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Minister: Electricity supply to reach across Indonesia by 2020

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia's minister of energy and mineral resources Sudirman Said expressed optimism here on Sunday that by 2020 the country would be 100 percent supplied by electricity."I am optimistic when Indonesia reached its 75th anniversary all of its regions will have been supplied by electricity because right now around 84 percent of the country's regions have already...

A lawmaker and petroleum expert, Kurtubi (file)

A lawmaker says govt to manage Mahakam block

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- A lawmaker at  the House of Representatives said government should directly manage Mahakam block in East Kalimantan to provide more advantages to the country. The bock is currently developed by Total E&P Indonesia, a local unit of France-based oil and gas Total. "A hundred percent of advantages will go to the state by fully owning Mahakam block,"...