Is the drum half full or half empty?
An investor survey of the Indonesian oil and gas industry – 8th edition
This is the eighth edition of our survey of the Indonesian oil and gas industry. The purpose of the survey is to help inform the public and private sectors about Indonesia’s petroleum industry and to highlight some of the challenges in attracting optimal investment and achieving its full potential. Where possible, we have compared current results with the results from prior surveys to highlight trends and to assess whether conditions are deteriorating or improving.
Based on the survey results, Indonesia faces a key challenge in the development of the oil and gas sector as we confront what may be a prolonged downturn in oil prices. At the same time this provides an opportunity to improve the regulatory environment for oil and gas investment in order to attract the scarce investment funds available for exploration and development, ready for the next uptick in the commodities cycle. So we may ask – is the drum half full or half empty?
