In managing oil-and-gas working areas, PT Pertamina (Persero) may now enter into cooperation with other legal entities and/or permanent establishments

IUPHHK-HTI holders are required to take information relating to peat ecosystem management and protection into account when preparing or revising any work plans

Foreign investors are permitted to utilize small islands and surrounding waters based on a business license which now should be processed via Online Single Submission (OSS) system and once issued, it will remain valid for 30-year period with extension available

Asides from introducing online licensing mechanism, Regulation 21/2019 now does not require Fuels importers to be registered. Consequently, imports of Fuels now only require import approvals

With the ultimate aim of increasing the accuracy of data, as well as accelerating services and customs examinations relating to palm oil and crude palm oil export activities, the Minister of Finance has issued Regulation No. 22/PMK.04/2019 on Export Provisions for Palm Oil, Crude Palm Oil and Their Derivative Products.

In a bid to accelerate the national energy diversification program and to promote national energy sustainability, the government recently issued Regulation of the President No. 6 of 2019 on the Procurement and Distribution of Natural Gas through Natural-Gas Transmission and/or Distribution Networks to Households and Small-Scale Customers.

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation No. 51 of 2018 which re-amends Regulation of the Minister No. 11 of 2018 on Procedures for the Granting of Areas, Licensing and Reporting for Mineral and Coal-Mining Business Activities.

In a bid to offer greater certainty regarding the recovery of investment costs at the end of cooperation-contract terms, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation No. 46 of 2018 on the Third Amendment to Regulation of the Minister No. 26 of 2017 on the Mechanism for the Recovery of Investment Costs in the Upstream Oil-and-Gas Sector.

In order to encourage the utilization of new and renewable energy, as well as to reduce the basic costs involved in the supply of electricity, specifically to areas located outside the island of Java, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation No. 49 of 2018 on the Utilization of Rooftop Solar-Power Systems by Customers of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero).

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Decree No. 1980 K/10/MEM/2018 on Market-Index Pricing for Oil Fuels, which serves as an implementation of Article 15 (1) of Regulation of the President No. 191 of 2014 on Availability, Distribution and Retail Sales Pricing for Oil Fuels.