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COORDINATION NEEDED TO ENSURE ENERGY AVAILABILITY : BP MIGAS
Jakarta, Sept 10 (ANTARA) - To ensure the availability of energy in the country there must be coordination between all parties involved in energy production and distribution, an Upstream Oil and Gas Executive Agency (BP Migas) official said.
"We have taken several initiatives to overcome the shortage of energy. We have made personal approaches to improve coordination among the responsible agencies," BP Migas Deputy Chief Abdul Muin said at a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Comission VII.
One of the approaches was by asking state electricity company PT. PLN about its long-term program.
"The aim of our approach to PLN was to know how much gas it would need in the next 3 or 4 years, so BP Migas could take anticipatory steps. We are unable to meet PLN's needs when it informs us about those needs on short notice." Muin said.
"Every party in the chain of the energy business --from suppliers to consumers -- must work together," he added.
The energy shortage in Indonesia had caused power cuts in many parts of the country as the need for electricity continued to increase and had exceeded the country`s power plants` design capacity.
A joint decree of five ministers about the shifting of workdays to Saturdays and Sundays was also an effort to reduce power consumption by 600 MW during peak hours.
BP Migas had previously said the oil output of a number of new fields in the country had fallen short of the target set in the their development plans.
This was the main reason for a decline in the country`s total oil production and Indonesia's energy shortage.
"We have taken several initiatives to overcome the shortage of energy. We have made personal approaches to improve coordination among the responsible agencies," BP Migas Deputy Chief Abdul Muin said at a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Comission VII.
One of the approaches was by asking state electricity company PT. PLN about its long-term program.
"The aim of our approach to PLN was to know how much gas it would need in the next 3 or 4 years, so BP Migas could take anticipatory steps. We are unable to meet PLN's needs when it informs us about those needs on short notice." Muin said.
"Every party in the chain of the energy business --from suppliers to consumers -- must work together," he added.
The energy shortage in Indonesia had caused power cuts in many parts of the country as the need for electricity continued to increase and had exceeded the country`s power plants` design capacity.
A joint decree of five ministers about the shifting of workdays to Saturdays and Sundays was also an effort to reduce power consumption by 600 MW during peak hours.
BP Migas had previously said the oil output of a number of new fields in the country had fallen short of the target set in the their development plans.
This was the main reason for a decline in the country`s total oil production and Indonesia's energy shortage.
