"If all these (RON 92, RON 95, and RON 98) are available, that means we will no longer need to import," he said when met in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The minister is currently working to increase Indonesian refinery production capacity for these three types of fuel oil to meet domestic demand.
Once Indonesia can produce these three types of fuel itself, Lahadalia ensured that imports will be stopped.
Furthermore, private gas station operators, such as Shell, bp, and Vivo, are projected to purchase fuel from the state-owned oil company, Pertamina.
"So, please buy from Pertamina. However, as long as our production capacity is still insufficient to meet consumption, we will still have to import temporarily," he added.
For now, he stated that private gas stations are still given quotas to import fuel. However, the minister is still calculating the range for each private gas station.
According to him, the import quotas are given due to a shortfall in Pertamina's production capacity to meet current demand.
On Monday (January 12), Lahadalia accompanied President Prabowo Subianto at the inauguration of the Balikpapan Refinery revitalization project, also known as the Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP).
This project is expected to cut gasoline imports by up to 5.8 million kiloliters (KL) per year.
Lahadalia then conveyed that national demand reaches approximately 38.5 million kiloliters per year, while domestic production is approximately 14.27 million KL.
This demand consists of 28.9 million KL of RON 90 gasoline per year, 8.7 million KL of RON 92 gasoline per year, and approximately 650,000 KL of RON 95 and RON 98 gasoline per year.
Through the optimization of the Balikpapan Refinery's RDMP, production of gasoline with an octane rating above RON 90 could be increased to 5.8 million KL per year.
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Translator: Putu Indah S, Resinta Sulistiyandari
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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