Pertamina, a state-owned company controlling the black gold in Indonesia, is now all set for the supply of 12 tankers. A large number of ships, a huge amount of money. The company's public relations manager, Ridwan Nyak Baik, said 39 financiers and 33 foreign and domestic ship-building companies are now eyeing this project worth US$300 million.

One of the interested parties is the SOE Incorporated consortium, which enjoys the backing of the