Shanghai Daily: Indonesia expects to have gas road map in months

The Indonesian government targeted to set up a national gas road map in months to come as part of efforts to establish the national gas policy, official disclosed here on Friday.

Deputy Minister for Energy and Mines Susilo Siswoutomo revealed that the mapping of supply and demand of gas across the vast archipelago country would be conducted soon.

At the same time, the reviews on the regulations in gas sector and its infrastructures as well as the management on gas prices would also carried out, he said.

"Our target is that we will have a road map (of gas) in the next several months," he revealed at the energy and mines ministry.

He said that the next government was expected to use the map and continue the works to establish the national gas policy, referring to the termination of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 's administration in October.

The planned national gas policy aims at meeting the domestic gas demand by tapping fully into the potential of the country's gas supply, according to the deputy minister. MORE