Indonesia

Indonesia may prohibit new LNG export contracts and contract renewals in the future to divert gas to meet domestic industrial demand, a government official said. “We have been exporting LNG for many years, but now we need it, as it turns out. We don’t want to export anymore,” Indonesia’s Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister…

Jakarta-based exploration and production company Indonesia Energy Corp. Ltd. (IEC) sees potential gas production starting next year from its Kruh-28 well on the island of Sumatra. “We believe that the Kruh Block is a world class asset and, in order to maximize future production capability, we have commenced on our program of conducting seismic operations…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight China’s LNG imports from the United States surged to 340,000 tons in May, according to Bloomberg. That’s up from 211,000 tons in April, when exports left the United States for China for the first time in more than a year after trade tensions ease.  Wood…

The Indonesian government has granted Japanese oil major Inpex Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell plc an extension to develop the massive offshore Abadi natural gas field.

Repsol SA and its partners are claiming the largest natural gas discovery in Indonesia in 18 years and among the 10 largest finds worldwide in the past year, a find that could limit the need for imports in the future.

Indonesia’s state-owned Pertamina on Tuesday became the latest buyer to step up to support the Anadarko Petroleum Corp.-led Mozambique natural gas export project, agreeing to take 1 million metric tons/year (mmty) for 20 years.

After a seven year absence, Indonesia will reportedly rejoin the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in December.

Even before the ink was dry on a massive 20-year contract for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Indonesia to Sempra Energy’s North Baja receiving terminal in Mexico, The Utility Reform Network (TURN), California’s utility watchdog group, filed with state regulators late Tuesday, asking them to reconsider a Sept. 2 decision allowing natural gas from LNG shipments to flow into California from Mexico at a Sempra utility operated receipt point south of San Diego.