Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison, This is Riva Siahaan's Journey in the Crude Oil Case
Jakarta, KOMPAS.com - The Director of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga (PPN), Riva Siahaan, has been sentenced to 9 years in prison in the case of corruption related to the management of crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina Persero.
“The court has found the defendant, Riva Siahaan, guilty and sentenced him to 9 years in prison and a fine of Rp 1 billion, or 190 days in prison,” said the Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Fajar Kusuma Aji, while reading the verdict in a hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Thursday (February 26, 2026).
The judge was convinced that Riva had committed a criminal act in the crude oil import project together with the Director of Marketing and Trading at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, Maya Kusmaya, and the VP of Trading Operations at PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, Edward Corne.
Overall, the state’s financial losses are estimated at $2,732,816,820.63 or $2.7 billion, and Rp25,439,881,674,368.30 or Rp 25.4 trillion.
Meanwhile, the panel of judges did not agree with the figure of economic losses to the state of Rp 171.9 trillion because this figure is considered not yet explainable.
The Defendants were found to have violated Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 paragraph c of Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001.
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) designated Riva Siahaan (RV), who at that time served as Director of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, as a suspect on Monday (February 24, 2025).
He was named a suspect in the case of alleged corruption in the management of crude oil and refinery products at PT Pertamina Subholding and Contractors of the Work Contract Cooperation (KKKS) in 2018–2023.
This case began when the government issued a Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Regulation No. 42 of 2018, which regulates the priority of utilizing crude oil to meet domestic needs.
Then, crude oil from the Contractors of the Work Contract Cooperation or KKKS private companies must be offered to PT Pertamina. If the offer is rejected by PT Pertamina, the rejection is used to submit a recommendation for export.
During this period, there was also State-Owned Crude Oil and Condensate (MMKBN) which was exported due to a reduction in the refinery’s production intake capacity due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, at the same time, PT Pertamina was actually importing crude oil to meet the refinery’s production intake.