British Embassy Commercial Counselor Andrew George has become a frequent visitor to the South Jakarta District Court. George is monitoring a case involving the multinational oil-company, PT British Petroleum (BP), which is facing a US$65 million lawsuit from its local partner, PT Mestaco Swarnadwipa.

Based in Central Jakarta, PT Mestaco supplies raw materials for fire extinguishers. Mestaco became the local partner of British Petroleum (now