Balongan to resume operation next week<\/p>\n
Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Indramayu, West Java<\/p>\n
State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina expects its Balongan
\noil refinery in Indramayu, West Java, to resume full operation on
\nFeb. 4.<\/p>\n
Spokesman of Pertamina's Indramayu operation Suwandi said on
\nTuesday that repairs were currently in progress.<\/p>\n
\"We hope that the RRC unit will be repaired by Feb. 4, and the
\nrefinery can resume full operation,\" he told reporters, referring
\nto the facility's residue catalytic cracker unit, which processes
\ncrude into fuel products.<\/p>\n
The RRC unit suffered a break down on Jan. 21, three months
\nafter the Balongan refinery completed routine overhaul work. The
\nbreakdown has caused the production capacity of the Balongan
\nrefinery to drop by 60 percent from its full capacity of 125,000
\nbarrels of oil per day.<\/p>\n
The Balongan facility is the country's main refinery because
\nit processes low quality crude into high quality fuel products
\nparticularly for the highly populated West Java and Jakarta
\nmarket.<\/p>\n
Pertamina has said domestic fuel consumption of around 1.1
\nmillion barrels per day would not be under threat because the
\ncompany has secured an import contract from Singapore to fill the
\nproduction gap and ensure a 22 day to 25 day supply.<\/p>\n
The current breakdown is the fifth such incident at the
\nBalongan facility since it began operation in 1994.<\/p>\n
Suwandi said that the cause of the current breakdown was not
\nknown.<\/p>",
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