KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Upstream director Syamsul Alam of state-owned energy firm Pertamina has called on the government to declare that the country is facing an energy crisis, as it is now a net oil importer and would soon become a net gas importer, kompas.com reported on Wednesday. Syamsul said that current global oil reserves was 1,700 billion barrels, while Indonesia had oil reserves of only 3.7 million barrels, about 0.2 percent of the global reserves. If the government was targeting annual economic growth of 5 percent, it needed to use more than just petroleum as its main energy source, but also natural gas as well, he said.
Indonesia in energy crisis: Pertamina director
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Upstream director Syamsul Alam of state-owned energy firm Pertamina has called on the government to declare that the country is facing an energy crisis, as it is now a net oil importer and would soon become a net gas importer, kompas.com reported on Wednesday. Syamsul said that current global oil reserves was 1,700 billion barrels, while Indonesia had oil reserves of only 3.7 million barrels, about 0.2 percent of the global reserves. If the government was targeting annual economic growth of 5 percent, it needed to use more than just petroleum as its main energy source, but also natural gas as well, he said.