Research Technology & Innovation’s Function, Pertamina's Vanguard in Innovation

Jakarta, June 23, 2023 – Faced with energy transition challenges, Pertamina continues to intensively develop technology-based innovations. Pertamina's Research, Technology, and Innovation (RTI) function, established in 2017, has the capacity, capabilities, and systems to drive all forms of innovation and has successfully generated a value of USD 14.5 million or around IDR 217 billion from commercialized innovative products.

"Pertamina has also achieved USD 4.6 in cost optimization million through grant funding from collaborations with domestic and international partners," said Oki Muraza, Senior Vice President of RTI Pertamina.

With these efforts, Pertamina holds 49 patents for utilization, and more than 200 innovation programs are still being developed by the RTI. Furthermore, Oki stated that these innovations have received numerous awards both domestically and internationally, including four Pertamina officers that receive awards at the Taiwan Innotech Expo 2022 and 13 awards at the Dharma Karya Energi 2022.

"Last May, the President Director of Pertamina, Nicke Widyawati, received an award as an Indonesian Woman who Drives Innovation during the World Intellectual Property Day 2023 commemoration by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia," added Oki.

Through collaboration between the Research and Technology Innovation (RTI) function and its business lines, RTI Pertamina has successfully conducted research with dozens of researchers from international and national institutions, energy companies, governments, and universities. RTI has also developed catalyst plants, green energy, CCUS, and actively participates in national strategic projects. "RTI has also obtained ISO Standard 17024:2017 from KAN for Upstream, Downstream, and NRE Laboratory facilities, contributing to the NRE portion to achieve the 23% target by 2025, and is involved in sustainability focus to support the ESG roadmap and green energy initiatives that have become Pertamina's Net Zero Emission commitment," he added.

"We appreciate several international and national partners such as Chevron, Exxon Mobile, METI, universities, and other companies that have been our partners," emphasized Oki.

Pertamina, as a leading company in the energy transition, is committed to supporting the Net Zero Emission 2060 target by continuously promoting programs that directly impact the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievement. All these efforts align with Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) implementation across all Pertamina's business lines and operations.**