Sungai Gerong is an industrial area in
South Sumatra
South Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Selatan) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southeast of the island of Sumatra, The province spans and had a population of 8,467,432 at the 2020 Census. The capital of the province is Palembang. The pro ...
, laying just east of the
Palembang
Palembang () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River on the eastern lowland of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census. Palemban ...
city,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. 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), formerly abbreviated from ''Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak dan Gas Bumi Negara'' (lit. 'State Oil and Natural Gas Mining Company'), is an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation based in Jakarta. It was ...
.
Petroleum in Indonesia
Populated places established in 1912
Populated places in South Sumatra
1912 establishments in the Dutch East Indies
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