Indonesia Still Exports Crude Oil, Here is the Data
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Special Task Force for the Implementation of Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) has revealed that Indonesia is still exporting crude oil. However, the volume of crude oil exports remains relatively very small compared to the total national oil production.
SKK Migas head Djoko Siswanto stated that almost all oil production from Contractors of Cooperation Contracts (KKKS) operating domestically is now allocated for domestic refinery needs. In fact, he added, nearly 100% of the total national oil production is now directed to the domestic refinery market.
One of the oil and gas companies selling its oil production for processing at domestic refineries is ExxonMobil. This US-based company is the largest oil producer in Indonesia, specifically from the Cepu Block.
“Now it’s already 90, nearly 98%, which is an improvement,” Djoko said when asked about the portion of national oil production processed at domestic refineries.
“Alhamdulillah, for ExxonMobil’s KKKS portion, it’s already 100% processed domestically. Medco is just waiting for a letter from the Minister. I actually already sent a letter that their export contract, in the contract clause with the foreign buyer, if the government needs it, then the shipment can be postponed to the following year,” Djoko explained when met at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources office in Jakarta, quoted on Wednesday (8/4/2026).
To date, the government has not issued an official policy on a total ban on crude oil exports. Djoko said his side continues to provide export space for companies bound by contracts, but still conducts negotiations if domestic needs increase.
“This year there isn’t any, no policy this year to give export recommendations except for those already contracted. For those already contracted, we negotiate the contracts because there is a clause to stop or postpone the implementation, that requires a government policy,” he added.
With new discoveries from oil and gas fields and the results of negotiations to redirect export cargoes, his side is optimistic that domestic energy resilience will be maintained. The strategy of prioritising domestic supply is expected to continue increasing the national absorption of oil and gas in the future.
“So the important thing is to fill the domestic needs first, the rest can still be exported,” he concluded.
Indonesia’s Oil Export Data
Citing data from the Handbook of Energy and Economic 2024 released by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in 2025, Indonesia still exports crude oil to various countries.
The export destinations are Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and other countries.
For example, in 2024, Indonesia recorded crude oil exports of 27.19 million barrels. This export volume was recorded as “only” about 13% of Indonesia’s total crude oil production of 212.33 million barrels in 2024.
This crude oil export volume was observed to have decreased in 2022, but rose again in 2023 and 2024.
Indonesia exported 25.9 million barrels of crude oil in 2019. Then, it increased in 2020 to 31.4 million barrels per year. It increased again in 2021 to 43.7 million barrels per year.
Then, it decreased in 2022 to 15.4 million barrels per year. In 2023, Indonesia exported 21.3 million barrels of crude oil. Then, it increased again in 2024 to 27.1 million barrels per year.
Here is Indonesia’s oil export data for 2019-2024 along with the destination countries. Citing data from the Handbook of Energy and Economic 2024 released by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources:
2019: 25.97 million barrels/year (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and others)
2020: 31.44 million barrels/year (South Korea, Singapore, and others)
2021: 43.76 million barrels/year (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and others)
2022: 15.49 million barrels/year (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and others)
2023: 21.39 million barrels/year (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and others)
2024: 27.19 million barrels/year (Japan, Singapore, and others).