Jakarta. PT Shell Indonesia will divest all its Public Fuel Filling Station (SPBU) businesses in Indonesia starting in 2026. Shell’s petrol station business was sold to a new joint venture between Citadel Pacific Limited and Sefas Group. Shell Indonesia confirmed that the release of ownership of Shell gas stations, which is currently being processed, is not due to the fuel shortage conditions that have occurred in the last few weeks. Shell Indonesia’s Vice President of Corporate Relations, Susi Hutapea, said that her company continues to coordinate with the government and anticipates a positive outcome in the transfer of ownership of Shell’s gas station business in Indonesia. “There will be no impact on the transfer of ownership of Shell’s gas station business in Indonesia. All parties remain committed to the agreement,” he told Kompas.com on Sunday (September 28, 2025).
He explained that the transfer of ownership of Shell’s gas station business in Indonesia is subject to receiving regulatory approval. The transfer of ownership of the Shell gas station business is targeted for completion in 2026. After that, the Shell brand will remain in Indonesia through a brand licensing agreement. “Fuel products will be supplied through Shell, and customers will continue to have access to Shell’s high-quality fuel products,” Susi said. Shell has announced the divestment of its gas station business in Indonesia since May 2025. This transfer of ownership of the gas station business does not include Shell’s lubricants business in Indonesia. This move is part of Shell’s strategy for portfolio transformation and is in line with Shell’s Capital Markets Day commitment. Shell gas station business network Shell’s gas station business in Indonesia includes the Shell gas station network as well as fuel supply and distribution activities.
Currently, Shell operates around 200 petrol stations in Indonesia, with more than 160 units directly owned by the company, and has a fuel terminal located in Gresik, East Java. The new owner of Shell gas stations, Citadel Pacific, is a diversified company with operations across the Asia-Pacific region. Citadel holds the Shell brand license in Guam, Saipan, the Republic of Palau, Macau, and Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Sefas Group, which also owns Shell gas stations, is the largest distributor of Shell lubricants in Indonesia. Despite divesting its gas station business, Shell still views Indonesia as a key growth market for its lubricants business.
Shell owns and operates a lubricants plant with a capacity of 300 million liters per year, and is building a grease manufacturing plant in Marunda that will have a capacity of 12 kilotons per year. In 2022, Shell acquired EcoOils, which owns two processing facilities in Indonesia. This acquisition expanded Shell’s low-carbon fuels business portfolio in the region.
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