Jakarta – The government continues to accelerate the development of national energy infrastructure as a strategic step toward energy self-sufficiency. This effort is carried out to ensure the nation’s independence in meeting energy needs while strengthening national resilience in facing global dynamics.
The acceleration of the development of national self-sufficiency zones for food, energy, and water is based on Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 14 of 2025 and Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 19 of 2025.
Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan, has been appointed as the head of the acceleration team involving 27 ministries/agencies. Zulhas explained that the Inpres serves as a coordination guideline among ministries, while the Keppres regulates the formation of the cross-sector team.
“The Inpres instructs us to accelerate the path toward sovereignty, especially in food, energy, and water. This is essentially national sovereignty. These are the three pillars: food, energy, and water,” said Zulhas.
Zulhas stated that the first step to be taken is to designate priority areas that will be included in the National Strategic Projects (PSN). Several regions have been prepared, including Merauke, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and South Sumatra.
“The president asked us to coordinate this so we can formulate it together, not each ministry separately, because that takes a long time,” Zulhas added.
Meanwhile, Member of the National Energy Council (DEN), Abadi Poernomo, expressed optimism that Indonesia can achieve the target of producing one million barrels of oil per day by 2030. This confidence is supported by data from SKK Migas showing a positive trend, with an increase in oil lifting by 4,000 barrels per day (bpd), from 576,000 bpd in mid-2024 to 580,000 bpd in the same period in 2025.
Abadi sees this achievement as concrete proof that the efforts to increase oil and gas production are on track toward the long-term target.
“This increase in oil lifting is already on track for the one million bpd target. However, there is still a gap between the national fuel oil demand, which reaches around 1.5 million bpd, and the lifting results. This condition still forces us to import, both crude oil and refined fuel products,” Abadi explained.
He added that SKK Migas has implemented several strategies to boost oil and gas production, which include several main pillars. These start from extensive exploration to find large new reserves to the reactivation of old wells spread across various regions.
“Although the old wells might produce small amounts individually, if there are many, it will add up,” said Abadi.
With the acceleration of development for the energy self-sufficiency program, Indonesia is optimistic about creating a national energy resilience that is independent, sovereign, sustainable, and provides tangible benefits for future generations.