The Waiting Game

ExxonMobil's sudden declaration of a force majeure has caught Pertamina by surprise. The state oil firm shouldn't hesitate to take over the production sharing contract.

March 27, 2001

IT'S proving difficult to convince ExxonMobil Indonesia to restart its operations in Aceh. Perhaps that's why a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) suggested during a DPR meeting last week that ExxonMobil staff be replaced by a detachment of Army engineers. "They're all technicians, after all," said the House member. While there were those at the meeting who smiled out of embarrassment, there were far more sour faces at the thought of all the

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