JAKARTA - Geopolitic conflicts between Russia and Ukraine have been going on for one year.
The conflict also affects several aspects of the lives of several countries, including in terms of energy supply.
Director General of Oil and Gas (Dirjen Migas) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Tutuka Ariadji, said the government and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources continue to observe the development of the conflict and ensure this crisis will not end in the near future.
For this reason, he continued, the government has also prepared long-term and short-term strategies to ensure that national energy supplies are met.
"The government needs to prepare a strategy not only for the short term but also for the medium and long term," said Tutuka at the Energy Corner, Monday, February 27.
Tutuka said, for long-term strategies, the government continues to explore potential energy originating from fossils such as gas and petroleum in Indonesia.
He explained, in the process, the government managed to find massive natural gas reserves in several areas such as North Sumatra, Bali, Lombok, Makassar Strait, Maluku Region and around Papua and in Papua.
"With this many potential resources, we are trying to take advantage of gas resources as a medium-term strategy, for example with many conversions of fuel to gas and reduce fuel imports," continued Tutuka.
Meanwhile, for short-term strategies, continued Tutuka, Indonesia supplies energy needs from abroad, such as crude oil from Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, meanwhile fuel is supplied from Malaysia and Singapore and Elpiji from Arabia and America.
"So it's more or less like that, so until now we have also moved carefully because we didn't have a direct impact, but the domino effect of this conflict," concluded Tutuka.
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