印尼允许油气投资者自行选择合约方式

据路透社8月3日报道，印尼上周末宣布，该国已对2017年的一项法律进行了修订，这将使油气投资者在选择勘探合同选项时获得更大的灵活性。

这些修订于7月16日生效，允许承包商在不同的分摊合同中进行选择，包括“成本回收”和“产量分成”合同，以推动投资。

2017年，印尼对油气生产协议采用了“产量分成”合同，即承包商承担勘探和生产成本，以换取保留更大比例的油气储量。

这与以前采用的“成本回收”合同有所不同，即政府偿还承包商承担的勘探和生产成本，以换取公司石油和天然气收益的更高份额。

印尼能源部在周六的一份声明中表示：“通过能源和矿产资源部，政府正式允许投资者灵活选择油气合作合同的形式。这一变化是为了提供法律确定性，并增加对上游油气业务活动——新油井的勘探和钻探的投资。”

根据修订后的法律，即将到期的合同不再必须从成本回收合同转换为产量分成合同。如果指定了国营石油公司PT Pertamina或其附属公司，则由石油部决定合作合同。

王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Indonesia allows oil and gas investors to pick their own contract options

Indonesia announced over the weekend that it had made revisions to a 2017 law that will give oil and gas investors more flexibility when choosing their contract options for exploration.

The revisions, which came into effect on July 16, allow contractors to choose between different sharing contracts including the “cost recovery” and “gross split” systems in an effort to boost investment.

Indonesia adopted the “gross split” scheme for oil and gas production deals in 2017, in which contractors shoulder the cost of exploration and production in exchange for retaining a bigger portion of the oil and gas they recover.

That represented a shift from the “cost recovery” scheme used previously, in which the government reimbursed the exploration and production costs borne by the contractors in exchange for a higher share of companies’ oil and gas earnings.

“The government, through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, is officially allowing flexibility for investors to choose the form of oil and gas cooperation contracts,” the energy ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

“This change is to provide legal certainty and increase investment in upstream oil and gas business activities,” it added, referring to the exploration and drilling of new wells.

Under the revised law, expiring contracts no longer have to be converted to gross split production sharing contracts from cost recovery contracts.

In the case where state oil company PT Pertamina or its affiliates are appointed, the ministry will determine the cooperation contract.