May 31, 2017
On 13 January 2017, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia issued Regulation No. 18 of 2017, which introduces a new form of gross-split production sharing contract and abolishes the cost recovery system, which has been a feature of Indonesia’s production sharing contracts since their inception in 1966.
In this alert, we analyse the context and background of the regulation, provide an overview of its key provisions and express our views on areas that will require further clarification. Government officials hope the regulation will reinvigorate the oil and gas sector in Indonesia by drastically reducing the time for development plans to be implemented by allowing Contractors much greater control over their procurement activities. We examine this contention and review the effect of the regulation on the economics of Contractors and consider what is necessary to ensure that the Government’s objectives are met.
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