Foreign Company Threatens Indonesia's Sovereignty?

Indonesia entered the zone of energy security vulnerable because of the failure to apply sovereignty over oil resources and gas and mining. Oil and gas and mining that should be a strategic resource to be treated merely commodities with a value of minimum benefits to people's welfare.
Executive Director of Indonesian Coal Society Singgih Widagdo in Jakarta, Tuesday (24/05/2011), suggests, the state made a big mistake when changing the form of strategic resource management to be based on the type of business. Consequently, mineral resources, coal, and oil and gas to be treated merely commodities. "This includes the loss of the state's role to control the use of those resources. In the past mining contracts must be approved by the president and the House of Representatives, "said Singgih.
Strategic mineral resources exploitation as a commodity increasingly out of control with the implementation of regional autonomy. The government reported that there were 8000 mining permit issued by local governments. The condition is increasingly opened up opportunities for foreign direct control of coal and mineral resources.
Foreign mining companies, particularly China and India, the entrance to master small mines with mining companies to finance local funding difficulties. "Without realizing it, we've become the upstream resources to China and India. The two countries are very aggressively looking for coal resources as a substitute for foreign oil, while oil and gas reserves and they deliberately keep mine, "said Singgih.
Referring to British Petroleum Statistical Review data, Indonesia, which only has a proven coal reserves of 4.3 billion tons or 0.5 percent of total world coal reserves become the main supplier of coal to China which has proven coal reserves of 114.5 billion tonnes, equivalent 13.9 percent of total world coal reserves.
With an average production of 340 million tons per year, about 240 million tons are exported, proven coal reserves of Indonesia will be exhausted in 20 years. If this is allowed, Indonesia threatened to importation of oil as well as coal.
In the oil and gas sector, the mastery of oil and gas reserves by foreign companies were dominant. Of the total 225 blocks managed by the contractor of non-cooperation contracts, Pertamina, 120 block foreign companies operated, only 28 blocks operated by national companies, and about 77 blocks operated a joint foreign and local firms.
Government through the Directorate General of Oil and Gas Ministry of Energy set a target portion of the service by a national company reached 50 percent in 2025. Currently only 25 percent of the national portion, while 75 percent foreign owned.
Foreign domination in oil and gas and mining sectors, with an expanding mastery of the working area and spread from Sabang in the west to Papua in eastern Indonesia, a sovereign state and the nation vulnerable.
Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Saturday, judge, under such conditions dangerous. "If it happened just a little turmoil in domestic security, they can immediately send the aircraft carrier (warship) into our territory in the name of securing assets and its citizens. If that happens, drop the sovereignty of this nation, "he said.