The Minister of Finance has issued Regulation No. 34/PMK.03/2018 on Guidelines for the Implementation of Joint Inspections of Cooperation Contracts in the Form of Production-Sharing Contracts with Cost Recovery Schemes for the Upstream Oil-and-Gas Business Sector. The goal of this regulation is to increase the effectiveness of inspections of cooperation contracts in the form of production-sharing contracts with cost-recovery schemes.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources issued Regulation No. 18 of 2018 on Safety Checks of Installations and Equipment Used in Oil-and-Gas Business Activities with the ultimate aim of ensuring the safety and security of oil-and-gas installations and equipment through the implementation of effective safety checks.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation No. 17 of 2018 on Imports of Operational Goods for Upstream Oil-and-Gas Business Activities, which is aiming to simplify the procedures which should be followed by oil-and-gas contractors when importing operational goods for upstream oil-and-gas business activities.

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation No. 11 of 2018 on Procedures for the Granting of Areas, Licensing and Reporting for Minerals and Coal-Mining Business Activities in a bid to unify the provisions which address these various minerals and coal-mining business activities, which were previously addressed under several regulations.

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation No. 12 of 2018, which amends Minister Regulation No. 39 of 2017 on the Implementation of Physical Activities for the Utilization of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources recently issued Regulation No. 15 of 2018 on Post-Operation Activities in Upstream Oil-and-Gas Business Activities, which is an implementation of Article 17 (4) of Government Regulation No. 79 of 2010 on Recoverable Operational Costs and Income-Tax Treatment within the Upstream Oil-and-Gas Business Sector, as amended by Government Regulation No. 27 of 2017.

In order to ease distribution of oil fuels, gas fuels and liquefied petroleum gas throughout all Indonesian territories and also in a bid to bolster investment within this specific sector, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has issued Regulation No. 13 of 2018 on the Distribution of Oil Fuel, Gas Fuel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas.

In a bid to enhance the development of processing and purification technologies for domestic mineral products, the Ministry of Trade has issued Regulation No. 32 of 2018 on Export Provisions for Mining Products as Samples for the Purpose of the Research and Development of Processing and/or Purification Technologies.

In order to ease operations for businesses running oil-and-gas supporting business activities, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation No. 14 of 2018 on Oil-and-Gas Supporting Business Activities.

With the ultimate goal of accommodating the utilization of non-pipeline natural gas, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has issued Regulation No. 4 of 2018 on the Utilization of Natural Gas by Downstream Oil-and-Gas Businesses.