Minister set to soon issue regulation on flare gas

By Godang Sitompul

Petromindo

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan is expected to soon issue a new ministerial regulation on the utilization of flare gas from oil and gas fields in the country to help reduce emissions following completion of talks with upstream oil and gas authority SKK Migas, according to a senior official.

This was said by Deputy for Control and Supervision at SKK Migas, Djoko Siswanto to Petromindo.com on Monday. He expected the new regulation to be issued on Friday.

This portal previously quoted Director General of Oil and Gas at the ministry IGN Wiratmaja Puja as saying that the new regulation will help encourage the utilization and commercialization of flare gas potentials in the country, estimated at around 200 mmscfd.

He said that the government will open data on the country?s flare gas potentials to other industries and entrepreneurs planning to process the gas into other economically valuable products.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak