pertanyaannya adalah apakah angka exported-crude oil Indonesia itu
mewakili 100% produksi netto crude  bangsa kita?
lalu apakah memang angka imported-crudenya juga merefleksikan kebutuhan
refinery kita 100%, atau adakah industri lainnya yang memaksa bangsa ini
mengimport lebih besar? atau jangan2 bisnis selundupan marak lagi?

sebenarnya hal ini sudah harus disadari oleh bangsa kita dua dekade
terakhir dimana saat itu oil/gas booming terjadi...karena mau tidak mau
declining production pasti akan terjadi sometime.

saya sependapat dengan pak Kurtubi yg mengatakan "there's something
wrong with oil/gas management in this country..."
tetapi tidaklah cukup kalau hanya mengupas pernyataan pak Kurtubi ini,
tapi apa sih yang sudah dilakukan oleh bangsa ini secara serious untuk
mengoptimalkan energi alternatif selain migas?? panas bumi jalan di
tempat padahal potensinya cukup menjanjikan, bioteknologi energi hayati
kalah gaung sama import komoditi pertanian dari luar negri (bawang,
gula, buah2an, sayurmayur, dll), briket batubara yang kok gaungnya kalah
sama permasalahan PLN Jawa Bali yang keteteran gara-gara pasokan
batubaranya berkurang akibat ditertibkannya tambang
liar...??ironis.....BBG kalah sama produk2 yang itu-itu aja tapi
berganti nama terus dari sejak Super98, Premixlah, Pertamax lah,
Pertamax pluslah....terus energi matahari yang nasibnya selalu dibilang
mahal??tapi beli rongsokan kereta api KRL dari Jepang, kapal rongsok
avkiran dari Jerman, atau alat perang darinegara pecahan Sovyet Union
nggak mahal?? dan terjadi hampir tiap tahun tanpa merasa mubazir...

dari semua yang disebutkan di atas bukanlah model bisnis yang disukai
oleh bangsa kita yang serba senang dengan proses-hasil yang "instant"
seperti mie rebus yang cepat saji anget dan murah meriah tapi
ngenyangin..modal dikit tapi hasil gede begitulah kira-kiranya..

intinya kan integrated system antara pihak yang berkompeten untuk saling
mengisi bergantian sampai si system nya rapih, lha ini nggak malahan
ibaratnya sistem negara kita ini seperti jalanan macet dimana banyak
kendaraan saling serobot yang penting dia/mereka bisa lewat duluan
walaupun akhirnya karena ego tiap individu atau kelompok ini malah
macetnya bertambah parah...bodo amat lah EGP yang penting dia/mereka
udah lolos dari macet itu...ironic, isnt' it?

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Subject: [iagi-net-l] Indonesia becomes a net crude importer



Indonesia becomes a net crude importer
Source :OsterDowJones Commodity Wire
Date: 18/05/2004

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Legal uncertainties over new oil and gas laws made Indonesia a net
importer
of crude for the first time in March, undermining the country's
membership
in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Indonesia, Asia's
only member of OPEC, imported an average 484,000 barrels of crude oil
per
day in March, and exported 448,000 b/d, a government official told Dow
Jones Newswires Monday. Imports rose further to 503,000 b/d in April,
while
exports dropped to 413,000 b/d, the official said on condition of
anonymity. Indonesia releases the value of monthly oil and gas trade,
but
doesn't separately detail figures for crude.

The country has often been a net importer of refined oil products, but
this
is the first time it has brought in more crude from abroad than it has
exported. Although new projects due online later this year might boost
output, the latest figures are a worrying sign. Last November, oil
minister
Purnomo Yusgiantoro said output would increase from just over 1.0
million
b/d then by some 150,000 b/d in 2004.

"It's a clear warning that there's something wrong with the management
of
the country's oil and gas resources," said Kurtubi, the director of the
Center for Petroleum and Energy Economics Studies, a local independent
oil
and gas industry think-tank. Indonesia's crude oil output was around
980,000 b/d in April, according to a recent survey by Dow Jones
Newswires,
down from over 1.3 million b/d three years ago. This has been primarily
a
result of sluggish investment and a lack of exploration for new fields.
Declining crude oil output will further diminish Indonesia's already
minor
role within OPEC, and could threaten its membership in the future if the
country remains a net importer of crude, analysts say.

Can't Meet OPEC Quota

The nation already can't meet its daily OPEC output quota of 1.2 million
b/d, making it one of the few members that don't overproduce. Saudi
Arabia,
the world's largest producer, has an official daily output some eight
times
that of Indonesia, and hugely larger proven reserves. Problems in the
sector also highlight Indonesia's failure to take advantage of its
abundant
natural resources since the fall of former authoritarian President
Suharto
in 1998. With crude oil prices now at 13-year highs above $41, the
cash-strapped government is missing out on a bonanza, analysts said.

Large foreign oil and gas companies say Indonesia's new democracy has
failed to set down clear guidelines for investing in the sector since
Suharto's ouster. The government promulgated a new oil and gas law in
2001,
but failure to introduce supporting legislation has caused widespread
confusion. Provincial governments, which are demanding a larger say over
how to use their resources under new decentralization rules, further add
to
the chaos, foreign oil executives say. "How are we going to play if
there's
no rules of the game," said an executive with an international oil and
gas
company in Jakarta.

Even where foreign oil companies want to move ahead, squabbling between
the
government and PT Pertamina (PTM.YY), the state-owned oil and gas
company,
has delayed projects. Under the new oil and gas law, the government
stripped Pertamina of regulatory role, but the state-owned company still
wields a large and ill-defined power, say people working in the sector.
Exxon Mobil's (XOM) plans to develop the country's largest oil discovery
since the 1960s have been on hold for four years due to Pertamina's
demand
for a higher stake in the project. The field, situated in Central Java,
has
likely maximum reserves of 1 billion barrels, an important find for a
country with only 10 billion of total proven and probable reserves. But
development of the field can't move ahead until Exxon Mobil and
Pertamina
reach an agreement.

Attractive Terms For Producers

Still, the government is optimistic it can boost output. New production
is
expected to come online later this year from 14 fields, including those
operated by Unocal Indonesia, Total Indonesie, PetroChina (PTR) and
ConocoPhillips Indonesia. In a bid to attract investors, the government
decided last year to offer up to 25% of revenues from oil fields to its
joint-venture partners, up from a normal 15% split. As a result, the
number
of new contracts to explore for oil and gas rose to 15 in 2003 from one
in
2002, but remained much lower than a record 29 contracts in 1997. Major
international companies were still largely absent from the bidding for
these new blocks, and the winners were mostly local companies with
relatively less experience and funding. Indonesia could have up to 50
billion barrels in reserves under its land and oceans, according to
government studies. Attracting foreign capital to help unlock these
reserves will be key to ensuring the country doesn't become dependent on
crude imports over the lo
ng term, analysts said.






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