Tag: Energy

The government continues to accelerate measures towards energy self-sufficiency, putting oil&gas projects as the main pillar, with the Gendalo Gandang (Indonesia Deepwater Development) being determined as the latest project under the National Strategic Project (PSN) category based on Regulation of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy No. 6/2024. […]

The Association of Indonesian Oil and Gas Companies (Aspermigas) assesses that the energy self-sufficiency target set by President Prabowo Subianto will be difficult to achieve if illegal drilling is still rampant. […]

Head of The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKK Migas), Djoko Siswanto, has opened up the opportunity for cooperatives to manage oil wells that have been illegally drilled by the communities without permission. […]

PT Pertamina Hulu Rokan (PHR), an upstream subholding of State energy company PT Pertamina, has made history in the national oil and gas industry after discovering the first unconventional oil and gas (MNK) resource in Indonesia, namely the Gulamo DET-1 Well in the Rokan Block, Dumai, Riau. […]

Cement and building material company Siam Cement Group (SCG) says it is not interested in producing ammonia and green hydrogen in the near future upon learning form results of the company’s own study that the production cost of the two gases is still too costly. […]

Krakatau Chandra Energi (KCE), a subsidiary of PT Chandra Asri Pacific (TPIA), has planned to expand into a number of renewable energy projects, through the acquisition of hydropower plants (PLTMH) in Java. This acquisition aims to increase the capacity of the green energy mix in supporting the sustainability of the company’s operations. […]

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia has issued a stern warning to Oil and Gas Contractors (KKKS) − revocation of oil and gas work area (WK) at the maximum − for their failure to immediately implement the already agreed Plan of Development (PoD). […]

Business competition in the downstream oil and gas sector, particularly in the distribution of fuel oil, is increasingly difficult for foreign players, an industry player has said. […]

PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ), an upstream subholding of State energy company PT Pertamina, has begun the construction of the OOA Platform, part of the OO-OX Field development project off the Java Sea, marked by the cutting of the offshore platform plate in Bintan, Riau Islands, on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. […]

The President Prabowo Subianto administration has plans to increase electricity capacity by 103 gigawatts (GW) in 15 years, some 75 GW of which will come from new and renewable energy plants, 5 GW from nuclear power plants, and the rest from gas-powered plants. […]

Pertamina New and Renewable Energy (Pertamina NRE), in collaboration with PT Sinergi Gula Nusantara (SGN), plans to construct a bioethanol plant in Banyuwangi, East Java, with an annual production capacity of 30,000 kiloliters. […]

The Ministry of ESDM has announced plan to establish LPG production plant using local propane and butane resources. With production capacity could range from 1.5 to 2 million tons annually, to address the country’s high LPG demand, which far exceeds its domestic production capabilities. […]

Energy company PT TBS Energi Utama (TOBA) is set to have two new renewable energy (EBT) power plant projects in Sumatra − a mini hydro power plant (PLTMH) in Lampung and a floating solar power plant (PLTS) in Tembesi Reservoir, Batam −next year. […]

Celios has criticized Indonesia’s push for CCS technology, labeling it a “false solution” in the nation’s energy transition efforts. Bhima Yudhistira, Executive Director of Celios, argued that CCS enables continued fossil fuel dependency rather than encouraging industries to switch to cleaner energy sources. […]

Indonesian State-owned fertilizer holding company PT Pupuk Indonesia unveiled the groundbreaking Green Ammonia Initiative from Aceh (GAIA), the world’s first hybrid ammonia project, during the UN Climate Change Summit (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. […]

Oil exploration and production company, Prima Energy Northwest Natuna Pte. Ltd. (PENN) is developing the Ande-Ande Lumut (AAL) oil field in the Northwest Natuna working area, which is estimated to produce 20,000 barrels oil per day (BOPD) from the current 2,020 BOPD. […]

State-owned energy company PT Pertamina is strengthening its low-carbon business to support the government’s energy transition target through innovation and utilization of advanced technology to reduce carbon emissions throughout its business processes. […]

The Ministry of ESDM recently revealed a massive oil and gas potential in Warim, a region in Papua. According to the Head of the Geological Agency, Muhammad Wafid, Warim’s resources could produce up to 1 million barrels of oil per day, comparable to nearby reserves in Papua New Guinea. […]

PT Geo Dipa Energi plans to expand its geothermal power capacity by adding seven new units at the Mount Patuha Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP) in Bandung, West Java. The Patuha Unit 2 is expected to commence operations by 2027, with the third unit targeted for 2032. […]

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia inaugurated Djoko Siswanto as Head of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKK Migas) on Thursday, November 7, 2024. […]

Pertamina Patra Niaga, a subsidiary of State-owned energy company PT Pertamina, plans to begin production of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel at its Dumai refinery in Riau. Currently, HVO production is based at the Cilacap refinery in Central Java. […]

Two subsidiaries of State energy company PT Pertamina − PT Pertamina EP (PEP) and PT Pertamina Hulu Sanga-Sanga (PHSS) − are embroiled in the Borderless Program, a breakthrough scheme to increase oil and gas production in Sanga-sanga area of East Kalimantan, the overlapping work area (WK) of both companies. […]

The government, through the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKK Migas), along with a number of oil&gas contractors, was recently on a four-day roadshow in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) inviting global investors to get involved in tapping and managing upstream oil and gas potentials in Indonesia. […]

PLN Indonesia Power (PLN IP), through its joint venture subsidiary PT Trina Mas Agra Indonesia (TMAI), inaugurated on Friday, November 1, 2024 an integrated solar panel factory in Kendal, Central Java, with an initial production capacity of 1 Gigawatt Peak (GWp). […]

The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKK Migas) on Friday, November 1, 2024, reassembled CEOs of oil and gas contractors (KKKS) for input sharing on products inventory and measures to increase volume of production. […]

The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKK Migas) and Oil&Gas Contractor INPEX Masela, LTD., a subsidiary of INPEX Corporation (INPEX), met along with the Maluku Provincial Administration on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, to discuss measures to develop the Abadi Gas Field Project in Masela Block. […]

The Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center (PYC), an energy think tank, has emphasized that the development of renewable energy (RE) in Indonesia is a critical factor for attracting multinational companies to invest in the country. […]

A research team from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Gadjah Mada −University (UGM) has developed a new wind turbine, named “Antasena,” to optimize new and renewable energy (EBT) utilization in Indonesia’s remote and underdeveloped regions, commonly known as 3T areas (frontier, outermost, and underdeveloped regions). […]

Pertamina Hulu Rokan (PHR), a subsidiary of State energy company PT Pertamina, has shown significant progress in the development of Unconventional Oil and Gas (MNK) project in the Rokan Working Area (WK) is support the national energy production target achievement. […]

The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKK Migas) is aggressively pushing for an increase in national oil and gas production by reactivating wells that have long been inactive or idle. […]