Saudi Arabia through government company Saudi Aramco is committed role in the development of an oil refinery in Cilacap. Projects worth US $ 6 billion was considered the most strategic for crude oil from Saudi Arabia can be directly shipped without passing through the Strait of Malacca.
Director General of Oil and Gas Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Wiratmaja Puja IGN stated, the government actually offers four refinery development project, namely, Dumai, Balongan, Balikpapan and Cilacap.
However, Aramco is only interested in the Cilacap refinery because the cost of the most efficient transport. In addition to location factors, the Cilacap refinery to process crude from Saudi Arabia, which has a sulfur content. Cilacap RDMP project is expected to boost the production capacity of 348 thousand barrels per day (bpd) to 400 thousand bpd. Although Aramco is only interested in the Cilacap refinery, the government is offering to jointly develop refineries Iainnya to Saudi Arabia. However, until now, these investments is uncertain when it will continue.
If the entire refinery deals approved, the benefits are enormous. One of them, an increase of 10 thousand jobs which include 8 thousand to 10 thousand workers during construction and 1,000 workers when the plant operates.
Wiratmaja said the Ministry of Energy provides convenience to invest in Saudi Arabia in the Law on oil and gas as well as the ministerial decree on the construction of the refinery. Construction of the refinery is done to reduce the import of fuel oil as well as increasing the petrochemical industry in the country Emitter.
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Saudi Tidak Berminat pada Kilang Balongan-Balikpapan
Arab Saudi melalui perusahaan pemerintah Saudi Aramco berkomitmen berperan dalam pengembangan kilang minyak di Cilacap. Proyek senilai US$ 6 miliar itu dinilai paling strategis karena minyak mentah dari Arab Saudi dapat langsung dikapalkan tanpa melewati Selat Malaka.
Dirjen Migas Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) IGN Wiratmaja Puja menyatakan, pemerintah sebenarnya menawarkan empat proyek pengembangan kilang, Yakni, Dumai, Balongan, Balikpapan, dan Cilacap.
Namun, Aramco hanya tertarik pada kilang Cilacap karena biaya transportasinya paling efisien. Selain faktor lokasi, kilang Cilacap dapat mengolah crude dari Arab Saudi yang memiliki kandungan sulfur. Proyek RDMP Cilacap diharapkan mendongkrak kapasitas produksi dari 348 ribu barel per hari (bph) menjadi 400 ribu bph. Meski Aramco hanya berminat terhadap kilang Cilacap, pemerintah tetap menawarkan kerja sama pengembangan kilang-kilang Iainnya kepada Arab Saudi. Namun, hingga kini, investasi tersebut belum pasti kapan akan berlanjut.
Jika seluruh penawaran kilang disetujui, manfaat yang diperoleh sangat besar. Salah satunya, bertambahnya 10 ribu lapangan kerja yang meliputi 8 ribu hingga 10 ribu tenaga kerja saat pembangunan dan 1.000 tenaga kerja saat kilang beroperasi.
Wiratmaja mengatakan Kementerian ESDM memberikan kemudahan berinvestasi kepada Arab Saudi dalam Undang-Undang minyak dan gas serta peraturan menteri tentang pembangunan kilang. Pembangunan kilang dilakukan untuk mengurangi impor bahan bakar minyak serta meningkatkan industri petrokimia di daIam negeri.
Jawa Pos, Page-5, Monday, March, 6, 2017
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