Monday, June 8, 2026

Former OPEC Member’s Byzantine Rules Shooing Away Explorers

From Bloomberg Nation may not see major oil, gas investment: Drilling group Red tape, rising costs and declining crude prices are throttling exploration in Indonesia, the former OPEC member that now produces less oil than it uses. Only 20 percent of the 287 onshore rigs operated by contractors for local and foreign explorers are at work, compared with 60 percent in 2012, according