Oil and Gas Business Licensing Standards: Permen ESDM 7/2026

This article describes the oil-and-gas standards in Peraturan Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Nomor 7 Tahun 2026 tentang Standar Kegiatan Usaha pada Penyelenggaraan Perizinan Berusaha Berbasis Risiko Sektor Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral. It is part of a series; for the framework, the licence categories (PB and PB UMKU), and the transitional rules, see the overview of Permen ESDM 7/2026.

The oil-and-gas business-activity standards appear in Lampiran I (core licences, PB) and Lampiran II (supporting licences, PB UMKU).

Core business licences (PB)

Lampiran I sets standards for the principal oil-and-gas activities, identified by KBLI code, including:

• Survey — Izin Survei Umum (general survey), KBLI 09100 (oil and gas mining support activities).
• Upstream — Kontrak Kerja Sama (cooperation contract) for exploration and exploitation in a work area, KBLI 06100 (crude petroleum) and 06201 (natural gas).
• Carbon capture and storage — Izin Eksplorasi Zona Target Injeksi (injection-target-zone exploration), Izin Operasi Penyimpanan Karbon (carbon storage operation), and Izin Transportasi Karbon Melalui Pipa (carbon transport by pipeline), reflecting the inclusion of carbon capture, storage, and utilisation activities within oil-and-gas work areas.
• Processing — Pengolahan Minyak dan Gas Bumi (refining), KBLI 19211 (fuel from petroleum refining) and 19214 (processing used lubricant into fuel).
• Storage — Penyimpanan Minyak dan Gas Bumi.
• Trading — Niaga Minyak dan Gas Bumi, KBLI 46610 (wholesale of solid, liquid and gas fuels).
• Transport — Pengangkutan Minyak dan Gas Bumi, KBLI 49300 (transport via pipeline) and 35202 (distribution of natural and manufactured gas).
• Blending — Pencampuran dari Hasil Produk (blending of refinery products, e.g. with biofuel).
• Downstream distribution — approvals for fuel and LPG distributors, LPG depots (Pangkalan Liquefied Petroleum Gas), and sub-depots.

Supporting licences (PB UMKU)

Lampiran II sets standards for supporting oil-and-gas activities, including:

• Persetujuan Layak Operasi Instalasi Minyak dan Gas Bumi — fit-to-operate approval for oil-and-gas installations.
• Persetujuan Gudang Bahan Peledak — explosives-magazine approval.
• Persetujuan Pengalihan Nilai Sisa — approval for transfer of residual value.

These supporting standards span KBLI codes including 06100, 06201, 09100, 19211, 19214, 35201, 35202, 39000 (remediation and waste management), 46610, 49300, and 52104.

Basic-requirement and blending rules to note

Two framework rules bear directly on oil and gas:

• Spatial-use approval for upstream. For general survey and government-set upstream work areas, the Suitability of Spatial Use approval is granted without assessing a spatial-use proposal document (Article 3(2)).
• Biofuel blending transition. Holders of existing oil-and-gas processing, storage, or trading licences may continue blending refinery products with biofuel but must adjust to this regulation within 12 months of promulgation (Article 17). The basic requirements for blending (spatial-use suitability and an environmental-management capability statement) are treated as already covered within those underlying licences (Article 3(3)).

Pipeline-free commercial transport of crude, gas, fuel, and processed products follows the transport-sector norms under PP 28/2025 (Article 13).

Sanctions

A business actor breaching oil-and-gas PB or PB UMKU terms faces administrative sanctions under Article 7: written warning, temporary suspension of the business, cessation of the business or activity, administrative fines, and/or revocation of the licence.

Citation

Peraturan Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Republik Indonesia Nomor 7 Tahun 2026, Lampiran I (Subsektor Minyak dan Gas Bumi) and Lampiran II (Subsektor Minyak dan Gas Bumi). Ditetapkan 8 Juni 2026; berlaku 12 Juni 2026. Source: jdih.esdm.go.id; peraturan.bpk.go.id.

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