A Solid Agenda in Working Visit of Minister of EMR to Japan, Meeting Strategic Partners to Key Speakers on LNG Terms
MINISTRY
OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
PRESS
RELEASE
NUMBER: 00135.Pers/04/SJI/2017
Date: October, 16th 2017
A Solid Agenda in Working Visit of Minister of EMR to Japan, Meeting Strategic Partners to Key Speakers on LNG Terms
A Minister of Energy and
Mineral Resources (EMR) Ignasius Jonan is currently on a working visit to
Japan. In the working visit from Monday (16/10) to Wednesday (18/10) this solid
agenda has been waiting.
On
Monday, Minister Jonan and the delegations will meet with LNG Japan
Corporation. LNG
Japan Corporation is a business entity engaged in LNG business covering from
the process of developing upstream gas, exploration, transport and dismantling
LNG at the terminal. Some
activities of Japan LNG Corporation in Indonesia are on LNG Tangguh Project.
Minister
Jonan will also meet Special Advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Hiroto Izumi. In
this meeting will be discussed Indonesia-Japan strategic cooperation in infrastructure
development and other bilateral cooperations. On
the same day, the EMR Minister will also hold a meeting with Japan Bank for
International Cooperation (JBIC). As
known, JBIC is a public funding agency and export credit agency that owned by the
Government of Japan.
Next
Tuesday, the Minister of EMR along with the delegations will be to Japan
Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd or commonly known as Japex. Japex
is a Japanese company that was established since 1970 and has been long enough
to invest in Indonesia. The meeting with
Inpex is also held on Tuesday. As
known, the results of the Minister of EMR's Visit to Japan on 13-16 May 2017,
in the meeting with INPEX is to maintain the production level of Mahakam Block.
The
next agenda is a meeting with Mitsubishi Corporation. Mitsubishi's
investment in the energy and mineral resources sector in Indonesia covers the
oil and gas, electricity and mining. After
meeting Mitsubishi Corporation, the agenda is continued with Tokyo Gas.
In
a meeting with Tokyo Gas in May, the Minister of EMR welcomed Tokyo Gas's hope
that Indonesia would continue to supply gas and offers from Tokyo Gas to bring
its gas technology to Indonesia. On
Tuesday, the Minister of EMR agenda will be closed by meeting the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Continuing
on Wednesday, the next agenda of the Minister of EMR is to attend and deliver
key messages in the 2017 LNG Producer Consumer Conference. In this conference,
Minister Jonan will deliver on sustainable LNG development in Indonesia. On
the sidelines of the conference, Minister Jonan is also scheduled to meet with
Japan's Minister of Energy, Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko.
The
2017 LNG Producer Consumer Conference is hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and
Industry (METI) and the Asia Pacific Energy Research Center (APERC). Taking
the theme of 'Opportunities in LNG Market Driven by Innovation', the conference
aims to deepen the mutual understanding of market trends and the development of
the global LNG market The conference attended by more than one thousand
participants will be attended by Government Representatives, Business and
Research Institutions
The
Indonesian delegations in this working visit of Minister of EMR at this time is
Vice Chairman of Commission VII of DPR RI Satya Widya Yudha, Director General
of Oil and Gas Ego Syahrial, Head of SKK Migas Amien Sunaryadi, President
Director of PT. PGN
Jobi Triananda Hasjim, Director of Gas PT. Pertamina
Yenni Andayani and President's Special deputy to Japan Rahmat Gobel.
Head
of Communication, Public
Information Service, and Cooperation Bureau
Dadan Kusdiana
For further info detail, please
contact:
Head of Communication, Public Information Service, and Cooperation Bureau
Dadan Kusdiana (08121002705)
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