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Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Downstreaming and Energy Transition Bahlil Lahadalia warned on Thursday that Jakarta could stop exporting energy to countries that failed to treat it with respect.<\/p>\n
“I will conduct an evaluation. I will not hesitate to consider stopping exports to countries that do not respect Indonesia,” Mr Bahlil, who is also Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, said at an event in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
He did not name any specific country.<\/p>\n
A day earlier, Mr Bahlil had raised the possibility of not renewing gas export contracts with neighbouring countries, citing the need to prioritise Indonesia’s domestic energy requirements.<\/p>\n
The remarks followed President Prabowo Subianto’s call for Indonesia to safeguard its natural resources and put national interests first.<\/p>\n
About 30 per cent of Indonesia’s natural gas production is currently exported, while the remaining 70 per cent is used domestically, according to Indonesian state news agency Antara.<\/p>\n
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong had warned in September last year that Indonesia’s growing domestic demand for natural gas could affect how much it was able to export to other countries.<\/p>\n
In a parliamentary reply, he said Singapore’s existing gas import contracts with Indonesia were due to expire at the end of 2028.<\/p>\n
Mr Gan, who is also Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry (Trade), stressed the importance of securing sufficient and diverse gas supplies, noting that no single country accounted for more than 30 per cent of Singapore’s gas imports in 2024.<\/p>\n
Singapore is also building a second LNG terminal, expected to be operational by the end of the decade, to increase its capacity to import gas from suppliers around the world.<\/p>\n
The recent comments by Indonesian officials have also come amid heightened alert over transboundary haze, with Singapore stepping up scrutiny of companies<\/a> potentially linked to fires in Indonesia.<\/p>\n Singapore has announced plans to establish a specialist panel to investigate companies<\/a> that may have caused or contributed to the haze, while the National Environment Agency has issued notices to 20 companies in Singapore and Indonesia<\/a> under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act.<\/p>\n