IF Medco controlled all of the shares to exploit natural gas in Block A, eastern Aceh, gas would be flowing in less than two years. The fertilizer factories would come to life again, said Arifin Panigoro, the owner of PT Medco Energy International Tbk, when speaking with Tempo on Tuesday last week.

The founder of the oil & gas company was not boasting. PT Medco has bought 50 percent of the natural gas exploitation rights for the Block A gas field