Central & SE Asia / Australasia
Country profile: Indonesia
| Location: | Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean |
| Climate: | tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands |
| Terrain: | mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains |
| Size: | 1919440 sq. km total (Land area: 1826440 sq. km Water area: 93000 sq.km) |
| Population: | 237,512,355 (July 2008 est.) |
| Languages: | Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese) |
| Government: | republic |
| Capital city: | Jakarta |
| Legal system: | based on Roman-Dutch law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts and by new criminal procedures and election codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Currency: | Indonesian rupiah (IDR) |
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Country profile
Indonesia has the largest population in Southeast Asia and the fourth largest population in the world (behind China, India, and the United States). In 1962, Indonesia joined the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and became a net importer of oil in 2004.
The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to relinquish its colony. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and home to the world's largest Muslim population.
Current issues include: alleviating poverty, preventing terrorism, consolidating democracy after four decades of authoritarianism, implementing financial sector reforms, stemming corruption, holding the military and police accountable for human rights violations, and controlling avian influenza. In 2005, Indonesia reached a historic peace agreement with armed separatists in Aceh, which led to democratic elections in December 2006. Indonesia continues to face a low intensity separatist movement in Papua.
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 1 million bbl/day (2006 est.) | 74 billion cu m (2006 est.) |
| Consumption: | 1 million bbl/day (2006 est.) | 37 billion cu m (2006 est.) |
| Exports: | 470,000 bbl/day (2006 est.) | 29 billion cu m (2006 est.) |
| Imports: | 500,000 bbl/day (2006 est.) | |
| Reserves: | 4 billion bbl (2007 est.) | 2 trillion cu m (1 January 2007 est.) |
| Major fields: |
Indonesia - recent news
| 09 Dec 24 |
Indonesia: Jadestone Energy completes Akatara EPCI contract performance test AIM-listed Jadestone Energy, an independent upstream production company focused on the Asia-Pacific region, has announced that the Akatara gas development has successfully completed its formal EPCI contract performance test. |
| 04 Dec 24 |
Indonesia: Texcal Energy's PSC PC-01 exploration well disappoints JV partner Cue Energy reports that the Texcal Energy-operated PC-01 exploration well in the Mahato PSC, Indonesia, did not yield hydrocarbons and the well has been plugged and abandoned. |
| 27 Nov 24 |
Indonesia: Saipem awarded an offshore EPCI contract by bp in Indonesia Saipem, together with its consortium partner PT Meindo Elang Indah, has been awarded an offshore EPCI contract by BP Berau Ltd. The EPCI contract is part of an integrated project known as Tangguh UCC Project comprising of Ubadari field development, enhanced gas recovery through carbon capture, utilization and storage (EGR/CCUS) and onshore compression, operated by BP Berau and located in Papua Barat Province, Indonesia. |
| 22 Nov 24 |
Indonesia: bp and partners give go-ahead for Tangguh UCC project in Papua Barat, Indonesia bp, on behalf of the Tangguh production sharing contract partners, today announced a final investment decision on the $7 billion Tangguh Ubadari, CCUS, Compression project (UCC), which has the potential to unlock around 3 trillion cubic feet of additional gas resources in Indonesia to help meet growing energy demand in Asia. |
| 21 Nov 24 |
Indonesia: Conrad ASia Energy provides update on commercialisation of Aceh shallow water gas discoveries Conrad Asia Energy, an Asia-focused natural gas exploration and development company, has provided an update on its recent commercialisation activities for shallow-water gas discoveries in its offshore Aceh PSCs |
Indonesia - more news
Other countries in this region
- Australia,
- Bangladesh,
- Brunei,
- Cambodia,
- China,
- Fiji,
- Hong Kong,
- India,
- Japan,
- Laos,
- Malaysia,
- Maldives,
- Mongolia,
- Myanmar,
- Nepal,
- New Zealand,
- North Korea,
- Pakistan,
- Palau,
- Papua New Guinea,
- Philippines,
- Singapore,
- South Korea,
- Sri Lanka,
- Taiwan,
- Thailand,
- Timor Leste,
- Vietnam
