Pertamina and the US Department of Energy Strengthen Energy Supply and Strategic Infrastructure
PT Pertamina (Persero) held a meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in Washington D.C. This meeting serves as a follow-up to the President’s directives following the working visit to the United States in February 2026, as well as part of Pertamina’s efforts to strengthen Indonesia–United States relations through exploring strategic cooperation in the energy sector.
The meeting was attended by Pertamina’s Deputy Director Oki Muraza, Corporate Secretary Arya Dwi Paramita, and several DOE officials, including Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Americas Elizabeth Urbanas, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Cooperation Aleshia Duncan, and Director of Asian Affairs Margaux Murali.
The discussions covered strengthening energy trade cooperation, energy supply security, oil and gas technology development, and opportunities for collaboration in developing non-conventional hydrocarbons between the two countries.
Pertamina’s Deputy Director, Oki Muraza, stated that the United States is one of Pertamina’s strategic partners in supporting national energy resilience.
“Indonesia is one of the countries with the fastest energy consumption growth in the Asia Pacific region, thus requiring a secure, affordable, and sustainable energy supply. Therefore, Pertamina continues to strengthen strategic partnerships with the United States to support energy supply security, technology development, and enhancement of the national energy sector’s capacity,” said Oki.
Currently, the United States is one of Pertamina’s main energy suppliers. More than 70 percent of Indonesia’s LPG imports come from the United States, with a volume of around more than 5 million MT in 2025.
To maintain energy supply certainty and support domestic price stability, Pertamina is also pushing for strengthened long-term cooperation through long-term contract (LTC) schemes with energy producers and exporters from the United States.
In addition to LPG, Pertamina is continuing to explore crude oil imports from the United States. In line with the development of national refinery capacity through the Refinery Development Master Plan (RDMP), Pertamina sees opportunities to increase processing of light sweet crude types such as WTI from the United States.
In the meeting, Pertamina and the DOE also discussed opportunities for knowledge sharing regarding the management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the development of energy storage infrastructure to strengthen national energy resilience and anticipate potential global supply disruptions.