Top! Pertamina International Refinery Fuel Production Tembus 336 Million Barrels

JAKARTA - PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional has experienced an increase in fuel production (BBM) this year. The company successfully processed 336 million barrels of crude oil. KPI President Director Taufik Aditiyawarman explained that this figure was an increase from last year which was recorded and successfully processed by KPI only reached 331 million barrels due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"After this pandemic, 2021 is cooked 331 million barrels a year. Maybe 2022 at 336 million barrels per year. More," he said when met at BNDCC, Nusa Dua, Bali, Thursday, November 24.

Per day, said Taufik, Pertamina International Refinery capacity is able to process 1,050,000 barrels. Meanwhile, currently KPI can process 700 to 800 thousand barrels per day. Thus, continued Taufik, this amount is about 90 percent of the maximum capacity.

The total production of 1,050,000 barrels per day consists of 65 percent domestic and 35 percent imports.

Meanwhile, for the portion of imports, the majority is met from the Middle East.

"There are various (original import countries). But the biggest one is Middle East, Arab, Algeria," he explained.