AT a time when most people were spending Easter holiday, Dahlan Iskan, CEO of the State Electricity Company (PLN), his primary energy director Nur Pamudji, and senior manager for oil and gas procurements Suryadi Mardjoeki, flew last month to Iran to look for gas supplies for PLN’s requirements.

The trio went to Assaluyeh, a small town not far from the Arabian Gulf about 1,300 kilometers south of Tehran. Assaluyeh is where Iran LNG Company is w