Become An Oil Delivery Line From The Middle East, This Is The Role Of The Strait Of Hormuz

Director General of Oil and Gas (Migas) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Tutuka Ariadji. (Photo: Mery Handayani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Director General of Oil and Gas (Migas) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Tutuka Ariadji revealed the important role of the Strait of Hormuz which is the oil delivery route from the Middle East.

Tutuka said the strait that separates Iran and the United Arab Emirates was an important route for distributing oil to various countries. This Strait determines the smooth running of Indonesia's oil supply which is widely imported from Saudi Arabia. Especially now that the conflict between Israel and Iran is heating up.

"So it is very decisive (Horruz Strait), Pertamina must respond to this, including the fulfillment of the supply, which I said earlier had a contract," said Tutuka when met by the media at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Building, Tuesday, April 16.

Tutuka explained, in a day this strait was passed by tens of thousands of ships containing millions of barrels of oil.

"That's a significant number going through there of more than 20 thousand Vessels, a total of tens of millions of barrels," he said.

Taking into account the importance of the role of the Strait of Hormuz, Tutuka said that his party together with Pertamina as a business entity are still conducting in-depth studies related to alternatives and the impacts that will be caused by the conflict between Iran and Israel.

Related to this, Tutuka said that his party together with Pertamina have been looking for reserves for imports of crude oil from other countries to secure domestic oil supplies.

"We open the possibility (of crude oil imports) in many places and alternatives. We identify which one is the most suitable. Sometimes there are oil reserves but not necessarily the type of fluid or oil matches our refinery," he explained.

So far, said Tutuka, the conflict between the two countries in the Middle East has not had a significant impact on tankers transporting oil to Indonesia.

"There is no problem yet. But if there are problems such as an increase in conflict escalation, it will be vulnerable," concluded Tutuka.