Two New LPG Plants Set to Operate at the End of This Month
The head of the Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas), Djoko Siswanto, stated that two Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants will begin operations at the end of this month. The plants are located in Cilamaya, West Java, and Tuban, East Java.
“Approximately 200 metric tonnes per day (estimated production), they can be inaugurated this April,” he said during a hearing with Commission XII of the House of Representatives (DPR RI) in Jakarta on Wednesday, 8 April 2026.
Based on the data presented by Djoko, the Cilamaya LPG Plant, built by PT Energi Nusantara Perkasa, is estimated to produce 163 metric tonnes per day. Meanwhile, the Tuban LPG Plant, constructed by PT Sumber Aneka Gas, is estimated to produce 30 metric tonnes per day.
Construction of the Cilamaya LPG Plant is 92.9 per cent complete, and testing has been conducted on the feed gas line facilities, lean gas line, and flare system. It is currently finalising installations in the LPG processing area, product pipeline route, and LPG and condensate unloading terminal. The Tuban LPG Plant is currently undergoing facility testing.
Djoko said there will be construction of the Jambi Merang LPG Plant in Jambi, planned to operate in the second quarter of 2027, with a production capacity of 320 metric tonnes per day. Additionally, construction of the Senoro LPG Plant in Central Sulawesi will begin next month, estimated to produce 54 metric tonnes per day.
In East Java, an LPG Plant with a production capacity of 50 metric tonnes per day will also be built, targeting operations in 2027. “Insha Allah, the President is also planned to inaugurate these LPG plants,” Djoko stated.
Although there will be additional domestic production, LPG needs are still dominated by imports. The Secretary of the Directorate General of Oil and Gas of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Muhammad Rizwi Jilanisaf Hisja, said the national LPG requirement is 25,000 metric tonnes per day in 2025, rising to 26,000 metric tonnes per day in January-February 2026.
“With challenges in the Strait of Hormuz, countries other than those in the Middle East will become the most dominant alternative for LPG imports in 2026,” Rizwi said during the same hearing.
According to Ministry of ESDM data, Indonesia imported the most LPG from the United States at 70.07 per cent in 2025, followed by the United Arab Emirates (11.88 per cent), Qatar (11.84 per cent), and Kuwait (2.43 per cent). This year up to 1 April, imports are still predominantly from the United States (68.91 per cent), United Arab Emirates (11.83 per cent), Saudi Arabia (7.36 per cent), and Qatar (5.21 per cent).