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Pertamina cuts supply to gutted Balongan refinery for a week: SKK Migas
The upstream industry regulator has announced an emergency stoppage of oil and gas supply to the Balongan refinery, where two tanks were still on fire as of Wednesday morning.
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An oil and gas platform in the Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) block, operated by state-owned giant Pertamina, is seen in this undated photograph. (SKK Migas/Handout)
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he Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) block operated by Pertamina has stopped supplying oil and gas to the Balongan refinery in Indramayu, West Java, after the refinery was shut down following a raging inferno that started around 1 a.m. on Monday.
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The Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKK Migas) released a statement on Tuesday announcing that the ONWJ block was expected to cut supplying the refinery with 10 metric standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas it used for internal operations.
The state-owned oil and gas giant operates both the ONWJ block and the Balongan refinery through its respective subsidiaries, PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ) and PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (KPI).
“Following SKK Migas’ coordination with Pertamina, the [gas supply] stoppage is expected to last one week,” SKK Migas spokesperson Susana Kurniasih said in the statement.
She added that the joint mitigation measures would ensure that “the Balongan refinery fire will not affect Indonesia's oil production”.
Maintaining steady output at the block is key to fulfilling Indonesia’s 2030 energy target of producing 1 million barrels of oil per day (bopd) and 12,300 mmscfd of gas as part of the government’s bid to shrink the trade deficit.
