Jakarta, Aktual.com – General Director of Oil and Gas, I Gusti Nyoman Wiratmadja deliver the reason of their gas import ban due to encourage the utilization of the exploitation of gas resources in the country.
Nevertheless he expects the upcoming 2019 Indonesia will import natural gas to cover domestic consumer demand is increasing. This known gas import plan contained in the balance of natural gas belonging to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resourses.
“From 2019 we will import. This is not because the gas is exhausted, but needs a ride. Many infrastructure has been built. We need the extra gas,” said Wirat at the IPA Convention and Exhibition at the Jakarta Convention Center, Wednesday (25/5)
Furthermore, he asserted that the policy of the government to decide if the import of LNG is owned by Indonesia has been absorbed. However, if it not absorbed yet, Wirat said the government would not open the tap import.
“Do we want to cheap gas from the outside we buy gas from domestic kept us toasty? We do not want to upstream oil and gas industry in our country die,” strictly speaking.
As is known, in the balance of natural gas as the reference Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia needs a gas import as much as 1,777 bbtud which began in 2019. later that number continues to increase each year in 2020 amounted to 2,263 bbtud, bbtud 2,226 in 2021, 1,902 bbtud 2022, 1920 bbtud in 2023, bbtud 2,374 in 2024 and 2,304 in 2025 bbtud.
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