Aramco印尼煉油項目持股可能減少55億美元

Oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco may reduce its stake in a proposed $5.5 billion refinery project in Indonesia, the country’s energy minister said.Aramco has asked to cut its share of the project to upgrade a refinery in Cilacap in the province of Central Java to 30 per cent from 45 per cent. The Cilacap upgrade is expected to increase the refinery’s crude processing capacity to 370,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 348,000 bpd at present, and is targeted for completion by the end of 2022.

Such a move could be a setback to President Joko Widodo’s plans to overhaul the creaking energy infrastructure in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.Forecasting growing crude oil demand, Aramco has been looking to invest further in Indonesia’s refining and petrochemicals sector, part of broader expansion plans in China, India, Vietnam and the United States.