Geothermal Business Activities

In order to give effect to Articles 9(3), 13(3), and 33 of Law No. 27 of 2003 on Geothermal Power the Government has enacted Regulation No. 59 of 2007. With an ever-expanding population and rapidly increasing world oil prices there is a pressing need for the development of alternative energy sources or to better exploit Indonesia's geothermal reserves.

This Regulation lists a number of activities and then enumerates each of these activities in more detail. The basic activities covered include: preliminary surveys, the confirmation of work areas and tenders for those work areas, exploration, feasibility studies, exploitation, and the benefits derived from the resource.