Indonesia is at a turning point in its energy development. The country is looking to reverse years of declining production and investment in the oil and gas sector through new exploration contracts, the development of potentially vast offshore reserves, and acquisitions. Dozens of new contracts have been signed since 2008, however, including 11 new production-sharing contracts in November 2011...
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Largely impervious to recent economic woes in the developed economies, Indonesia’s mining sector is riding high on a wave of high commodity prices. Meanwhile, the government has undertaken to revise regulations governing the sector in a bid to improve clarity and attract more investors. However, parliamentary opposition to some of the changes, including the removal of a requirement that foreign...
An archipelago of over 17,500 islands, Indonesia is today the world’s fourth-largest country by population, at 245m. The astonishing diversity of ethnicities and cultures comes together in a democratic framework under the pancasila, or “five principles”: nationalism, humanitarianism, representative democracy, social welfare and monotheism
As hydrocarbons production in maturing blocks has declined and domestic energy consumption has increased, the Indonesian government has been looking for ways to boost investment in the country’s upstream oil and gas sector. Some of the measures the government has undertaken have proved effective at attracting investors, including increased incentives and a more flexible production sharing contract (PSC) framework introduced in 2008. However, regulations that were implemented in early January 2011 may have the opposite effect.
Economic update | Ghana: Moving upstream
13 Dec 2011
For a country that a few years ago was pumping less than 1000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), Ghana’s upstream oil and gas industry has undergone a massive change. As it begins only its second year of production, Ghana’s oil segment is poised to earn GHS1.24bn ($827.85m) in revenue in 2012, while accelerating activity in the gas sector in the coming months will help improve both the sustainability of the hydrocarbons industry as well as the country’s balance sheet.
Economic update | Oman: Shoring up supply
7 Dec 2011
The Omani government is moving forward with plans to raise prices for natural gas in an effort to recalibrate the supply-and-demand equation, with local demand for the feedstock rising rapidly on the back of industrial expansion and domestic supplies limited.