State-owned oil/gas company Pertamina and its Rp100 trillion Tangguh natural gas co-venture are the latest casualties of the long drawn-out legal squabble over divesting shares in PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC).

The East Kalimantan provincial government's legal contortions have kept Jakarta on its toes for a full two weeks. Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro has been moved to write to the Supreme Court. The central gov