Indonesia

The president of Malaysia's Petronas, Hassan Marican, met Indonesian oil minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro in Jakarta on March 12 to confirm the company's interest in expanding its drilling... 2008-03-14

UK-based independent Premier Oil has released its annual 2007 results. While the company reported a 42.3% fall in net profits to US$39.0mn due to one-off oil and gas hedging losses,... 2008-03-13

Indonesia's state-controlled Pertamina is set to sign a US$2bn deal with Iran's National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to build a new 200,000 barrel per day (b/d) refinery in... 2008-03-07

US integrated oil company Marathon Oil has embarked on a massive seismic data acquisition programme offshore Indonesia. Having abandoned the country 10 years ago, Marathon has... 2008-02-28

The Indonesian government has asked state-controlled Pertamina to prepare to develop the giant Natuna-D Alpha gas field on its own, following a failure to agree conditions with... 2008-02-19

A potentially massive new subsea deposit of hydrocarbons has been identified off the western coast of Aceh in Indonesia, according to two research agencies quoted by the Jakarta Post.... 2008-02-15

US oil major ExxonMobil says it is hopeful that it can still reach an agreement with the Indonesian authorities over its contract to manage the large Natuna D gas project, thus... 2008-02-07

BP has both upstream and downstream operations across the Asia Pacific region. It is particularly active in Asia Pacific's downstream business, with operations in China, Hong... 2008-02-07

Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina is likely to sign a joint venture (JV) agreement with Malaysia's state-controlled Petronas and Vietnam's PetroVietnam. The companies will establish... 2007-08-06

Indonesia is set to agree its first contract for the extraction of coal bed methane (CBM), according to Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro. The government plans to sign deals with... 2007-07-19