Tubagus may lead the new oil & gas body

Tubagus may lead the new oil & gas body

JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament has recommended Tubagus
Haryono as the head of the newly established body supervising the
country's downstream oil and gas industry, a legislator said
Monday.

Iwan Prayitno, a member of the parliament's oil and gas
commission, told reporters that Tubagus had passed the so-called
fit and proper test conducted by the parliament.

President Megawati Sukarnoputri will likely name Tubagus as
head of the new body soon, he added.

Tubagus is currently a member of the parliament's oil and gas
commission representing the Golkar party, the country's second
largest political party.

Before becoming a legislator, Tubagus worked for state-owned
oil and gas company Pertamina.

The government earlier this year established the supervisory
body as part of the plan to end Pertamina's monopoly over the
country's downstream oil and gas industry. -- Dow Jones