Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesia is aiming to increase its oil and gas production to one million barrels per day in 2030, according to an official.
The goal is achievable as the country’s oil and gas potential is still very large and has not been fully tapped, said head of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKK Migas) Dwi Soetjipto.
Indonesia has 128 basins, 54 of which with combined reserves of 3.8 billion barrels of oil have been exploited, while the remaining 74 have total reserves estimated up to 7.4 billion barrels, Dwi said.
However, one of the challenges in reaching the goal is that oil and gas projects require very large investments while it takes quite a long time for a project to go from exploration to exploitation, sometimes up to 10 years.
The country also needs to provide an attractive investment climate driven through investor-friendly regulations, he continued, saying the government should eliminate overlapping regulations at local and central levels.
Last year, Moody’s Investor Services estimated that by 2025, Indonesia will need to invest more than 150 billion USD in oil and gas projects to prevent declines in output, develop infrastructure for gas imports, and boost its oil refining capacity to meet increasing domestic fuel demand.
Moody’s Asst. Vice President Rachel Chua said 80 percent of the funding, or about 120 billion USD, will be spent on exploration and exploitation while the remainder will be for processing, trading and distribution.
Indonesia's oil and gas production reached a record 1.6 million barrels per day in the mid-1990s.
However, when reforms began in the 2000s, oil production declined due to poor government management coupled with reduced oil investment.
This year, the country aims to produce 784,520 barrels per day, a slight increase from 778,330 barrels per day in 2018./.
The goal is achievable as the country’s oil and gas potential is still very large and has not been fully tapped, said head of the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKK Migas) Dwi Soetjipto.
Indonesia has 128 basins, 54 of which with combined reserves of 3.8 billion barrels of oil have been exploited, while the remaining 74 have total reserves estimated up to 7.4 billion barrels, Dwi said.
However, one of the challenges in reaching the goal is that oil and gas projects require very large investments while it takes quite a long time for a project to go from exploration to exploitation, sometimes up to 10 years.
The country also needs to provide an attractive investment climate driven through investor-friendly regulations, he continued, saying the government should eliminate overlapping regulations at local and central levels.
Last year, Moody’s Investor Services estimated that by 2025, Indonesia will need to invest more than 150 billion USD in oil and gas projects to prevent declines in output, develop infrastructure for gas imports, and boost its oil refining capacity to meet increasing domestic fuel demand.
Moody’s Asst. Vice President Rachel Chua said 80 percent of the funding, or about 120 billion USD, will be spent on exploration and exploitation while the remainder will be for processing, trading and distribution.
Indonesia's oil and gas production reached a record 1.6 million barrels per day in the mid-1990s.
However, when reforms began in the 2000s, oil production declined due to poor government management coupled with reduced oil investment.
This year, the country aims to produce 784,520 barrels per day, a slight increase from 778,330 barrels per day in 2018./.
VNA
