Taking stock of Indonesia–Algeria cooperation in 2025

Just days before the end of 2025, Indonesia registered a new development in its relationship with Algeria when Pertamina Internasional EP, a unit of Indonesia’s state oil company, shipped one million barrels of Algerian crude to Jakarta from the Port of Arzew. Completed on 24 December, the delivery was the first lifting under a newly extended production-sharing contract that allows Indonesian operations in Algeria to continue for the next 25 years. The shipment took place against a backdrop of gradually expanding engagement between Southeast Asia’s largest democracy and North Africa’s most populous country.

The transaction followed a year in which interaction between the two countries became more frequent and structured, spanning energy cooperation, institutional exchanges, and trade promotion. While Indonesia–Algeria relations remain relatively narrow in economic terms, developments in 2025 point to an effort on both sides to stabilize and formalize areas of cooperation rather than pursue rapid expansion.

From Indonesia’s perspective, securing long-term crude supplies from Algeria fits within a broader strategy of reducing exposure to supply disruptions and price volatility by diversifying import sources. The partnership with Algeria’s state oil company, Sonatrach, builds on more than two decades of upstream cooperation, suggesting continuity rather than a shift in policy direction. For Algeria, the extension of

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