"Pertamina has included Kotabaru as one of its locations to build oil refinery plants," Pertamina`s Vice President for Asset Management Ghatot Harsono was quoted as saying by Irhami here on Saturday.
Irham hailed the Pertamina plan to build new oil refinery plant in the district.
He said that Kotabaru had deep sea waters and was used as an international shipping lane. This enabled large tonnage of ships to moor at its seaport.
"I have asked the village administration officials to prepare the required conditions for the development of an oil refinery plant in Kotabaru," the district head said.
Pertamina currently operates six refineries with a total unit capacity of up to one million barrels of crude oil per day.
The six refineries are located in Dumai Riau with a capacity of 170,000 barrels per day, Plaju South Sumatra with capacity of 118,000 barrels, Cilacap Central Java with capacity of 348,000 barrels, Balikpapan East Kalimantan with capacity of 260,000 barrels, Balongan West Java with capacity of 125,000 barrels, and Kasim West Papua with 10,000 barrels capacity
The refinery has the potential to be integrated with the petrochemical business, so it can create added value to Indonesian natural resources.
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