The Megaproject Contractor’s Burden
The Balongan refinery exploded when the refurbishment project had just started. It became a new problem for Pertamina amidst other difficulties in running the refinery mega project.
Khairul Anam
April 5, 2021
THE last time Kardaya Warnika visited the Balongan Refinery Unit (RU) VI complex in Indramayu, West Java, was at the end of November 2020. He and eight members of the House of Representatives’ (DPR) Commission VII were there to inspect the refinery rejuvenation’s project development. It was exactly four months before four oil fuel tanks in the refinery complex owned by state oil and gas company Pertamina blew up in flames on the early
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