Indonesian gas production continues downward trend

摘要

Indonesia, still one of the worlds leading LNG exporters, continues to suffer production declines, experiencing its second-largest such decline in the past decade last year, Jakarta Post reported. The country is increasingly switching to natural gas to meet some of its rising energy demand, impacting LNG export levels. In 2012, Indonesia produced 64 million tonnes of oil equivalent of natural gas, a 6.6 drop from 2011, according to the BP Statistical Review. "Indonesia's gas production has declined two years in a row and is back at the level of 2008," BP's chief economist Christof Ruhl said. Although consumption also dropped in 2012, production dropped faster.