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Pertamina tankers at Kertosono train station. ikhlasulamal/flickr

Ethical leadership is needed to restore the integrity of Indonesian SOEs

Iris van Eeden Jones, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Dedy Eryanto, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Karin Lasthuizen, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

The new SOE Minister is trying to put ethical leaders into SOEs, but finding leaders that have a clean record and free from controversy is not easy.
Indonesia has decided that state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina will take over the Rokan block, in Riau, from Chevron when the US energy firm’s operating contract expires in 2021. www.shutterstock.com

Pertamina gets Rokan oil block from Chevron. What does this tell us?

Farahdiba Bachtiar, RMIT University

The recent Rokan block deal signals a shift to a more nationalist agenda, but Indonesia’s government is still pursuing other more outward-looking economic policies.
The country’s lawmakers for the past two years have been deliberating a new oil and gas bill without much progress. Reuters/Darren Whiteside

Finding the right model for Indonesia’s oil and gas management

Giri Ahmad Taufik, Indonesian Center for Law and Policy Studies (PSHK)

Indonesian lawmakers should ignore a push from nationalists groups to return monopoly rights over the country’s oil and gas reserved to the state oil company, Pertamina.

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  3. Corruption
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  8. Oil and gas
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