Pertamina Prepares This Strategy to Boost National Oil and Gas Production
Pertamina is continuously strengthening strategic steps based on global collaboration to drive an increase in national oil and gas (migas) production. One of these involves bolstering research, particularly in the development of unconventional oil and gas exploitation technologies.
This is reflected in a meeting between Pertamina’s Deputy Director, Oki Muraza, and the Head of the Petroleum Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines, Jennifer L. Miskimins. Under the main theme “Collaboration for Supporting the Production Increase”, both parties plan to collaborate with a focus on strengthening education and research as the foundation for boosting oil and gas production, especially from unconventional resources (unconventional oil & gas).
Both sides discussed opportunities for strategic cooperation encompassing joint research on complex reservoirs, the development of unconventional oil and gas exploitation technologies, and enhancing human resource capacity through advanced education programmes and academic exchanges. This approach is seen as crucial to addressing the challenges of declining production from conventional oil and gas fields that have entered the mature phase.
Oki Muraza emphasised that the company is currently implementing various efforts to increase national oil and gas production.
“Pertamina is currently focusing on developing existing fields while also promoting the development of unconventional reservoirs. To this end, we are continuously strengthening our capabilities, knowledge, and mastery of technology to support sustainable production optimisation,” he stated in an official remark on Wednesday (6/5/2026).
From an academic perspective, Colorado School of Mines is recognised as one of the world’s leading institutions in energy and petroleum engineering, with strengths in developing technologies and research on unconventional resources, including shale oil, tight oil, and oil shale. Its experience in developing low-permeability reservoirs and mastery of technologies such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling make Mines a strategic partner in supporting the transformation of Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas industry.
Jennifer L. Miskimins conveyed that her side welcomes this collaboration opportunity positively and is ready to provide support in line with its expertise, particularly in technology development and scientific approaches for unconventional oil & gas.
The discussion also covered opportunities for trilateral collaboration involving Universitas Pertamina as part of strengthening the national education and research ecosystem. This cooperation is directed towards developing joint education programmes, establishing a centre for unconventional oil and gas research in Indonesia, and strengthening industry-needs-based curricula.
This step is considered strategic in building technological self-reliance while ensuring the sustainability of human resource development in the energy sector. The integration between industry and academia is expected to accelerate the technology transfer process more effectively.
As part of its long-term strategy, Pertamina continues to promote the development of unconventional oil and gas to offset the natural decline in production from conventional fields. Resources such as shale oil, tight oil, and coal bed methane are assessed to have significant potential, although they require more complex technological and engineering approaches.
Through structured global collaboration based on research, Pertamina reaffirms its commitment to accelerating the increase in national oil and gas production while strengthening Indonesia’s energy resilience amid the dynamics of the global energy transition.