Ensuring Energy Availability, Pertamina Forms Task Force for Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024

Jakarta, December 14, 2023 - PT Pertamina (Persero) has established a Task Force (Satgas) for Christmas and New Year (Nataru) 2024 to ensure energy availability for the public across Indonesia during the Christmas and New Year holiday period. The Nataru Pertamina Task Force will be active from December 15, 2023, to January 7, 2024.

According to data from the Ministry of Transportation, the movement of people during the Nataru 2023-2024 holiday potentially reaches 107.63 million individuals. There are approximately 87.19 million people traveling by land, 13.38 million by air/aircraft, and 10.64 million by sea/ship.

Fadjar Djoko Santoso, Vice President of Corporate Communication at PT Pertamina (Persero), stated that the Pertamina Group is ready to serve the public in celebrating Christmas and New Year 2024. The Nataru Task Force is responsible for all operational aspects, from upstream to downstream.

Pertamina has also coordinates with the Central and Regional Governments, other SOEs, and the TNI (Indonesian National Armed Forces) and Polri (Indonesian National Police) to ensure safe and smooth energy distribution.

"Nataru Task Force will operate from December 15, 2023, to January 7, 2024. Pertamina is on standby 24 hours to ensure energy supply and maintain the smooth distribution of energy with the support and cooperation of relevant agencies," Fadjar said.

On the upstream side, Fadjar added, through PT Pertamina Hulu Energi and its subsidiaries, they continue to maintain oil and gas production according to targets. The result is upstream oil and gas production reaching 1,044 MBOEPD (Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent/Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day) or more than one million barrels of oil per day. This achievement is from the management of 42 blocks.

In processing, through PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional, they have secured crude oil stocks in a safe position with a processing capacity of 1 million barrels per day. All refinery productions, including gasoline, gasoil, and aviation fuel, are above the target by 1–2 percent.

"Pertamina is also ready to distribute energy by providing 329 vessels ranging from fuel carriers, LPG, aviation fuel to crude oil, both domestically and internationally operated by PT Pertamina International Shipping," he added.

Fadjar further stated that nationally, the fuel, LPG, and aviation fuel stocks are currently in a safe condition, and all infrastructure has been prepared, including 115 Fuel Terminals, 30 LPG Terminals, over 7,400 gas stations (SPBU), 48 thousand LPG agents/outlets, and 71 Aircraft Refueling Depots (DPPU).

During the Nataru Task Force, PT Pertamina Patra Niaga, as a sub-holding for commercial and trading, has provided supporting energy services on potential routes, including toll, tourist, and main routes. These include Alert Gas Stations, LPG Agents and Outlets, 48 Pertamina Alert Kiosks, 185 Motorists, 202 standby tank trucks (Gas Station Pockets), and health facilities, as well as resting places around rest areas and tourist locations.

In addition, Pertamina, through its Gas Subholding, PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk, has also anticipated the gas needs to reach 976 BBTUD (billion British thermal units per day) during the Nataru period. Pertamina guarantees natural gas distribution to 3,019 Commercial and Industrial customers, 1,967 Small customers, and 834,165 household customers. At the same time, Pertamina optimizes natural gas infrastructure for power plants and maintains distribution for transportation customers by ensuring a capacity of 177,750 LSP (liter equivalent premium) for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), CNG Stations, and Mobile Refueling Units.

Pertamina, through Pertamina New & Renewable Energy (Pertamina NRE), also ensures a stable supply of electricity from renewable energy during this period. Pertamina currently manages a generation capacity of 672.5 MW.

To support the smooth movement of the public, Pertamina has also increased the number of Pelita Air commercial flights to 11 units. The passenger capacity has also increased from 220,000 to 241,000 per month. Pelita Air serves the public on routes from Jakarta to Padang, Pekanbaru, Palembang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Pontianak, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, and Sorong.

Meanwhile, Pertamina's supporting facilities, such as health services through PT Pertamina Bina Medika - IHC (Hospital Holding), have placed all hospitals and health clinics on standby from Aceh to Papua, 24 hours a day. It provides comfort to the public in need of health services during Nataru.

Patra Jasa, a subsidiary of Pertamina operating in the hospitality sector, also provides various attractive promotions for people's accommodation needs during Nataru.

For more information regarding services or wanting to report energy availability, contact the Pertamina Call Center (PCC) at 135 as the frontline information service.

Pertamina, as a leading company in the energy transition, is committed to supporting the Net Zero Emission 2060 target by continuously promoting programs that directly impact the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievement. All these efforts align with Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) implementation across all Pertamina's business lines and operations.**