik Indonesia.

Investor Daily, Page-9, Friday, Jan 17, 2020

Ahok: the Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) Supports Pertamina to Improve Strategy

PT Pertamina (Persero) Chief Commissioner Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said the government supported the BUMN's move to improve its strategy.

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama aka Ahok

"The point is that the Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) will fully support me so that all the goals of the President are achieved," said Ahok, Basuki's nickname, at the Bina Graha Building in Jakarta.

Presidential Chief of Staff General Moeldoko

Ahok has met with Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko to discuss a number of issues including efforts at the direction of the President to reduce the price of industrial gas, as well as managing strategies at PT Pertamina.

Regarding high gas prices for industries, Ahok explained that the government already knew of inefficient parties in managing gas distribution. To eradicate the oil and gas mafia to reduce the price of industrial gas, Ahok handed it over to the government.

the oil and gas mafia

     Meanwhile, Moeldoko said legal efforts to overcome the oil and gas mafia would be considered.

"The point is that all of the President's policies in the context of oil and gas must be able to run as well as possible and there is nothing that can block them," said Moeldoko.

President Joko Widodo said Moeldoko, often emphasized the improvement of the oil and gas sector so as to reduce the price of industrial gas. This is needed so that the competitiveness of the domestic industry increases and can provide efficiency on the production line.

Investor Daily, Page-9, Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020

Java FSRU 1 Ship Construction Progress Reaches 65%

The progress of the construction of the floating storage Regasification unit (FSRU) as part of the Java 1 Steam Gas Power Plant project has reached 62.5%. Upstream Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) Dharmawan H Samsu welcomed positively and appreciated all those who had contributed to the construction process of the Java 1 FSRU project, including the shipbuilding contractor, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

This release is an important stage for completing the scope of the Java project 1. We hope that the success of the achievement can continue so that the entire project is completed on target, "he said.

The release of the Java 1 FSRU Ship took place at the SHI shipyard in Geoje-si, South Korea, last Saturday (11/1).

Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU)

Dharmawan revealed, Pertamina hopes that SHI can complete the construction of the Java 1 FSRU ship on time, on quality, on budget and according to requirements. Later, the FSRU will become the main supporting facility for Java PLTGU 1. The construction of the Java 1 FSRU ship is projected to be completed in November 2020 and enter Indonesian waters in mid-January 2021.

The commissioning of FSRU vessel regasification is targeted for March 2021. The FSRU will rationalize the LNG, which originates from BP Tangguh, Papua, then supplies the gas produced to the Java 1 PLTGU plant. Meanwhile, the PLTGU's commercial operation target is December 2021.

Kontan, Page-14, Tuesday, Jan 14, 2020