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ARTICLE · 06 SEPTEMBER 2005

Indonesian Gas Regulation 2005

Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono
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Even though the Indonesian government issued a new Oil and Gas Law (Law 22 of 2001) in 2001, and two government regulations to implement Law No. 22, namely, Government Regulation No. 35 of 2004 regarding upstream oil and gas business activities (GR 35) and Government Regulation No. 36 of 2004 regarding downstream oil and gas business activities (GR 36), the gas business in Indonesia remains in transition.

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Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Gas Regulation 2005 (published in July 2005, contributing editor Ulrich Scholz). For further information please visit www.GettingTheDealThrough.com..

Description of Domestic Natural Gas Sector

1 In general terms, describe the domestic natural gas sector, including the natural gas production, LNG storage, pipeline transportation, distribution, commodity sales and trading segments.

Even though the Indonesian government issued a new Oil and Gas Law (Law 22 of 2001) in 2001, and two government regulations to implement Law No. 22, namely, Government Regulation No. 35 of 2004 regarding upstream oil and gas business activities (GR 35) and Government Regulation No. 36 of 2004 regarding downstream oil and gas business activities (GR 36), the gas business in Indonesia remains in transition. Law 22 and these government regulations substantially changed the existing business

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