Legislators demand gas from Exxon

JAKARTA: The Acehnese Legislators Forum (Forbes) has called on the government to urge Exxon Mobile Oil Indonesia (EMOI) to supply gas to local industrial undertakings in Aceh.

They said the cutting off of gas was threatening the jobs of 7,000 people in fertilizer and paper companies in the province.

T. Syaiful Achmad of Golkar suggested that Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro step in to help settle the problem.

"The President should also play a role in resolving the dispute," Ahmad Farhan Hamid, the chairman of Reform faction, said here on Tuesday.

According to Farhan, the contract between Exxon and local companies ended on Dec. 31 last year. - JP