Eteng A. Salam looked happy. The acting Director for Pertamina Upstream could not seem to stop smiling after stopping over for several hours at Surabaya, East Java. Last Tuesday, together with high-ranking executives from ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia Inc., he attended a meeting with a number of officials from the provincial government.

Eteng's visit was related to the request by the government officials to participate in the management of the C