SKK Migas Says Human Resources Needs For Upstream Oil And Gas Industry Significantly Increase

Workers carry out oil well drilling activities. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) stated that the need for human resources in the oil and gas sector is currently increasing significantly in line with the start of major projects in the oil and gas industry.

Acting Head of the Program and Communication Division of SKK Migas Mohamad Kemal said the need for human resources in the oil and gas sub-sector is increasing in accordance with the commitments of the Cooperation Contract Contractors (KKKS) in the approval of the work plan and budget (WNPB). operational this year," Kemal said as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 28. SKK Migas noted that the number of workers in the upstream oil and gas industry was recorded at 22,609 people throughout 2020.

However, the number of workers in the upstream oil and gas industry has reached 19,243 people in the first quarter of 2022.

Kemal believes that the number of workers will continue to increase in the second quarter, even until the end of this year.

SKK Migas revealed that there were a number of work challenges in the field of human resources this year, including the scarcity of oil and gas experts or master experts and the transfer of management process for cooperation contract work areas that directly affect labor needs.

Responding to the increasing demand for manpower, SKK Migas then held a prestigious annual conference on human resources in the upstream oil and gas industry entitled Indonesian Human Resource Summit (IHRS).

The conference will be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, market 28-29 June 2022. Currently, the data of conference participants who will attend the event is recorded at around 1,300 professional and practical human resources.

Kemal said that the conference carried the theme of post-recovery leap: championing a resilient workforce to digital acceleration, transformation.

The conference was not only attended by human resources from SKK Migas and KKKS but was also attended by human resource practitioners from state-owned companies, aviation, manufacturing, mining, to start-up companies.

"The IHRS 2022 event is an annual agenda that has been scheduled with the aim of finding out how big the need for workers in the upstream oil and gas world is and the multiplier effect," said Kemal.