GRR Tuban Refinery Construction Process Already 49 Percent, Pertamina Rosneft Prepares Continued Process Until 2023

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JAKARTA - The National Strategic Project (PSN) of the Tuban Grass Root Refinery (GRR) refinery is entering the finalization of a detailed design or Front End Engineering Design (FEED), which is equivalent to 49 percent of the oil refinery construction process.

Director of Development of PT Pertamina Rosneft Processing and Petrochemical (PRPP) Eriyadi estimates that the FEED process will be completed in May 2022.

He reported that the FEED progress as of March 31, 2022 reached 90.99 percent, or faster than the target of 87.84 percent.

"This process is expected to produce extra complex design designs to process crude oil into international standard fuel and petrochemical products," he said in a statement received by VOI, Thursday, April 21.

The Company has been running FEED activities since March 16, 2021 in collaboration with Tecnicas Reunidas SA (TRSA), a company based in Spain and engaged in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) as an engineering design contractor. In the FEED stage, TRSA develops the design of open-art units, off-site facilities and utilities, monitoring and integration of the overall design, including design data from the technology licensor.

"The achievement that exceeded this target was due to the collaboration of the PRPP Engineering Team with TRSA as a solid FEED contractor to ensure the completion of FEED. Don't forget to also support other functions and PRPP management for this FEED work," he continued.

Simultaneously, cooperation with strategic partners is maintained, including with PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) for the supply of electricity at the construction stage and Kris Energi for the supply of gas. Likewise with stakeholders for the provision of infrastructure such as the Demak–Tuban toll road, reactivation of the Babat–Tuban railway, support for tax incentives, and other support needed to support the Tuban GRR refinery.

Meanwhile, the land clearing process organized by the Pertamina GRR Tuban team is running simultaneously and has now entered stage IV.

In this phase, Pertamina GRR Tuban has set a target of clearing an area of 221.17 hectares (ha), including making temporary drainage and installing fences. The completion of land clearing stage IV as of March 31, 2022 is 49.01 percent, or faster than the target (45.38 percent) by involving more than 330 residents around the project area.

In total, the land clearing process for the Tuban GRR from stages I to IV has involved 1,220 workers, of which 99 percent are local residents.

During this process, the company maintains the principles of Occupational Health and Safety (K3) in the project environment. In the first quarter of 2022, the achievement of safe working hours for the Tuban GRR project, both in the Pertamina GRR Tuban team and in the PRPP, reached 403,496 hours. Cumulatively, the number of safe working hours for the Tuban GRR project since land clearing has been running has reached 3,536,663 hours.

Eriyadi added that after the FEED is completed, the company will enter the Final Investment Decision (FID) process at the shareholder level, to ensure the sustainability of the Tuban GRR project. Furthermore, the engineering, procurement and construction phases of the EPC are expected to start in the third quarter of 2023.

"Despite the dynamics of the current global situation that affects the oil and gas industry in general, PRPP and the Pertamina GRR Tuban Project team remain committed to continuing and completing the mandate that has been entrusted to us. We ask for prayers and support from all parties so that every stage we plan can run well and smoothly, including the FID process and the start of the EPC phase later in 2023," concluded Eriyadi.