Pertamina Balongan Refinery — Indonesia

Pertamina Balongan Refinery is a refinery in Indonesia. Its listed capacity is 150,000 BBL per day. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery. It is operated by PT Pertamina (Persero). By capacity it ranks #3 among 8 oil refineries in Indonesia. It emits about 732,951 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.0% of the CO₂e from the 53 facilities in Indonesia that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 43% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143936.

In context: how this facility compares

At 150,000 BBL per day, Pertamina Balongan Refinery is well above the median refinery in Indonesia (120,000 BBL per day). Subsector: oil-and-gas-refining. As refinery, it requires high process heat (typically 200–600°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 732,951 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest oil refineries in Indonesia

Listed capacity (BBL per day), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by PT Pertamina (Persero). All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Pertamina Balongan Refinery sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 6.4°S in the southern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1230 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 8 oil refineries in Indonesia by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Cirebon Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,508,403 t CO₂
• P.T. Kertas Padalarang - PTKP - (PERSERO) · Pulp & Paper Mill
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• Sinar Tambang Arthalestari Banyumas Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,228,973 t CO₂
• Gunung Raja Paksi West Java steel plant · Steel Plant · 1,748,129 t CO₂
• Solusi Bangun Indonesia Narogong Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,597,680 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -6.38138, 108.39339. View on OpenStreetMap.

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