BPK Highlights Indonesia's Reserves of Fuel Oil, LPG, and Fertiliser
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has announced the Semester II Audit Summary Report (IHPS) for 2025 to the House of Representatives (DPR), including findings of significant strategic issues for the nation.
BPK Chair Isma Yatun stated that several significant problems require joint attention, ranging from energy resilience issues, such as inadequate supplies of fuel oil (BBM) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
“In the audit of energy resilience in the oil and natural gas sector, problems were found regarding the inadequacy of fulfilling energy reserves from BBM and LPG as mandated by the national energy policy, which could affect the effectiveness of government efforts in achieving energy resilience targets in the upstream oil and gas sector,” said Isma Yatun at the DPR Plenary Meeting Room in Jakarta on Tuesday (21/4/2026).
Nevertheless, regarding this issue, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia stated that the government has secured Indonesia’s crude oil supply until December 2026.
This is particularly after the bilateral meeting between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (13/4/2026) in Russia.
“For crude oil, one year from this month until December, insya Allah, it is already secure. So we don’t need to worry; we just need to increase production from our refineries,” he said when met after a Limited Meeting with President Prabowo at the State Palace on Thursday (16/4/2026).
In addition, according to Bahlil, his side is also continuously conducting intensive communication regarding LPG supplies for Indonesia from Russia. As is known, Indonesia imports around 7 million tonnes of LPG every year.
“Besides that, we are also communicating regarding LPG. We know that our LPG imports are around 7 million tonnes every year, and now we are diversifying, and insya Allah we will also receive support, but this still requires effort and communication in two or three stages. But for crude, I think it’s almost final,” he said.
Besides energy resilience issues, Isma Yatun revealed that fertiliser supply problems are still inefficient because gas consumption for ammonia plants at PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) is still higher than the standard due to the old age of the plants.
“In the audit of fertiliser governance policies and availability, inefficiencies were found, namely the average gas consumption ratio for PT Pupuk Indonesia Persero’s ammonia plants being higher than the standard due to factors such as the old age of the plants, inadequate plant maintenance, and high number of plant downtime days,” she explained.
Furthermore, there are issues related to revenue, costs, and investments in state-owned bank BUMNs managing housing projects that remain risky. This is particularly due to weaknesses in monitoring and supervision of credit documents.
“In the audit of revenue, costs, and investments in BUMNs, among other things, weaknesses in monitoring and supervision of credit documents and lack of prudence in managing home loan mortgages were found, potentially harming BTN, and prolonged resolution of certificates,” emphasised Isma Yatun.
Finally, from the audit results on profit-sharing from oil and natural gas projects, alias upstream oil and gas, at SKK Migas, K3S Petronas, K3S Ketapang II, and K3S PT Pertamina EP, operational cost issues amounting to Rp 2.17 trillion were found that should not be charged as cost recovery.
From these findings, BPK, according to Isma Yatun, has also provided 785,257 recommendations to the audited entities, with a follow-up percentage of 80.5%.
From the follow-up of these recommendations, BPK has saved state money and assets in the form of asset handover or payment of money to the state treasury, regions, or companies from the 2025 audit results up to Semester I-2025 amounting to Rp 161.72 trillion, with Rp 3.15 trillion of which coming from the Semester I-2025 audit results.