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Jakarta (VNA) - The Indonesian Government aims to be free from oil imports starting from 2026, an official has said. To support the Government’s plans, the State-owned energy producer PT Pertamina will build two oil refineries in Bontang in East Kalimantan and Tuban in East Java as well as develop refinery capacity at existing plants in Dumai, Balikpapan, Balongan, and Cilacap. Mohammad Hidayat from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said that based on a fuel supply and demand prognosis for 2020-2026, production has been estimated at 87.4 million kiloliters (KL) while demand is growing 3.16 percent annually and will reach 85.1 million KL. The prognosis is based on the availability of existing data and refinery projects being built and completed in what year, and how much production can meet domestic fuel needs, he said last week. He went on to say that fuel production from domestic refineries will remain stagnant in 2020-2021 while demand continues to grow. There will be additional fuel production from Balongan in 2022 and fuel imports are estimated at 25.9 million KL and domestic fuel production at 47.8 million KL, while fuel demand is estimated at 74.7 million KL. The completion of the Balikpapan project in 2023 is expected to contribute to additional fuel production of 57.5 million KL and help imports fall slightly, to 25 million KL, he added. Fuel demand is projected at 77.3 million. Fuel demand in 2024 stands at 80 million KL, fuel production at 57.5 million KL, and imports at 25.9 million KL. Fuel imports are forecast to decline sharply in 2025 when demand expands to 82.5 million KL and fuel production reaches 68.1 million KL and imports 13.4 million KL. The decline in imports is due to additional production from the Bontang refinery. Additional production is expected from Cilacap and Tuban in 2026./. VNA …

The Party and State always pay special attention to socio-economic development and defence and security assurance in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas. The Party’s and State’s important decisions have been a strong driving force in boosting the socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, contributing to fulfilling the set targets during 2016-2020 period. The main results achieved in socio-economic development and defence and security assurance in ethnic minority and northern areas during the 2016-2020 period were the synchronous investment in the economic and technical infrastructure in difficult areas; and the impressive achievements in the work of hunger eradication and poverty reduction highly appreciated by international friends. In addition, the programme of building new-style rural area has achieved encouraging initial results. The education and vocational training in ethnic minority and mountainous areas has increasingly developed in all terms of scale, connectivity and quality. The healthcare for people has been focused in terms of networking, equipment and staff, so the quality of medical examination and treatment has seen positive changes. The preservation and promotion of good cultural values of ethnic minority groups has achieved clearer results. The planning, education and arrangement of the contingent of ethnic minority cadres and civil servants have been boosted. Security and defence in these areas has been strengthened; meanwhile, political security and social order and safety have been maintained. From the reality during 2016-2020, the following lessons have been drawn: Firstly, it is crucial to be steadfast and persistent in the implementation of the Party’s and State’s consistent policies that all groups are equal and should unite, respect and help together to develop; taking care of ethnic affairs is the responsibility of the entire Party, people and army as well as of agencies at all levels and the whole …

Indonesia aims to be oil dependent from 2026

Socio-economic development and defence and security assurance in ethnic minority and mountainous areas