Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Chronology of Oil and Gas Resources Management Shifts Indonesia

Here's the chronology of shifting management resources of oil and gas in Indonesia since the Dutch colonial era up to now:
* 1884: Oil Field in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) controlled by 18 companies owned by the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States.

* 1960: Bung Karno's nationalization of oil and gas contracts and change shape. Exploitation of oil and gas is only held by the State (Law no. 44 Year 1960).

* Period 1961-1971: national oil company consolidation and acquisition of assets. Refineries refining and other foreign-owned assets purchased by the government and handed over to Pertamina.

* New Order: Birth PERTAMIN and Permina merged into Pertamina (Law No. 8/1971). Pertamina is authorized mining, oil and gas blocks tenants choosing a contractor, and signed production sharing contracts.

* 1996: The government proposed a new bill to separate oil and gas regulator and operator roles. Parliament rejected the proposal at that time.

* 1999: Government Oil and Gas filed a bill back to the House in 1999, following the economic crisis of 1997-1998.

* 2001: Oil bill finally passed into Law. 22/2001. Anticipating changes in the law, ranging BPPKA removed from Pertamina and converted into a Production Sharing Management Directorate (MPS). MPS turned into the Executive Agency for Upstream Oil and Gas (BP Migas) in 2002.

(R & D Compass / IWN / BIM processed from the Ministry of Finance, BP Migas, BPH Migas and news Reuters)


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