Vol 3 No 27 -26 July, 2012

Indonesia finds itself in themiddle of the South China Seadispute.

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Will east Africa be the world’snext energy gold mine?Page 13

Part II: The women pioneers ofthe oil and gas industry.Page 14

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Let the Games begin!London Olympics LIVE on GOODIES TV * GOODIES hours unchanged during Ramadan

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ONE OF the world’s most powerfulmen in the electronics industry, TerryGou, was in Jakarta recently, gettingsocial with local business luminaries,hitting the golf course and spendingtwo hours with President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono.

Gou’s visit was a courtesy call aheadof a plan to make Indonesia the nextproduction base for FoxconnTechnology Group, the maker ofiPad, iPhone, Kindle, Playstation 3,Xbox 360 and more.

Based on a New York Times report,Foxconn’s factories in Asia, Europe

Indonesia’s big gamble: Foxconnand South America assemble 40% ofall consumer-electronic products inthe world. The company is asubsidiary of Honhai PrecisionIndustry Co. Ltd., a company Goufounded almost four decades ago inTaiwan.

Gou’s plan for Indonesia entailsstrategic investments that, accordingto sources familiar with the matter,will redraw the industrial landscapeand give birth to a new star in theconstellation of local manufacturinggiants such as Astra International,

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Batam Fast Ferry and Penguin FerryServices were fined $172,906 and$113,860, respectively, for “ex-changing sensitive and confidentialprice information in relation to ferrytickets sold to corporate clients andtravel agents, with the object ofrestricting competition,” CCS said.

The tickets sold were for ferryservices that ply two routes: onebetween Singapore's Harbour FrontCentre and Batam Centre, and theother between Singapore andSekupang.

Over-the-counter tickets sold at pu-blished rates were not affected.

This occurred from Nov. 9, 2007, toNov. 17, 2009, involving ticketssold to two corporate clients, andfrom June 17, 2008, to May 20,2009, involving tickets sold to atravel agent. - AsiaOne

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The investments are said to becomparable to Foxconn’s presence inChina, where the company operates13 factories in nine cities andemploys more than 1 million people.Although it will not be on the samescale, Gou mulls spreading Foxconn’soperations over the six economiccorridors stipulated in Indonesia’smaster plan for economic acceler-ation, also known as MP3EI.

The aim is to benefit from thespecialties offered by each of thecorridors, be they labor force, rawmaterials, energy or services; andalso from a tax holiday given to newinvestments outside Java.

But much is at stake in Gou’s bet onIndonesia, both for the company andthe biggest economy in SoutheastAsia. Foxconn owes it to major clientssuch as Apple, Sony or Microsoft thathis risk assessment is foolproof .

Indonesia, on the other hand, cannotafford to let this deal be scuttled bytraditional impediments and bottle-necks or risk global embarrassment.It is widely understood that problemssurrounding land acquisition, infra-structure and law enforcement arestill grossly unresolved.

In early June, Trade Minister GitaWirjawan and Sofjan Wanandi, oneof the key guardians of Indonesia-Taiwan business relations, travelledto Taipei and met with Gou and hisexecutives. At the meeting, both menpresented the case on why investingin Indonesia would fare better thananywhere else. One of the meetingparticipants said that the presen-tation made a big impression oneveryone.

The trip to Taipei came at anopportune time. Foxconn has been,for a little more than a year, underpressure from clients to expand itsproduction capacity. The first obviousoption for the company was Brazil,where it has already established fivefactories. Brazilian President DilmaRousseff said in April 2011 thatFoxconn was considering spendingaround US$12 billion over five to sixyears, its largest overseasinvestment ever.

By the end of September, however,reports claimed that the much-hypeddeal was in doubt due to stagnantnegotiations over tax breaks andother special treatments. Local media

later reported that a deal had beenachieved by January. Despite thenews, there hasn’t been an updatewhether the factory constructionswould finally kick off.

In the midst of the uncertainty overthe new investments, thousands ofFoxconn’s Brazilian workers maderepeated threats to strike over whatthey claim are poor workingconditions. These are workers whoget at least $580 a month. This iswhere Indonesia easily stands out,even when compared to whatFoxconn workers earn in China,where as of July 1, they are paid$400 a month before overtime, plusother benefits to avoid suicides. Thecompany has so far witnessed 18suicide attempts and 14 deaths.

In Indonesia, the highest minimumsalary set for 2012 is a little over$160 a month, and that is forworkers in the capital city Jakarta,where living costs are the highest.There are other equally competitiveregions where companies are allowedto pay half that.

Neither is the level of education anissue for what are entry-levelmanufacturing jobs that require onlya short period of education andtraining - fit for ajunior high schoolgraduate.

Another compet-itive factor forIndonesia is thatit is very unlikelythat a strike herewould involvehundreds of peo-ple making suicidethreats, such ashappened in Fox-conn’s Wuhanfacility in China.

Investment inIndonesia also willbenefit from theg o v e r n m e n t ’ srecent carrot andstick approach toencourage thecreation of value-added productsd o m e s t i c a l l y .Despite some ofthe policies beingborn out of polit-ical accidents,they would un-doubtedly im-prove businessrisks for most

manufacturing companies as long asconsistency is maintained.

Indonesia also offers a largeconsumer base. Buoyed by strongpurchasing power, such consumershave helped companies expand andget more sophisticated.

Recently, Indonesia’s biggest pub-lishing company, Kompas Gramedia,announced a plan to produce tabletcomputers akin to Amazon’s KindleFire, and emulate its ebook-readerbusiness model. This is exactly thetype of business development thatwould benefit from Foxconn’spresence.

Many Indonesians are tech savvy:mobile SIM card penetration is at120% of the total 240 millionpopulation; 5.8 million imports ofsmartphones in 2011 - expected toreach 8.3 million this year; thebiggest users of Twitter in Asia untilrecently; and the third largestnumber of Facebook users, withmore than 43 million accounts.

The domestic ecosystem seems inplace, Foxconn’s entry into Indonesiahas indeed come at the right time. Itis now up to the Yudhoyonoadministration to live up to its sideof the bargain. – The Jakarta Post

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Indonesia perceives itself as a neutral party andpotential mediator in the South China Sea

disputes. But with self-interests and geopoliticalrealities that are now unfolding, this perception

may soon become untenable.

INDONESIA is not a claimant state in the South ChinaSea (SCS) with regard to the disputed ownership ofislands located therein. But it has interests at stake,especially considering the overlap between China’s“9-dotted-line” claim and Indonesia’s exclusiveeconomic zone (EEZ) around the Natuna Islands,located at the southern part ofSCS.

As a non-claimant state,Indonesia believes it is well-suited to play the role ofmediator in the disputes. Itbegan in 1990 when Jakarta initiated a series ofinformal workshops among interested parties of theSCS to encourage cooperation and enhance mutualconfidence and understanding. More than 20 years on,however, this self-perception is increasingly untenable.

Firstly, Indonesia views with caution Chinese creepingmaritime assertiveness, supported by its modernizedand capable navy and marine paramilitary units.Jakarta has already borne the brunt of this aggressivestance when its patrol boat was threatened at gunpointby a Chinese marine vessel in June 2010 after theformer had arrested Chinese trawlers fishing illegally inNatuna waters.

Secondly, it becomes increasingly difficult for Jakartato understand, let alone empathize with, Beijing’sviewpoint based upon “historical” jurisdiction, which isnot supported by the United Nations Convention on theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS). This is why in July 2010,one month after the Natuna incident, Indonesia sent adiplomatic note to the UN, decrying the Chinese claimas having “no clear explanation as to the legal basis”and thus, “is tantamount to upset the UNCLOS 1982.”

Thirdly, Indonesia differs from China on the process ofdrafting the Code of Conduct of Parties in the SCS(CoC). While the latter demands to be involved in theprocess throughout, the former believes ASEAN shouldcome to a common position first before negotiatingwith Beijing.

Fourthly, unlike China, Indonesia does not oppose theparticipation of external powers, such as the UnitedStates, to discuss the issue in regional forums. Jakartaviews such involvement as necessary to maintain a“dynamic equilibrium,” namely to prevent one power(China) from becoming too domineering.

Last, but not least, while proclaiming itself a non-claimant state, Jakarta tacitly acknowledges its owninterests, some of which may run counter to theChinese wishes.

Despite the 2005 bilateral Strategic PartnershipAgreement between them, Jakarta maintains acloseted, yet persistent, anxiety toward Beijing’sambitions. Central to its concerns are Chinese

intentions in the Natuna Sea, which has one of theworld’s largest gas fields: the East Natuna Block, alsoknown as Block D-Alpha, contains 46 trillion cubic feet(Tcf) of recoverable natural gas.

Beijing has not formally assured Jakarta regarding its“historic waters” claim overlapping the area. But,Indonesia seems determined to demonstrate its rightfulownership over it. In December 2010, the national oilcompany, Pertamina, partnered with ExxonMobil, Total,and Malaysia’s Petronas, to explore the East Natuna

Block with first productionestimated to start by 2021.

Yet, with rising domestic demands,Indonesian energy security alsohinges on areas beyond its EEZ. Forinstance, in January 2002,Pertamina agreed with PetroVietnam

and Petronas to jointly explore Block 10 and 11.1 in theNam Con Son basin, parts of which are located withinthe Chinese claim. In March 2001, it also pledged toexplore offshore blocks near Vietnam. This would not sitwell with Beijing, whose oil company, CNOOC, recentlytendered the area for joint development – based onChina’s jurisdictional claim.

Apart from energy, Jakarta also has a stake in thesecurity of sea lines of communication (SLOC), wherethe bulk of its trade transits the SCS. For example, thefour largest Northeast Asian economies (Japan, SouthKorea, China and Taiwan) collectively account foraround 34% and 45% of Indonesia’s non-oil-and-gasexports and imports, respectively. Furthermore, theNatuna Sea is a rich fishing ground, which greatlycontributes to the local economy.

Notwithstanding the divergent interests, Jakarta iskeenly aware that it would have more to lose ifrelations with Beijing, which have never been better,turn sour. China has pledged US$19 billion ofinvestment credit and US$9 billion loans forinfrastructure development in Indonesia. In defense,too, China and Indonesia have established cooperation,among other things, on joint naval missile developmentand production. Most recently, Beijing offered to build acoastal surveillance system in Indonesia worth US$158million to supplement the existing systems provided bythe U.S. In addition, both countries agreed to establishthe Indonesia-China Centre for Ocean and Climate(ICCOC) for oceanography and weather research, withthe Natuna Islands as one of its locations.

This cooperation, however, is not exclusive. Jakartareckons its interests would be best served if itmaintains a strategic independence by forgingpartnerships with multiple powers. Nonetheless,geopolitical realities might soon prod Jakarta to realignitself, especially if the situation in the SCS deteriorates.This could pose tough choices for Jakarta’s elites toeither bandwagon with an aggressive China, or balanceit with like-minded powers. – eurasiareview.com

Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto is a research analyst atiNanyang Technological University, Singapore.

By Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto

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THE SOUTH China Sea is currentlythe subject of dispute involvingChina-ASEAN members. Most ASEAN(Association of Southeast AsianNations) members and China haveclaimed the Spartlys and the Paracelsas their territories, and acknowledgethe importance of the South ChinaSea for its shipping routes and vastreserves of oil and natural gas.

Oil reserves in the South China Seaare estimated to be more than 213billion barrels. Vietnam’s accusationthat China’s vessels cut the cables toexploration ships, China’s claim to agas rich zone near Natuna Island,which Indonesia occupies, andChina’s claim to the Mischief Reefthat is also claimed by the Philippinesas part of its territory, render to theon-going dispute. Recently China andthe Philippines have disputed theownership of Scarborough Shoal, 100miles off the coast of the Philippine.

China’s view is that multilateralnegotiations for the dispute resolu-tion will complicate matters, prefer-ring instead unilateral negotiations,which give China distinct leverage,whereas ASEAN agree that inter-national intervention by way ofmultilateral negotiation is essential.ASEAN members, however, areunable to pressure China to acceptinternational intervention, specificallynegotiation, as the basis for thedispute resolution. Non-alliance withgreat powers, such as the U.S.,renders to ASEAN states’ inability topressure China.

ASEAN members have approaches tothe conflict resolution: cooperativesecurity, such as 1976 Treaty ofAmity and Cooperation (TAC) for thepeaceful settlement of disputes, andASEAN’s 1992 Manila Declaration;comprehensive security, such asIndonesia’s approach to foreigndiplomacy; and national security asthey have developed naval forces todefend their Exclusive EconomicZone (EEZ) claims.

Malaysia desires to include the U.S.,as Malaysia distrusts China.Indonesia claims to be a neutralcountry, and although notintimidated by China, does not

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confront China but expects the U.S.to play a role as a mediator.

By including the U.S., Indonesia hasmore bargaining power. Vietnamdistrusts China and seeks supportfrom the U.S.. Singapore, althoughnot involved in the maritime dispute,is engaged in the advanced stage oftalks with the U.S. over thedeployment of new warships.

The Philippines also distrusts Chinadue to their dispute over the MischiefReef. Like other ASEAN members,the Philippines seeks support fromthe U.S. under an historic 1951

treaty in which the U.S. wasobligated to defend the Philippines.

The South China Sea disputes are nota serious threat to the nationalsecurity of ASEAN members. Thisexplains why ASEAN members do notconfront China. Nonetheless, severalASEAN mem-bers welcome thepresence of the U.S. Navy.

The U.S. can be a buffer for China’spresence in South China Sea.Involving the U.S. in ASEAN RegionalForum (ARF) and East Asia Summit(EAS) without leaving Russia out hasbeen a strategic approach in ASEAN-China dispute in South China Sea.

China, however, is ardently avoidingmultilateral negotiations, and has sofar refused to negotiate outsidebilateral agreements. It thendepends on the assertiveness ofASEAN members to encourage Chinato be involved in multilateralagreements. - OilVoice

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“We used to pay Rp 1 billion(US$106,000) a month for electricityback in 2006. Fortunately, we neverexperienced that again since westarted to be more efficient,” WayanNetra at Grand Inna Bali Beach inSanur said.

The island’s first five-star hotel,founded in 1966, which has morethan 500 rooms, now pays a monthlyaverage of Rp 950 million for itsapproximate 1,038,500 kilowatthours (KWH) consumption everymonth.

Netra acknowledged that around60% of the electricity went tooperate the hotel’s cooler system, orcentralized air conditioning. “Be itduring peak or low visiting season,the air-conditioning system mustalways operate. Hence, the hotels’occupancy situation has little effecton the electricity used for AC,” hesaid.

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In addition, 90% of the hotel’slighting has been switched to energy-saving bulbs from fluorescent bulbs.

The 418-room InterContinental BaliResort in Jimbaran has also starteda similar efficiency program to trimthe 12-million KWH of electricity itused last year. Since 2010, the hotelhas been utilizing a high-techvariable speed drive, which isbasically an electronic panel tocontrol the use of electricity aroundits 14-hectare resort compound.

“Compared to our previous manualefforts to save electricity, thiscentralized automated equipmenthas helped us a great deal,” saidInterContinental’s Daniela Hartati,citing that in June 2011 the hotelused 1,019,400 KWH, while this Juneelectricity use was “only” 964,000KWH.

In Kuta, the 400-room Hard RockHotel has also targeted the reductionof its electricity use to 28,000 KWHper day. “Previously we used up to37,380 KWH daily, but now we havereduced our daily consumption to30,000 KWH,” said the Hard RockHotel’s engineering officer SunanTaya.

“We are still cudgeling our brains onhow to reduce it to 28,000 KWH,” headded.

Over the previous five months, thestate power company, PT PLN, in Balihas recorded stunning growth of10.83% (1,450,101,571 KWH) in theisland’s overall electricity consump-tion. In May last year, the total useof electricity only grew by 4.39%(1,308,454,798 KWH). The island’selectricity use is dominated by thebusiness sector, with 8.33% growth,or 642,569,213 KWH use fromJanuary to May, while the householdsector has recorded 10.41% growth,or 639,698,002 KWH over the pastfive months.

PT PLN Bali General Manager IBGMardawa Padangratha said that theisland’s overall power availability was695 megawatts (MW), while the totalpeak load was 603 MW. Only about200 MW of Bali’s overall electricity issupplied from Java, while themajority of the power comes fromdiesel power plants located inPesanggaran, Pemaron andGilimanuk. – The Jakarta Post

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By Myron BrilliantTHE U.S. Chamber of Commerceplaces great importance onIndonesia. With a population of 240million, a GDP hovering around $1trillion, and consistently higheconomic growth, the market isvast, as is its potential for futuregrowth. However, we are concernedthat the US-Indonesia commercialrelationship is falling short.

U.S. exports to Indonesia last yearwere $7.4 billion. That is behindcountries such as Peru ($8.3 billion)and Panama ($8.2 billion). The U.S.exports more to Panama -population 3.5 million - than toIndonesia.

Of the $19.5 billion in 2011 invest-ment approvals reported by theIndonesia Investment CoordinatingBoard (BKPM), $1.5 billionoriginated from the U.S. In 2010,U.S. investment was only $1.1billion. And the trend continues.

Contrary to perceptions of U.S.aloofness, American companies arecommitted to the Indonesianmarket. But as the numbers aboveindicate, we could, and should, bedoing better. To do so, we needIndonesia’s help.

Part of the challenge has been aseries of measures over the pastcouple of years that have restrictedaccess to the Indonesian market andmade doing business in Indonesiamore difficult for U.S. companies.

Helping Indonesiamake the mostof US investment

U.S. investors have been forced toscramble to interpret and complywith a series of rulings, decrees, andregulations that increase the costand uncertainty of doing business.Companies that are already on theground will stay the course, but thedeterrent effect on new U.S.investment is real.

Most of the available energy in ourbilateral dialogue is being directedtoward combating such measures,leaving little or no opportunity forpromoting, building, and investing ina longer-term commercial relation-ship from which both our countriescould benefit greatly.

U.S. investment can catalyze know-ledge transfer and help Indonesiameet a primary economic goal -moving its manufacturing sector andexports up the value chain.

We can start by opening up newchannels to promote increased tradeand investment. Indonesia’s chair-manship of Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation next year gives it animportant platform from which toadvance a robust agenda of regionaltrade and investment liberalization,and we look forward to working withIndonesia in that effort. Bilaterally,the U.S.-Indonesia CommercialDialogue is an important step, butmuch more can be done.

Our commercial relationship can bea catalyst for growth in bothcountries, but it is falling short.Business leaders in both ourcountries need to develop new,innovative channels through whichto broaden engagement. – TheJakarta Globe

Myron Brilliant is the senior vicepresident of international affairs atthe U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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BASED ON property projects currently underdevelopment, the total number of skyscrapers inJakarta will more than double, reaching 150 by 2015,due to the booming economy and the desire of richindividuals and companies to etch their signature inthe skies.

“Now we have 70. Considering several plannedprojects, the number will be 75 by the year end, and150 by 2015,” Jones Lang LaSalle Indonesia head ofresearch Anton Sitorus said. By the end of 2020, hesaid, the figure could reach 250 in total.

“Land prices have become increasingly expensive inJakarta. Therefore, developers want to maximize theuse of their land. They also want to make an iconicbuilding on which they can put their names,” he said.

Among the notable skyscraper projects underconstruction include the Tower Ciputra World, named

Drive for legacy fuelsskyscraper rush

after the founder ofIndonesia’s largestpublicly listed prop-erty company, PTCiputra Property.

Another propertyproject bears not thename of a person,but the city itself,Menara Jakarta. Theproject was the brainchild of former president Soeharto.

PT Danayasa Arthatama, a subsidiary of the Artha GrahaNetwork, announced last month that it was raising fundsto construct a skyscraper, the Signature Tower that willhave a height of 638 meters, making it Indonesia’s tallestand the world’s fifth-tallest building. The project isexpected to cost about $2 billion and be completed in2020.

A growing economy, increasing purchasing power andcorporate expansion have triggered higher demand forcommercial properties. – The Jakarta Post

EUROPEAN companies haveaccused three Batam manufacturersof falsifying their products, claimingthat the exported goods were madein China, a Batam Indonesia FreeZone Authority (BIFZA) official said.

The accusation centers on thecertificates of origin (CoO) issued byBIFZA, which confirm that the goodsare made in Batam and produced bythe local manufacturers.

In Batam, a CoO can be issued bythree parties: BIFZA, the Batamadministration and the IndonesianChamber of Commerce and Industry(Kadin). But since May, Kadin has nolonger had the right to issue suchcertificates.

BIFZA management agencycommodity traffic chief Fatullah saidthe allegation turned out to beincorrect. “We, together with theTrade Ministry, have taken thenecessary measures. We havechecked the reports and theallegation has been proven asincorrect,” said Fatullah.

“We have made some clarificationsover the first complaint, while we arestill collecting some reports torespond to the second one,” saidFatullah. The first complaint was filedby the countries’ customs offices inApril, followed by the second one inearly July.

Batam companiesaccused of faking goods

The complaints allege that the Batamcompanies only put some labels ontheir products, while the items werenot originally made in Indonesia,before exporting them to threeEuropean countries: Germany, Spainand Sweden.

The European companies, which hadfiled complaints to the TradeMinistry, claimed that the three localmanufacturers transported emptycontainers to Singapore beforeloading the containers with made-in-China products, said Fatullah.

A CoO denotes the country where thegoods were made, not where thegoods were shipped from.

“We have asked local Customs officesto check all containers, owned by thethree Batam companies, before theywere transported overseas,” he said.

The three companies allegedlyinvolved are PT I and PT F, both steelscrew producers, and PT EO, achemical elements manufacture.

Following the reports, Fatullah saidthat BIFZA had checked somecomponents, including the numberof workers deployed by the localmanufacturers, as well as taking acloser look at the production process.

BIFZA will impose sanctions if anymanufacturer is proven to havemanipulated the data. The JakartaPost

BANK INDONESIA is readyinga supply of Rp 89.4 trillion ($9.5billion) in cash, including smalldenominations, to meet risingdemand during Ramadan andIdul Fitri, central bank governorDarmin Nasution said.

The sum was 16% higher thanahead of last year’s Ramadan,the Bank Indonesia chief said.

He said the bulk of the cashwould be in denominations of Rp20,000 and higher, with the restin Rp 10,000, Rp 5,000 and Rp1,000 notes.

“The amount needed has beenestimated based on pastexperience. With more holidaysthis time, the need for money isalso rising,” Darmin said. Cash isin hot demand as people seek toacquire new clothes and shoes,as well as purchasing gifts.

Bank Indonesia will provide smallchange that is much needed forfestivities during the fastingmonth and its conclusion, IdulFitri. The service will involve 12vans at the National Monumentcomplex that will allow people toexchange larger denominationsfor smaller ones. - Investor Daily

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THE RECENTLY ended takeoverbattle between Royal Dutch Shell andThai state-owned exploration andproduction firm PTT Exploration andProduction (PTTEP) for Mozambique-focused Cove Energy has served tohighlight the growing interest thatthe energy industry has in East Africa.

Companies are now scrambling for apiece of the action, as the vastreserves of gas there become key toplans to use LNG (liquefied naturalgas) as a way of ensuring increaseddemand for fossil fuels is met duringthe next few decades.

East Africa: The next major oil and gas region?No company is more conscious of theneed to be able to provide gas thanShell. Marjan van Loon, vicepresident for LNG at Shell Projectsand Technology, points out that thisyear will see the firm turn from beingan oil company to a gas companybecause more than half of itsportfolio will be composed of gasprojects.

Shell finally gave up on trying to taketCove Energy over because it wasunwilling to match the $1.9 billionthat Thailand’s PTTEP has made. Butgiven that Shell already hasembarked on building a presence in

East Africa, where it holds assets inTanzania, the firm is likely to cast itseye over other potential gas projectsin the region.

Mozambique’s Rovuma Basin is anoffshore zone that looks very rich innatural gas resources. Anadarko,Cove’s partner and operator of theMozambique Offshore Area 1 license,speculated in mid-June that theRovuma Basin could contain as muchas 100 trillion cubic feet of gas afterits Atum well made a new discoverythere.

No wonder then that both Shell andPTTEP were both keen to get theirhands on Cove’s 8.5% stake in theRovuma license.

Shell and Anadarko are not the onlymajor Western oil and gas companiesoperating in East Africa. For example,UK gas major BG Group is active inKenya and Tanzania.

BG Group entered Kenya in 2011,acquiring an interest in two offshoreexploration blocks. The firm is to bethe operator on both blocks, whichcover around 4,000 square miles ofthe southern portion of the LamuBasin. Cove Energy and Premier Oilalso hold stakes in these blocks.

Two years earlier, BG Group farmedinto exploration blocks 1, 3 and 4 inTanzania. Combined, these blockscover some 8,000 square miles.

BG Group is the operator of theblocks and has a 60% stake in them,with its partner Ophir Energy holdingthe other 40%.

So far, the focus in Tanzania hasbeen on Block 1 and Block 4. Themost recent discovery, Mzia-1, notonly found gas resources estimatedat between 2 and 6 trillion cubic feet,but also opened up what BG Groupand its partner Ophir describe as theRovuma Delta Upper Cretaceousintra-slope play. Overall, Ophirestimates that there is upwards of 30trillion cubic feet of gross un-riskedprospective resources of gas inTanzania.

Although the Shell/PTTEP takeoverbattle for Cove is now over, furthermajor discoveries in East Africa willlikely drive plenty more majors andnational oil companies to becomeinvolved in consolidating the region’soil and gas sector in the near future.- Rigzone

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Women have madeunprecedented gains inthe male-dominated oiland gas industry – theycan be found on the

rigs, at the refineries, and moresignificantly, in positions where theirauthority and influence can have asubstantial impact on the industry’sfuture. But despite this progress,gaps remain in many areas of thebusiness, specifically in manager toexecutive roles.

As the ever-increasing globaldemand for energy rises, the oil andgas industry is poised to adjust theircurrent recruitment efforts, as wellas retention efforts, in hiring andkeeping women employees. Thecurrent work force profile of the oiland gas industry does not mirrorwhat is represented in otherindustries, such as customer service,sales, arts and research anddevelopment.

“The oil and gas industry has alwaysbeen male-dominated because of thelifestyle that accompanies it,” saidMary McInerney, who works at theHouston headquarters for Freuden-berg Oil & Gas. “Oil rigs run 24 hoursa day, seven days a week, 365 daysa year, in some of the most remotelocations in the world. Because of

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this, women have not historicallybeen attracted to the industry.”

According to Maria Angela Capello, a26-year oil and gas veteran,currently working for Kuwait OilCompany, said that, to date, womenstill face more challenges than mostmen when it comes to pay raises,promotions, career growth, and workstability and satisfaction.

The lack of a representative femalecomponent in leadership positions isnot unique to the oil and gasindustry, as only 15 CEOs out ofFortune 500 companies in 2011 werewomen. Additionally, the percentageof women directors on the boards ofdirectors of those 500 top companiesis only 16%; and, the oil and gassector has the lowest percentage ofwomen directors at 9.6%.

“The journey that progresses up theexecutive ladder is a complicated oneif you are a woman, and even moreso if you are a woman in the oilindustry,” said McInerney.

Many insiders claim that companiesare not yet effectively attracting, andthen enhancing, empowering andretaining their work force. In the “Oil& Gas Global Salary Guide 2012”conducted by Hays, this year has

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seen an increase in the number ofwomen working in the industry, butthe pace of growth is not as quick asmost would like. The percentage ofwomen in the industry has risen7.8%, up 7.1% from last year.

“Sadly, to achieve parity withthe wider general work forcein terms of gender diversity willtake over 30 years at thecurrent rate of growth,” statedthe Hays report.

The report noted that a smalldecrease in the average age ofwomen working in the industrywent down from 36.5 to 35.5years old.

This statistic is consistent with otherdata, which shows that “whenapproaching the most productivedecades of age at work ladders,during their 30s and 40s, manywomen are also having their children,as maternity age is now generallypostponed to allow for the launchingof successful careers,” Capello said.“The pursuit of managerial requiresa full-time dedication, which manytimes is impossible when jugglingwork and family in the pregnancy anddelivery period, and during the earlyyears of children upbringing, forcingwomen to a disadvantageous situ-ation when competing with their malecounterparts for corporate promo-tions.”

However, a number of energycompanies have taken steps torecruit and retain women, to make

the workplace more hospitable forfemale employees and to foster theirprofessional development.

In 2011, Clough Limited, anAustralian engineering, constructionand asset support contractor

servicing the energy and resourcessector, launched Women@Clough –a professional forum with the missionof improving the attraction, retentionand progression of women at thecompany. Through gathered dataand open communication throughoutthe company, Clough determinedthat positioning the strategy as abusiness issue, rather than a genderissue, was the key answer.

“Bringing a woman’s perspective andinsight to this industry might bringdifferent dynamics into the processof finding customer solutions,” saidTerezie Zapletalova, a manager forFruedenberg Nonwovens.

Another company to note that haschanged its mark-up is Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras,where women now occupy very

important roles. Current-ly, Maria das Gracas SilvaFoster, a chemicalengineer by training, isnow the CEO of Petrobras(the first woman to run amajor oil-and-gas com-pany), and Madga Cham-briard was nominated tolead the National Petrol-eum Agency, which reg-ulates the country’s oilsector.

There are limited exam-ples of women rising highin the energy industry,such as:

· Oil minister in Nige-ria, Diexani Alison-Ma-dueke

· President directorand CEO of Pertamina,Karen Agustiawan

· President, Asia Pacific, Schlum-berger, Hinda Gharbi

Angola has had three women oilministers, as well as Qatar, noted EveSprunt, a business developmentmanager at Chevron.

“Many of the so-called devel-oping countries are moreadvanced with allowing womento progress to leadershippositions than the so-calleddeveloped countries,” she said.

Forward-thinking companiesare taking note of this statisticand are making strides toeradicate the problem. Forinstance, after receiving criti-cism for having an all-maleboard of directors, Conoco-

Phillips appointed Jody Freeman, aHarvard law school professor, as anoutside member of its board ofdirectors. Freeman will become the10th member of the company’s boardof directors.

“Our company is strongly committedto the highest standards for health,safety and environmental steward-ship,” said ConocoPhillips Chairmanand CEO Ryan Lance. “Jody’s pres-ence on the board will add a uniqueand valuable perspective, and helpto advance our commitment tooperational excellence.”

In order to retain and promotewomen, many players are intro-ducing initiatives such as diversity-sensitive selection and hiringprocesses; training for non-traditional occupations; gender-awareness training programs; andchildcare facilities within companypremises.

“It is essential for women, who makeup half of the global workmforce, tobe attracted into, and be retained inthis industry, in order to bring aboutfurther growth and development,”said Linda Hubner, Shell explorationmanager, Latin America. “Womenwho start in the industry now seeother women who have made itthrough to the very top. The cyclehas been completed, from start tofinish, by industry veterans. When Istarted at Shell, women were stillbreaking barriers to achieveexecutive positions. (Now) it is notunusual to see women on teams andin leadership positions within theindustry.” - Rigzone

This article is the second of a three-part series focusing on womenpioneers in the petroleum industry.

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Oil & Gas NewsNigeria fines Shell£3.2bn over oil spillROYAL DUTCH Shell faces a $5B(£3.2B) fine in Nigeria over an oil spilllate last year at an offshore field. Thefine would be the largest Shell hasreceived in Nigeria, amounting toabout $125,000 for each barrel of oilspilled in the Bonga field.

“We do not believe there is any basisin law for such a fine,” the companysaid. “Neither do we believe thatShell has committed any infractionof Nigerian law to warrant such afine.”

Shell halted operations at the Bongafield in the Gulf of Guinea followingthe Dec. 20 leak of some 40,000barrels of crude. However, Shelldisputes claims that any of the oilreached the shore and says that itsresponse to the spill was rapid.

Nigeria typically penalizes companiesover inadequate cleanups after spills.

Shell has been active in Nigeria since1937. - OilVoice

OPITO IMIST adopted

by Russia’s LUKOILLUKOIL, a major internationalvertically integrated oil and gascompany and one of the biggestRussian oil business groups, hasadopted OPITO IMIST (InternationalMinimum Industry Safety Training)Online, a new global trainingstandard for the oil and gas industry.

LUKOIL is currently implementing oiland gas exploration and production(E&P) projects across 12 countriesand IMIST has just been adopted forrollout to their E&P workers in Iraq,with the goal of ensuring the highestof safety standards in the country.

Developed by global oil and gastraining standards body OPITOInternational and delivered inpartnership with Atlas via approvedinvigilation centers, IMIST brings astandardized level of basic safetytraining to an estimated 1.5 millionoil and gas workers worldwide. Thetraining assesses basic safetyknowledge in nine subject areas,including risk assessment, assetintegrity, the use of hazardoussubstances, working at height andmechanical lifting.

IMIST Online, which was launched inthe Middle East in July 2011, is beingrolled out across 30 countries

worldwide, including Asia, Africa andNorth America, over the next twoyears. It is delivered via e-learningand can be tailored to meet eachregion’s language needs. It iscurrently available in six languages,including Arabic, American and UKEnglish, Hindi and Bahasa Malaysian.Additional languages, includingBahasa Indonesian, French, Thai andVietnamese, will be available soon. -OilVoice

Aker to deliver MEGIchthys process plantAKER SOLUTIONS has beenawarded a contract by Technip tosupply a mono ethylene glycol (MEG)reclamation plant for the Ichthys LNGProject in Australia. The contractvalue is approximately NOK485million (US$80m).

The scope of work includes systemengineering and supply of keyequipment for the MEG plant andmay include some further options.The equipment deliveries will be in2013 and 2014.

Management, engineering andprocurement of the project will becarried out at Aker Solutions’ officesin Oslo, Norway, with support fromthe Aker Solutions office in Perth,Australia.

MEG is used to prevent hydrateformation in subsea pipelines. It isinjected at the wellhead and followsthe gas and liquid flow to the gas-processing facility. Aker Solutions'MEG reclamation technology com-bines unique chemistry knowledgeand process technologies in removingwater, hydrocarbons and saltsefficiently, enabling MEG to berecycled with a high recovery rateand great quality, while also reducingscaling and corrosion in thereclamation and injection systems.

The Ichthys LNG Project is a jointventure between INPEX (operator),TOTAL and other participants. Gasfrom the Ichthys Field, in the Browse

Basin approximately 200 kilometersoffshore of Western Australia, willundergo preliminary processingoffshore to remove water and extractcondensate. The gas will then beexported to onshore processingfacilities in Darwin via an 889kmsubsea pipeline. The Ichthys LNGProject is expected to produce 8.4million tons of LNG and 1.6 milliontons of LPG per annum, along withabout 100,000 barrels of condensateper day at peak. - OilVoice

CB&I announcesMalaysia contractCB&I announced that it has beenawarded a contract by PETRONAS forthe license and engineering designwork for five petrochemicals units.The project is part of the new refineryand petrochemicals integrated devel-opment (RAPID) project to be locatedin Johor, Malaysia.

“CB&I is excited to be working withPETRONAS on this important projectby providing several key technologiesfrom our petrochemicals portfolio,”said Daniel McCarthy, president ofLummus Technology. “The RAPIDproject will allow PETRONAS toexpand its products portfolio,capitalizing on the demand for highervalue products in the region.”

Lummus Technology will be providingtechnology for a world scale steamcracker complex, comprising ethy-lene, butadiene, benzene, isobu-tylene and MTBE units. - OilVoice

Eni to increaseIndonesia investmentITALIAN oil and gas company EniS.p.A. will boost its investment inIndonesia to up to $1.2 billion nextyear from $400 million this year, agovernment official said.

Haposan Napitupulu, deputychairman for planning at Indonesianupstream oil and gas regulator BPMigas, said Eni will increase thenumber of well drillings next year.

The government last year awardedproduction-sharing contracts to Enifor the company's 100% interest inthe offshore Arguni I Block in theBintuni Basin. Eni is also operator ofthe North Ganal Block, which thegovernment last year awarded to aconsortium of which Eni is part of. –Dow Jones

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Jaya Shipbuilding, IHCMerwede in agreementJAYA Shipbuilding and EngineeringPte., the shipbuilding subsidiary ofSingapore’s Jaya Holdings, hassigned an agreement with IHCMerwede Asia Pacific that enablesIHC’s high-specification offshorevessels to be produced by Jaya at itsshipyards in Singapore and Batam,Indonesia.

As part of the wide-rangingagreement, IHC Merwede will alsoprovide design and engineeringsupport services to Jaya.

The agreement creates theopportunity for further collaborationbetween the companies in thefuture, aligned with Jaya’s strategyof building sophisticated and modernoffshore support vessels and IHCMerwede’s plans for further expan-sion of its integrated shipbuildingand equipment manufacturing oper-ations in the region. - MarineLog

Indonesia to massproduce hybrid carsTHE INDONESIAN governmentplans to start production of electriccar in a huge number next year,which can help with the country’seffort in reducing its large amount ofoil subsidy and cutting gas emissions,according to China’s Xinhua newsagency.

Indonesian State-Owned EnterprisesMinister Dahlan Iskan said that thegovernment had been preparing theinfrastructure for the plan.

“If the infrastructure is ready, wecan start mass producing the car

with a capacity of 5,000 units peryear,” he was quoted assaying.

At the end of June, IndonesiaAgency For the Assessmentand Application Technologylaunched its prototypes ofbattery-powered car andbus.

Deputy Energy and MineralResources Minister Rudi Rubiandinihas said that the government plansto use the hybrid car and bus aspublic transport facilities.

“Within the next three months, thereshould be a clear technical guide forcommercial regulations, so that thecar can be mass produced,” hesaid. – BERNAMA

Land for Changi Airportto double in sizeSINGAPORE has earmarked1,000ha of land for the expansion ofChangi Airport - a move that willalmost double the airport’s size inthe coming decades.

The planned expansion comes asrival airports in China, India and theMiddle East formulate boldexpansion plans to meet the growingdemand for air travel.

Changi now occupies 1,350ha ofland. The extra space for the future,about the size of Toa Payoh, islocated where the biennialSingapore Airshow is held.

The plot is now separated from theexisting airport by Changi CoastRoad and already has a runwaycurrently used for military purposes.– The Straits Times

Sumatran Tiger killsplantation workerA SUMATRAN tiger attacked andkilled a palm oil plantation worker inIndonesia, a conservation officialsaid, underlining the growing prob-lem of human-animal conflicts.

Animals, including tigers and ele-phants are coming into closer contactwith people in Indonesia, as forestsare destroyed for timber or to makeway for crops such as palm oil.

The 18-year-old female worker waskilled in the village of Indragiri Hulu,Riau, said provincial conservationagency chief Bambang Dahono Aji.

“Some of her co-workers were therewhen the tiger attacked the workerand tore her apart,” he said.

Estimates of the number of Sumatrantigers remaining in the world rangefrom 300 to 400. Several die eachyear as a result of traps, poaching orother human actions. - AgenceFrance-Presse

Changi Airport seesdrop in transfersEFFORTS to sell Singapore as atourism destination appear to havepaid off. Five years ago, travelerswho used Changi Airport to transferflights made up about a third of totaltraffic. Today, they account for 24%,said Josephine Teo, Singapore’sminister of state for transport.

The decline in the proportion oftransfer passengers is due to thegrowth of direct flights in the regionand new tourism developments inSingapore. Much of this growth hasbeen driven by new attractions inSingapore, such as the integratedresorts and, more recently, Gardensby the Bay. - Straits Times

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Av a larf

One morning a blind bunny was hopping downthe bunny trail and tripped over a large snake andfell, kerplop, right on his twitchy little nose.

“Oh please excuse me,” said the bunny. “I didn’tmean to trip over you, but I’m blind and can’tsee.”

“That’s perfectly all right,” replied the snake. “Tobe sure, it was my fault. I didn’t mean to trip you,but I’m blind, too, and I didn’t see you coming. Bythe way, whatkind ofanimal Areyou?”

“Well, I reallydon’t know,”said the bunny.“I’m blind, andI’ve never seenmyself. Maybe you could examine me and findout.”

So the snake felt the bunny all over, and he said,“Well, you’re soft, and cuddly, and you have longsilky ears, and a little fluffy tail and a dear,twitchy little nose. You must be a bunny rabbit!”

The bunny said, “I can’t thank you enough. But bythe way, what kind of animal are you?”

The snake replied that he didn’t know either, andthe bunny agreed to examine him, and when thebunny was finished, the snake asked, “Well, whatkind of an animal am I?”

The bunny had felt the snake all over, andhe replied, “You’re cold, you’re slippery, and youhave no balls...You must Be a POLITICIAN.”

The blind bunny

A guy and a girl meet ata bar……

They get along so wellthat they decide to go tothe girl’s place.

A few drinks later, theguytakesoff his shirt and thenwashes his hands.

He then takes off histrousers and againwashes his hands.

The girl has been

watching him andsays, “You must bea dentist.”

The guy, surprised,says, “Yes. How didyou figure thatout?”

“Easy,” she replies,“you keep washingyour hands.”

One thing leads toanother and they makelove.

After it’s over the girlsays, “You must be agood dentist.”

The guy, now with aninflated ego, says, “Sure- I’m a good dentist.How did you figure thatout?”

The girl replies ....“Didn’t feel a thing.”

The wife left a note on the fridge: “It’snot working, I can’t take it anymore!

Gone to stay with my Mother.”

I opened the fridge, the light came onand the beer was cold.........

F**k knows what she was on about!

I’m in trouble with the wife. We werein bed naked and she asked what I would like todo most with her body. Apparently, “Identify it.”

wasn’t the right answer.

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7.30 am (GOLF) EPGA : Austrian Open (replay)

10.30 am (I350) AFL : Geelong v Adelaide

12.30 pm (GOLF) PGA : Canadian Open (replay)

2.00 pm (ESPN) Olympics: 2012 London Games

3.00 pm (STAR) Olympics : 2012 London Games

4.30 pm (I350) AFL : Gold Coast Suns v Sydney Swans

4.30 pm (A816) Rugby League : Sea Eagles v Warriors

7.00 pm (STAR) Formula 1 : Hungarian Grand Prix (qualifying)

8.00 pm (STAR) Olympics : 2012 London Games

9.00 pm (I350) AFL : Carlton v Richmond

10.00 pm (A816) Super Rugby : Semifinals - Stormers v Sharks

SUNDAY July 29th

7.30 am (GOLF) EPGA : Austrian Open (replay)

10.00 am (I350) AFL :Port Adelaide v Fremantle

12.30 am (GOLF) PGA : Canadian Open (replay)e

2.00 pm (ESPN) Olympics : 2012 London Games

3.00 pm (STAR) Olympics : 2012 London Games

6.45 pm (STAR) Formula 1 : Hungarian Grand Prix

8.45 pm (STAR) Olympics : 2012 London Games

MONDAY July 30th

4.00 pm (A816) Rugby League : Broncos v Eels

6.15 pm (A817) BPA : Manchester City v Malaysia (pre-season)

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Olympic swimmingfinals this weekend