AN important meeting was held on Monday two weeks ago at the official residence of H.M. Santoso, Regent of Bojonegoro. Initially, reporters were invited but, all of a sudden, it was turned into a closed meeting.

There was only one item on the agenda: to discuss management plans for the giant oilfield at Banyu Urip, Bojonegoro, East Java. Up to now, there is still an ongoing struggle between ExxonMobil and Indonesias state-owned oil & gas company,