Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government should ask for a share in the windfall profits multinational oil companies operating in Indonesia have gained from the continuing world crude price spiral, a national oil and gas industry spokesman said.

Publicly listed PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations plans to add 50,000 hectares to its oil palm plantation by 2010 with an investment of US$260 million."Thirty-million dollars will be financed by equity from Bakrie Sumatera's new subsidiary PT Bakrie Sentosa Persada (BSP), $80 million from an...

DARJAT, West Java - In the shadow of steep volcanic mountains, Indonesia is seeking to develop a cleaner future for its energy industry. Pressurized steam from a score or more of wells is piped to power generation plants a few kilometers away, feeding into the country's main Java-Bali power grid.