Sungai Gerong is an industrial area in
South Sumatra
South Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, located in the southeast of the island of Sumatra. The capital and largest city of the province is the city of Palembang. The province borders the provinces of Jambi to the north ...
, laying just east of the
Palembang
Palembang (, Palembang: ''Pelémbang'', Mandarin: 巨港 (Jùgǎng), Hokkien: 舊港 (Kū-káng), Jawi: ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River in the ea ...
city,
Indonesia
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. Built by SVPM, in 1912 where the operation started in 1926, starting the discovery of Petak field, in 1914, Trembule field, then Talang Akar found in 1921 as the company large investment, completion the crudes pipeline operations in 1952 from the South Sumatra oil-field.
In 1970, The Republic of Indonesia bought this refinery from PT Stanvac Indonesia to become part of its Government Oil Company,
PERTAMINA
PT Pertamina (Persero) is an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation, headquartered in Jakarta. It was created in August 1968 by the merger of ''Pertamin'' (established 1961) and ''Permina'' (established in 1957). In 2020, the ...
.
Petroleum in Indonesia
Populated places established in 1912
Populated places in South Sumatra
1912 establishments in the Dutch East Indies
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