JAKARTA - President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto asked the Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) to simplify a number of regulations to facilitate exploration and production activities of Cooperation Contract Contractors (KKKS) who want to work on a number of oil and gas blocks that the government will offer.
"Earlier I was given a report of dozens of oil and gas blocks that we are ready to offer on a large scale. I ask regulatory agencies to simplify regulations. I repeat, simplify regulations!" Prabowo said in his remarks at the 2025 Convex Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) agenda at ICE BSD Tangerang, Wednesday, May 21.
Prabowo said, Indonesia tends to make rules and regulations that burden itself so that he firmly asks officials to change the rules to be simpler so that the acceleration of oil and gas lifting can be carried out to support the Asta Cita Prabowo program related to energy independence in the country.
Unmitigated, the General Chairperson of the Gerindra Party also threatened to remove officials who were reluctant to simplify regulations. Prabowo also firmly said he wanted to change the culture of making difficult regulations.
"Officers who don't want to simplify the regulations will be replaced, I will remove them. Many young people are waiting to be given the opportunity, I ask for a change in culture 'if it can be made difficult why it is made easy'. Change the way of thinking like that," said Prabowo.
Furthermore, in this oil and gas annual grand agenda, he said that Indonesia also has the potential for new and renewable energy (EBT) which is abundant, such as geothermal or geothermal heat, hydro energy and wind and large waves.
Prabowo admitted that he had spoken with several experts from the world's best universities to develop existing potential.
"We are very optimistic that soon we will not only be self-sufficient in energy, we will return to supply energy to the world," he continued.
Just so you know, Indonesia has at least 60 oil and gas working areas (WK) that will be offered within 2 to 3 years.
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ESDM Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said Indonesia also has 128 basins with 68 basins of which it has not been used.
"On the direction of the president, we ask for directions, if we can do it quickly, we will do it," said Bahlil.
In East Natuna, he continued, there is a potential gas of 222 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and has CO2 of 72 percent.
"There are 45 percent and even 30,000 barrels of oil, what does that mean? Our reserves are still quite extraordinary," said Bahlil.
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