Foreign flagged oil, gas vessels to be exempted from cabotage ruling
Friday, November 6 2009 - 01:58 AM WIB
The exemption is part of the agreements made during a meeting between senior officials of the Directorate General of Maritime Affairs, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, upstream oil, gas regulator BPMIGAS and state owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina in Jakarta on Thursday.
During the meeting, they agreed that foreign-flagged ships used for drilling, seismic survey and construction activities should also be allowed to continue their operations in the country despite the enforcement of the cabotage principle. This is because most of vessels used for such purposes are rented from overseas operators due to the lack of such vessels domestically.
Ships which need a high technology such as a tanker ships for the shipment and storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to be operated to support the government-sponsored LPG-to-kerosene conversion program should also be excluded from the cabotage ruling.
All participants of the meeting will gather again to discuss the issues. (godang).
| No | Contractor(s) | Number of Vessel | Flag Status | |||
| Indonesia | Foreign (before 2011) | Foreign (2011) | Note | |||
| 1 | PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO | 149 | 115 | 34 | 0 | ? |
| 2 | BP BERAU | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | ? |
| 3 | BP WEST JAVA LTD. | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | ? |
| 4 | CAMAR RESOURCES CANADA INC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? |
| 5 | CHEVRON INDONESIA COMPANY | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | ? |
| 6 | CNOOC SOUTHEAST SUMATRA B.V | 34 (24) | 20 | 8 (4) | 6 (1) | 2 FPSO, 2 Ordinary vessel, only one left foreign |
| 7 | CONOCOPHILLIPS INDONESIA | 14 | 11 (3) | 1 (11) | 2 (FSO) | Reflagging 9 |
| 8 | ENI BUKAT LTD | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ? |
| 9 | EXXON MOBIL PASE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? |
| 10 | HESS (IND. PANGKAH) LIMITED | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ? |
| 11 | JOB PERTAMINA - PETROCHINA EAST JAVA LTD. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ? |
| 12 | JOB - PETROCHINA SARASWATI | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ? |
| 13 | JOB PERTAMINA MEDCO E&P TOMORI SULAWESI | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ? |
| 14 | KANGEAN ENERGY INDONESIA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ? |
| 15 | KODECO ENERGY INDONESIA | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ? |
| 16 | KONDUR PETROLEUM | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ? |
| 17 | PETROCHINA INTERNATIONAL (BERMUDA) LTD. | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ? |
| 18 | PETROCHINA INTERNATIONAL JABUNG LTD. | 13 | 10 | 2 (3) 2 FPSO, 1 | 1 (0) | ? |
| 19 | PREMIER OIL NATUNA SEA LTD. | 3 | 0 (1) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | No Document |
| 20 | PT CHEVRON PACIFIC INDONESIA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? |
| 21 | PT MEDCO E&P INDONESIA | 11 (8) | 9 (8) | 0 | 2 (0) | ? |
| 22 | SANTOS (MADURA OFFSHORE) PTY LTD. | 1 (2) | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | ? |
| 23 | SANTOS (SAMPANG) PTY LTD | 7 (5) | 4 (2) | 0 (3) | 3 (2) 1 FSO, 1 FPSO | ? |
| 24 | STAR ENERGY (KAKAP) LTD | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ? |
| 25 | TOTAL E&P INDONESIA | 397 | 366 (382) | 22 (12) | 9 (3) | ? |
|
TOTAL |
770 | 648 | 103 | 29 | ? | |
Source: Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources