Pertamina Processed 69 Mln Barrels Crude Oil

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - State oil and gas company PT Pertamina is reported to have processed at its refinery 69.1 million barrels of crude oil from domestic producers during the January-April period this year.

Pertamina processing director Chrisna Damayanto said here on Tuesday that the volume of domestic crude was 2.21 percent higher than the company's initial target of 67.6 million barrels.

Pertamina refinery also processed 31.8 million barrels of imported crude oil, 10.42 percent lower than the 35.5 million barrels it had expected.

"For domestic crude, the figure was higher than expected, which is great, while the lower figures in imported crude is also good," Chrisna noted.

From January to April 2012, he said, the refinery produced 71.63 million barrels of gasoline, comprising 21.3 million barrels of premium (leaded) type fuel, 4.4 million barrels of kerosene, 39.88 million barrels of diesel fuel, and 6.05 million barrel of jet fuel.

"Fuel production has reached 70 percent of the crude oil intake, with the highest production being of diesel fuel," Chrisna added.(IGT)