Government replaces Pertamina directors<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government has reshuffled the top management
\nof state oil and gas company Pertamina in preparation of an
\nexpansion into the international market.<\/p>\n
\"This is a common job rotation, which is aimed at improving
\nthe teamwork and refreshing Pertamina,\" Minister of Energy and
\nMineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Monday following
\nthe ceremony to install the new directors of the state company.<\/p>\n
\"Besides, this (reshuffle) also aims at developing Pertamina's
\nupstream and downstream activities and international alliances in
\nthe upstream and downstream sectors,\" Purnomo added.<\/p>\n
The reshuffle, which is based on a presidential decree dated
\nJuly 2 and signed by President Abdurrahman Wahid, is the second
\nreshuffle in the company since last January.<\/p>\n
Gatot K. Wiroyudo and Ariffi Nawawi, two career Pertamina
\nexecutives, lost their jobs as upstream and downstream directors,
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
Gatot was replaced by former director of production sharing
\nmanagement Iin Arifin Takhyan, while Ariffi was replaced by
\nMuchsin Bahar, who was the head of marketing and commercial
\naffairs in Ariffi's office.<\/p>\n
Iin position will be filled by Effendi Situmorang, who was
\ndirector of development. Effendi was replaced by a newcomer to
\nPertamina, Bardi Machraman, who was a lecturer on oil at the
\nUniversity of Gadjahmada in Yogyakarta.<\/p>\n
Baihaki Hakim, former president of American oil and gas
\ncompany PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia, who was appointed as
\nPertamina's president earlier this year, maintained his position
\nat the helm of the company.<\/p>\n
Also retaining his post was finance director Ainun Naim.<\/p>\n
Purnomo said Gatot would handle Pertamina's international
\nexploration and production activities as part of the company's
\nefforts to become a world-class firm.<\/p>\n
He added that Arifi would develop downstream activities in
\nrelation to petrochemical projects. (05)<\/p>",
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