Workers' Party Urges Honoring Gas Contracts After Indonesia Cuts 31 BBTUD to Singapore
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Updated · The Straits Times · Oct 26
Workers' Party Urges Honoring Gas Contracts After Indonesia Cuts 31 BBTUD to Singapore
3 articles · Updated · The Straits Times · Oct 26
Summary
Singapore’s Workers’ Party said it regretted Indonesia’s gas export cuts if they were linked to unrelated disputes, and backed Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s call for commercial contracts to be honored.
Indonesia announced a 31 BBTUD reduction on Oct. 24 to prioritize domestic energy needs, affecting pipeline gas from Natuna and Sumatra.
The Energy Market Authority said actual cuts reported by importers were 17 BBTUD over 18 days—less than 2% of Singapore’s daily gas demand—making the impact manageable so far.
WP tied the episode to wider tensions after haze-related remarks and allegations by former Indonesian minister Muhammad Lutfi against GIC and Temasek, which both Singapore investors denied.
The party said the curbs reinforce Singapore’s long-running need to diversify energy supplies, a risk its MPs have raised in Parliament as Indonesian piped gas declines.