Opportunity for Corruption in Pertamina Opens Again
Pertamina’s mechanisms remain vulnerable to fraud. Previous improvements have been undone by restructuring.
Retno Sulistyowati
March 10, 2025

SUDIRMAN Said found himself inundated with visitors shortly after Pertamina established the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) in late 2008. Executives from major global energy trading arms, including BP Plc, Shell, and Chevron, traveled to Jakarta to commend the new crude oil and fuel procurement mechanism under ISC, which they viewed as significantly more transparent. “They said that previously they couldn’t conduct business directl
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