Director and President of Perseso Nicke Widyawati (Photo: https://netral.news/) The profit was obtained thanks to a number of initiatives to recover the firm’sproduction in the year.
Nicke said Persero has been under pressure from three concurrent shocksamid the COVID-19 pandemic, including a sharp drop in global crude oil prices, a weak rupiah exchangerate and a drop in demand.
In response to difficulties, Pertamina created oil reserves by buying in bulkand storing in land and floating warehouses, and this brought positive impactson the firm’s financial operations.
According to Energy Watch, Pertamina's success in making the 1-billion-USDprofit amid the pandemic is inseparable from the company’s right businessstrategy.
The result was attributed to efforts to cut production costs and increase output.
The Indonesian Government paid a debt of 45 trillion rupiah to Persero, and this was a stimulus for Persero to gain better profits in 2020, itadded./.
VNA
