ARE you our strategic partner?” That’s the question posed by PT Pertamina in its advertising in several printed media recently. The ad was prepared by the Integrated Supply Chain or ISC—a new unit in the state-owned oil and gas company—tasked with planning crude oil and oil-based fuel (BBM) supplies. Basically, ISC is opening doors to oil producers, refiners, blenders, and traders to re-register.

The candidate partners are asked to submi