These 3 Programmes Lead KPI RU VI Balongan to Achieve PROPER Gold 2025

PT KPI RU VI Balongan (RU VI Balongan) has successfully received an award from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) in the Company Performance Rating Programme (PROPER) for 2025. PROPER Gold is the highest accolade given to companies with superior environmental performance, sustainability, and social responsibility. This achievement was attained through three flagship programmes by the company aimed at efficiency measures that reduce emissions, thereby positively impacting the environment and sustainability. The award was personally presented by the Minister of Environment and Forestry/Head of the Environmental Management Agency, Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, to the company’s representatives during the PROPER Environmental Awards event at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), Jakarta, on Tuesday (7/4/2026). The company’s highlighted programmes include the Boiler Optimisation Programme, which utilises excess gas from Pertagas open access pipelines as a replacement for fuel oil, achieving energy savings of 254,093 GJ. Additionally, there is the Polisher Operation Optimisation Programme, which replaces resin types to reduce regeneration cycles, resulting in water savings of 499,560 m³. Furthermore, the KLBB Flare Reduction Programme leverages excess gas as production fuel, lowering emissions by 81,732.2 tonnes of CO2 equivalent. For information, PT KPI RU VI Balongan (RU VI Balongan) is the sixth of seven refineries under PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (PT KPI), with its primary business activity being the processing of crude oil into fuel oil (BBM), non-BBM products, and petrochemicals. Located in Indramayu Regency, West Java, RU VI Balongan was inaugurated by Indonesian President Soeharto on 24 May 1995. RU VI Balongan is a heavy crude oil processing refinery with a processing capacity of 150,000 barrels per day.