<article><p class="lead">Indonesian state-controlled refiner Pertamina will begin trials of renewable diesel production at its 348,000 b/d Cilacap refinery by the end of the month.</p><p>It will produce 3,000 b/d of what the company is branding D100 Green Diesel, made from refined, bleached and deodorised palm oil.</p><p>Pertamina hopes to double output to 6,000 b/d early next year, well ahead of the <a href="https://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2123619">initial</a> target of June 2022.</p><p>This will be the second Pertamina refinery manufacturing renewable diesel after it began production of 1,000 b/d at its 170,000 b/d <a href="https://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2145405">Dumai</a> site earlier this year.</p><p>The company signed a deal with US energy firm Honeywell in September to implement the renewable diesel manufacturing technology at Cilcap and its 118,000 b/d Plaju refinery, which will produce 20,000 b/d of renewable jet fuel, diesel fuel and liquified petroleum gas by 2023.</p><p>The ramp up in output is in part to muffle crude oil imports and support the domestic palm oil industry given efforts to hit a 23pc renewable energy target by 2025.</p><p class="bylines">By Amandeep Parmar</p></article>
