The Indonesian company Pertamina has announced six new refining facilities projects. It intends to build 2 new refineries, namely the Refinery Unit 2 in Tuban (East Java) and in Bontang (East Kalimantan), and upgrade 4 existing ones : the Refinery Unit 2 in Dumai (Riau) , the Unit 4 in Cilacap (Central Java), the Unit 5 in Balikpapan (East Kalimantan) and the Unit 6 in Balongan (Sest Java).
At the end of 2016, Pertamina had a installed total refinery capacity of 1.05 mb/d spread over 5 large refineries (Balikpapan, Balongan, Cilacap, Dumai and Plaju) and 2 smaller refineries (Cepu and Kasim). After the planned modernization and the implementation of the new projects, the capacity is expected to reach between 1.85 mb/d and 2.2 mb/d.
The cost of the projects is expected to amount IRup500,000bn (US$37.5bn). Pertamina will be in charge of the construction but some other international O&G companies might take part in it.