Indonesia Targets End to Diesel Imports by 2026, Private Fuel Stations Already Purchasing from Pertamina

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) states that private fuel station businesses have already purchased diesel fuel (BBM) from PT Pertamina (Persero).

This follows the government’s mandate requiring private fuel stations to buy diesel from domestic production starting April 2026.

“Yes, they have. If you ask the private sector, they definitely have,” said the Director General of Oil and Gas (Dirjen Migas) of the Ministry of ESDM, Laode Sulaeman, when met at the Ministry of ESDM in Jakarta on Wednesday (6/5/2026).

“Actually, since it was announced, meetings have already been held. So it’s already underway,” he said.

Previously, the policy of purchasing diesel from domestic production is part of the government’s strategy to stop diesel imports.

That plan was revealed by Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia to President Prabowo Subianto during the Full Cabinet Meeting at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday (15/12/2025).

The largest oil refinery modernisation and development project undertaken by PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (KPI) will have a crude oil processing capacity of around 260,000 barrels per day increasing to 360,000 barrels per day.

With this addition, national diesel consumption needs are deemed able to be met from domestic production.

Thus, the government has set that starting this year, there will be no need to import diesel.

Furthermore, if the refinery project is combined with the implementation of the B50 mandate, Indonesia has the potential to experience a diesel surplus of around 4 million tonnes.

This is because the implementation of B50, which is the blending of diesel with 50 percent palm oil or fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), will reduce diesel consumption.