Drawing on Japan, Bahlil Set to Expand Indonesia's Fuel Storage Capacity from 25 to 90 Days
Jakarta — Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bahlil Lahadalia, will increase the storage capacity of fuel stockpiles from the current 25–26 days to 90 days, or about three months.
‘In fact, our energy resilience, our storage, is at a maximum of 25–26 days, not more than that,’ Bahlil said at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 3 March 2026.
He made the statement in response to a comparison of Indonesia’s energy resilience with Japan, where Indonesia’s stock of fuel can last less than 30 days, while Japan has fuel stock for 254 days ahead.
The gap is caused by Indonesia’s limited storage. ‘Now if we import that much (as Japan does), where would we store it? That is our problem,’ he said.
Therefore, the government is currently trying to build storage with a capacity of 90 days or three months. The aim is to align with international standards.
Bahlil confirmed that the feasibility study for the plan to build larger-capacity storage is ongoing. He targets that the storage will begin construction in 2026, and the plan is to build it in the Sumatra region.
As for current supply resilience, Bahlil noted that stocks of crude oil, BBM, and LPG are, on average, above the government’s minimum resilience standard. The minimum standard set by the government of Indonesia is 23 days.
‘So, in preparing for Eid al-Fitr and the fasting month, alhamdulillah I can say that stocks of BBM, crude, LPG are all above the national minimum standard,’ he said.
It is known that Indonesia’s energy resilience has recently been the subject of public scrutiny amid the conflict between the United States-Israel and Iran.
Where the US-Israel air strikes against Iran were expanding on Monday, 2 March 2026, with Israel attacking Lebanon and Iran retaliating by attacking energy infrastructure in Gulf states and tanker ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Tankers and container ships have also been avoiding that waterway, as insurers have canceled coverage for those ships, while global shipping rates for oil and gas have surged.