Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami 
Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Kartini L Makmur, Robert Sidauruk
Hasbi Anshory, Member of Committee IV at the Regional Representative Council (DPD) believes that the Government is not sufficiently transparent in its disclosure of the precise amount of oil and gas lifting from exploration sites in the territory of Regional Governments.
“Most regional governments have no idea about the figures for total lifting in their area,” said Hasbi during the Discussion on State Finances organized by the Centre for the Study of State Finances in Jakarta last Thursday.
Hasbi asserts that the Government must provide detailed information on the total amount of lifting so that Regional Governments have a basis for the accurate calculation on their funds sourced from production sharing contracts.
Hasbi further added that the Government only meets with regional government officials to simply announce revenue sharing derived from lifting production without disclosing further information on well sources.
In addressing this issue, Hasbi informed that the DPD has already demanded further clarification from BP Migas (now SKK Migas), however, no satisfactory answers have been provided.
Adding to the lack of responsiveness, although the DPD previously initiated a meeting with the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Minister failed to show up.
This issue is also been confirmed by Aryanto Nugroho, Member of the Societal Coalition for Transparency and Accountability on Extractive Resource Governance at Publish What You Pay (PWYP).
Aryanto asserts that the transparency issue has arisen because there have been no follow up actions being taken subsequent to the report produced as part of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) Indonesia.
“According to EITI’s report, for 2009 there is a discrepancy between reports released by oil and gas companies and the Government that comes to USD 29 million. Unfortunately, the reasons for this difference has never been followed up by the House of Representative,” added Aryanto.
Besides information on lifting production, Aryanto contends there is also a lack of transparency in respect of information on cost recovery calculations.
Pursuant to Law No. 14 of 2008 on Freedom of Information, he suggests oil and gas work contracts be categorized as public information, not classified documents.
Meanwhile, Priyo Widodo, Expert Staff at SKK Migas, denied the accusation that his institution is not sufficiently transparent enough in regard to data on lifting.
“Based on our records, there is no indication of manipulation or any unreported lifting as shipments of oil and gas are always subject to approval from customs,” asserts Priyo.
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Kartini L Makmur, Robert Sidauruk
Hasbi Anshory, Member of Committee IV at the Regional Representative Council (DPD) believes that the Government is not sufficiently transparent in its disclosure of the precise amount of oil and gas lifting from exploration sites in the territory of Regional Governments.
“Most regional governments have no idea about the figures for total lifting in their area,” said Hasbi during the Discussion on State Finances organized by the Centre for the Study of State Finances in Jakarta last Thursday.
Hasbi asserts that the Government must provide detailed information on the total amount of lifting so that Regional Governments have a basis for the accurate calculation on their funds sourced from production sharing contracts.
Hasbi further added that the Government only meets with regional government officials to simply announce revenue sharing derived from lifting production without disclosing further information on well sources.
In addressing this issue, Hasbi informed that the DPD has already demanded further clarification from BP Migas (now SKK Migas), however, no satisfactory answers have been provided.
Adding to the lack of responsiveness, although the DPD previously initiated a meeting with the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Minister failed to show up.
This issue is also been confirmed by Aryanto Nugroho, Member of the Societal Coalition for Transparency and Accountability on Extractive Resource Governance at Publish What You Pay (PWYP).
Aryanto asserts that the transparency issue has arisen because there have been no follow up actions being taken subsequent to the report produced as part of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) Indonesia.
“According to EITI’s report, for 2009 there is a discrepancy between reports released by oil and gas companies and the Government that comes to USD 29 million. Unfortunately, the reasons for this difference has never been followed up by the House of Representative,” added Aryanto.
Besides information on lifting production, Aryanto contends there is also a lack of transparency in respect of information on cost recovery calculations.
Pursuant to Law No. 14 of 2008 on Freedom of Information, he suggests oil and gas work contracts be categorized as public information, not classified documents.
Meanwhile, Priyo Widodo, Expert Staff at SKK Migas, denied the accusation that his institution is not sufficiently transparent enough in regard to data on lifting.
“Based on our records, there is no indication of manipulation or any unreported lifting as shipments of oil and gas are always subject to approval from customs,” asserts Priyo.
(hot/kc)