Foreign Minister Assures Secure Energy Supply Despite Pertamina Ships Detained in Hormuz

JAKARTA - Foreign Minister Sugiono has assured that Indonesia’s energy supply is secure despite two Pertamina ships still being detained in the Strait of Hormuz.

“What we all need to remember is that, firstly, our energy position is relatively secure as conveyed by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources,” Sugiono stated during a press conference at the Office of the Presidential Staff, in the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, on Wednesday (22/4/2026).

“Moreover, the supplies we receive do not all pass through Hormuz,” he added.

According to Sugiono, the volume in question is still relatively small when compared to Indonesia’s energy needs.

“If, for example, it is juxtaposed with our energy requirements, it constitutes a relatively small need. So the comparison is more or less like that. So that we do not lose sight of the picture. Do not let the speck across the ocean be visible while the elephant under our noses is not,” he said.

According to Sugiono, the government’s success in maintaining fuel oil supplies is greater than the issue of the two detained ships.

“Without intending to belittle this problem. But I want to place this in a proportional perspective,” Sugiono added.

Furthermore, Sugiono stated that Pertamina also has several oil supply fields in other locations.

“Other destination countries, of course, include Russia yesterday, and I think it is also a strategic alternative,” he said.

“Additionally, sources from the United States in recent times have also involved some discussions that I have followed, in relation to fulfilling energy and fuel supplies,” Sugiono added.