Pertamina in talks with refiners for crude processing deal

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Indonesia’s Pertamina is in talks with India’s Essar and Reliance, in addition to ExxonMobil and Shell, to explore the possibility of processing Iraqi heavy crude at their refineries, and a deal is expected soon, a senior company official said Wednesday. “We expect that the crude processing deal can be made this year. We are still in talks with various refiners....” said Daniel Purba, vice president of the company’s Integrated Supply Chain. Pertamina wants to process about 800,000 barrels of Iraqi Basrah Heavy crude a month at an overseas refinery, he said.