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Governor of East Nusa Tenggara Province  Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat, said that officials are preparing a variety of fish products to be exported directly to destination countries through El Tari Airport in the provincial capital Kupang.

Governor Viktor did not mention the destination countries for exports, but said direct exports are targeted to begin in 2019.

"So we will have tuna and others fish that will be packaged by state airport operator Angkasa Pura, according to the export standards of the destination countries," he said.

Governor Viktor said he would continue to encourage development of a variety of the highest quality products from the provinces based on the islands so they can compete in the export market.

"We will continue to push, because there are many amazing products that we have here," he said.

Previously, Governor Viktor released the first export of seaweed products from Tenau Kupang Port to Argentina on May 28, 2019, totaling 25 tons in the form of chips, exported through PT Rote Karaginan Nusantara.

The Governor also said that his government is targeting to export Moringa in the form of flour to Japan in 2019. (ant)

The Special Task Force for the Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) has expected that the development of oil and gas exploration activities in Indonesia would be more encouraging  in the future in order to further expedite the development of the national oil and gas sector.

"In the future, SKK Migas hopes that the field development can be more encouraging with many incentives offered in the Gross Split package," said SKK Migas Program and Communication Division Chief Wisnu Prabawa Taher, in a release received here on Sunday.

He explained, a number of incentives offered include starting from the location of the field, depth and condition of the reservoir, availability of infrastructure, other material content, oil density, and Domestic Component Level.

Wisnu also revealed the value of the Definite Work Commitment and the Definite Commitment achieved in the Cooperation Contract amounting to 1.14 billion US dollars.

That, he said, was for several exploration activities such as 47 G & G studies, 79 Exploration Wells, 38 Seismic Surveys, and 4 other Surveys during the 2018-2026 period in 24 Work Areas.

"Exploration activities can not only be carried out in the jurisdiction, but can also be carried out in the open area to encourage more discovery of new oil and gas fields from the results of exploration activities," said Wisnu.

At present, SKK Migas also follows up on the results of the discovery of exploration oil and gas fields.(ant)

President of the Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) Tumbur Parlindungan expects oil and gas exploration activities in Indonesia to be encouraged given that there are still many oil reserves in the Southeast Asia region.

"Unfortunately, in the past 15 years, exploration activities have been quite minimal in Indonesia. In fact, many other countries whose oil and gas reserves are less than those of Indonesia have been improving for upstream oil and gas investments," Tumbur Parlindungan said in a press release received in Jakarta on Sunday.

He stated that at present, Indonesia is having opportunities and challenges in restoring the glory of the upstream oil and gas sector.

This, he continued, can be done by restoring the interest and enthusiasm of global oil and gas investors to carry out exploration and exploitation in the country.

"National oil and gas reserves are proven to be still relatively large in the Southeast Asia region, even in Asia. It's just that there needs to be additional oil and gas reserves realized by exploration," said Tumbur.

For this reason, he said, this fact should be of concern to all stakeholders, considering that the portion of oil and gas in national energy needs is still highest when compared to coal, or with new and renewable energy.

Based on the General Plan of National Energy (RUEN), the target of mixed fossil energy in 2025 reaches 47 percent compared to 43.5 percent in 2050. .

Still based on RUEN, national oil production is projected at 567,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) in 2025, while in 2050 it is 698,000 barrel oil per day (BOPD).

Meanwhile, the national crude oil refinery needs in 2025 reached 2.19 million BOPD and increased to 4.61 million BOPD in 2050.

Assuming that national oil production is absorbed by 100 percent for domestic needs, national crude oil imports in 2025 will range from 1.67 million BOPD and 3.92 million BOPD by 2050. (ant)

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) today, Friday (31/5), suddenly visited Pasar Senen Station, Jakarta to inspect the situation of Lebaran 1440 H. homecoming.

"Yes, seeing this economic train from Senen goes to Madiun. We want to check. "It's normal, full but not as dense as I imagined," the President said when giving information to journalists after the review.

Arriving at Pasar Senen Station at around 16.00 WIB, the President immediately greeted the people who were about to go home to go to the width of the village. The community immediately welcomed the arrival of the Head of State with enthusiasm. Not a few of them approached to shake hands and take pictures with the President.

The president then continues the review by walking towards the Senen Station platform. The Head of State then checks the Brantas Train, which runs the Pasar Senen Jakarta - Blitar East Java route on line 3.

"Yes, this is not all to Madiun. There are those who go down in Solo, some are down in Semarang, some are down in Cirebon, "the President continued.

The President believes that the management of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), Indonesia Train, has been very prepared in facing this year's Lebaran homecoming. According to him, for this year the number of travelers has increased by around four percent from last year.

"I think the number (increase) is normal," he said.

The Head of State also advised the travelers to remain cautious while on the trip to be able to stay in touch and spread in their respective hometowns.

"Yes, be careful in your hometown. Please expand, stay in touch with all your family and friends, come back again and we work all of them, "he concluded.

During the inspection at Pasar Senen Station, the President was accompanied by Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung and Operation Manager I of  PT KAI Dadan Rusdyansah. (BPMI / EN)