The chairman of the Upstream Power Committee of the DPR`s Commission VII on energy affairs, Totok Daryanto, said although it would be difficult, he was convinced the government could do it.
He made the remarks after a closed-door meeting with the director general of electricity who represented the Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Darwin Saleh at the meeting with the House`s Commission VII.
"The House supports the diversion of the gas to PLN," he said.
He said that of ConocoPhilips` gas production of 700 BBUTD, some 400-500 BBTUD were exported to Singapore, while at the same time, PLN needed a large quantity of gas.
Totok said it would be difficult for the government to re-negotiate the contract with Singapore because the position of Indonesia in the contract was weak.
He said that the contract used the Anglo Saxon law which provided authorities for the consumers so that they could finally demand for compensation.
"The government should compensate the loss of the contract is canceled, no matter how big," he said.
Director General of Oil and Gas of the ESDM Evita Legowo said her office had coordinated with the ministry of foreign affairs to re-negotiate the contract with Singapore.
"Though it is difficult, yet we have found a way," she said.
Business Management Director of PLN Murtaqi Syamsuddin said his company had also continued to do its best to purchase 100 billion british thermal unit of gas per day (BBTUD) from the Muara Tawar PLTGU gas plant in Bekasi, West Java.
(Uu.A014/HAJM)
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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