Dr. Kurtubi dalam Program Hot Ekonomi Jumat (18/10) di jaringan televisi nasional: Strategi Tekan Defisit Migas
Kurtubi, President Jokowi Asked To Immediately Release PERPPU
JAKARTA, globallombok.com – President Jokowi was asked to immediately issue PERPPU to revoke the Oil and Gas Law No. 22/2001 because it is very urgent to save the national oil and gas industry. dPR RI Has twice failed to produce changes to the Oil and Gas Law that violates the Constitution. This was stated by Energy Expert Dr. Kurtubi Jakarta, Saturday (19/10).
“For too long the national oil and gas industry has not been in line with the Constitution. even though the Constitutional Court’s decision is final and binding. The Constitutional Court’s decision cannot be annulled. It must be upheld, “he said.
He reminded, if the national oil and gas management is allowed to continue to violate the constitution, then Indonesia may face ‘plagues’ (Sasak language meaning ‘quality’).
“Oil and gas production will continue to plummet. the oil and gas deficit will continue to burden the country. Hopefully we are not ‘plagues’ because the potential oil and gas resources in the bowels of the earth are still very much, “he said.
Earlier in an event on the national television station Dr. Kurtubi said, the deficit in the oil and gas trade balance had lasted a long time. This is due to oil and gas consumption continues to increase because the Indonesian economy is growing and the population continues to grow. while crude oil production has continued to decline for decades because the discovery of significant new reserves has been virtually non-existent, especially since the entry into force of the Oil and Gas Law. This was stated by Energy Expert Dr. Kurtubi in Jakarta, Saturday (10/19).
“The previous governance system was under Pertamina with a simple investment process.All licenses needed by investors are carried out by Pertamina to carry out activities in the upstream exploration and production sector such as drilling permits from the local government, permits from the ministry, Amdal permits, permits for issuing equipment or capital objects that are purchased from abroad by investorsand others, “he explained.With the change in the governance system based on Oil and Gas Law No. 22/2001, since 2001 all investors and oil and gas companies have taken care of all the permits themselves.
“Investment systems and processes that must be passed by investors become very bureaucratic and convoluted,” he said.
The impact of the Oil and Gas Law, according to Kurtubi, in the upstream sector of exploration activities and investments has fallen dramatically over the years. consequently the discovery of new reserves was almost zero.
“The end of production continues to fall until today the production is only around 700,000 bpd,” he said. Because the government has managed oil and gas since 2001. Those who sign contracts with investors are represented by BP Migas in the B to G. patternpreviously it was B to B. “he explained.
He explained, in a judicial review at the Constitutional Court (MK), the MK revoked 17 articles from the Oil and Gas Law, including all articles related to BP Migas. BP Migas has been dissolved by the Constitutional Court.
“But the government, previously formed a new institution called SKK Migas to this day,” he said.
According to him, the revocation of 17 articles in the Oil and Gas Law and the SKK Migas institution which is identical to BP Migas which has been dissolved by the Constitutional Court, has certainly caused legal uncertainty.
“This is the main reason why oil and gas production today is so very low. So that it becomes the cause of the oil and gas sector experiencing an acute deficit, “he said. (Gl 02)
