Pertamina plans to import jet fuel<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State-owned oil company Pertamina will import
\njet fuel to supply domestic needs, Pertamina's president Faisal
\nAbda'oe announced yesterday in response to the seven oil storage
\ntanks that were destroyed by lightning in Cilacap, on the
\nsouthern coast of Central Java.<\/p>\n
\"In addition, jet fuel for Central Java will be shipped from
\nrefineries in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan and Dumai, South
\nSumatra,\" Abda'oe said after inspecting the damage on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He said for the time being jet fuel for Central Java will be
\nsupplied from Surabaya, East Java, while kerosene, gasoline and
\nautomotive diesel oil will be derived from the Lomanis Terminal
\nnear the Cilacap refinery.<\/p>\n
The fire on Tuesday destroyed seven of the 156 storage tanks
\nin Cilacap, causing a loss of 32,000 kiloliters (kl) of jet fuel,
\n19,372 kl of kerosene and 4,378 kl of naphta.<\/p>\n
Abda'oe said that the Cilacap refinery will resume jet fuel
\nproduction within three months after the three jet fuel tanks are
\nrebuilt.<\/p>\n
He said the refinery is expected to resume the production of
\nautomotive diesel oil within three weeks from now and kerosene
\nwithin two months.<\/p>\n
The Cilacap refinery, which has two units with a total
\nrefining capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, is Pertamina's
\nbiggest refinery.<\/p>\n
Pertamina currently has nine refineries with a combined
\nrefining capacity of 985,000 barrels per day, but domestic needs
\nare partially met with kerosene and automotive diesel oil
\nimported from Singapore.<\/p>\n
Abda'oe said the total losses caused by the fire were
\nestimated at Rp 75 billion (US$33.3 million) in terms of the
\nseven tanks, fuel oil stocks and other assets.<\/p>\n
All losses will be covered by the state-owned insurance
\ncompany PT Tugu Pratama Indonesia, he said.<\/p>\n
Two storage tanks in Cilacap were still ablaze yesterday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a Pertamina executive was quoted by Reuter as
\nsaying in Singapore yesterday that Pertamina will maximize jet
\nfuel output at two oil refineries, Dumai and Balikpapan, to cover
\nfor shortages following a fire at storage tanks at Cilacap
\nrefinery.<\/p>\n
Processing at the Dumai facility in Sumatra will be raised to
\nits full capacity of 120,000 barrels per day (bpd), from its
\ncurrent running rate of 80 percent, he said.<\/p>\n
The Balikpapan refinery in Kalimantan is already running at
\nfull capacity of 253,600 bpd, but production of jet fuel or
\naviation turbine fuel would be optimized, he added.<\/p>\n
He said whether or not production at the 125,000-bpd export-
\noriented Balongan refinery, West Java would be raised to full
\ncapacity is still being considered. Balongan is now running at 80
\npercent of capacity.(04)<\/p>",
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