Interest in the most reliable and safest of metals, gold, continues to bolster commodity prices even as enthusiasm for other metals flag, and Indonesia’s mining companies are keen to capitalise on this.
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Articles & Analysis | Gold standard: Two companies lead production of gold and copper from The Report: Indonesia 2012
Articles & Analysis | Gassing up: A renewed focus on producing for domestic consumption from The Report: Indonesia 2012
In contrast to crude oil production, Indonesia’s natural gas output has been on the rise each year since 2007. Total gas production in 2010 amounted to 3.28bn standard cu feet per day (scfd), up 8.4% on the previous year’s mark of 3.02bn scfd and 16.8% over the 2.81bn scfd in 2007, according to Indonesia’s Directorate General of Oil and Gas (DGOG...
Articles & Analysis | Forward momentum: Increasing domestic production is capitalising on high prices from The Report: Indonesia 2012
Even as economic woes continue to grip the world’s developed economies, Indonesia’s mining sector has been on an impressive roll, with strong demand bolstering sales. Unlike the previous global downturns of 2007 and 2008, commodity prices surged in the first half of 2011 before dropping off slightly in the fourth quarter. This led to a windfall for...
Articles & Analysis | Elemental production: Varying tin prices impact local manufacturing output from The Report: Indonesia 2012
As the largest exporter of tin on the planet, Indonesia has been enjoying a wave of strong demand and rising commodity prices in recent years as regional economic growth has surged.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Jim Taylor, President Director, ConocoPhillips; Sammy Hamzah, CEO, Ephindo; Terry McPhail, President & General Manager ExxonMobil; and Hilmi Panigoro, President Commissioner, Medco from The Report: Indonesia 2012
How would you characterise the government’s plan to develop the energy mix and reduce the country’s dependence on oil and gas?
Economic update | Qatar: Energy rising
18 Jan 2012
The announcement of a major downstream project has been the highlight of a busy period for Qatar’s hydrocarbons sector. An agreement, signed on December 4 between Saleh Al Sada, the minister of energy and industry, and Shell’s CEO, Peter Voser, lays out the commercial principles and scope of a proposed petrochemicals complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City in northeast Qatar.