Indonesia cuts pipeline gas exports to Singapore by about 9%
JAKARTA - Indonesia cut 31 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscfd) from its pipeline natural gas exports to Singapore starting on Saturday (Oct 24) to divert supply to the domestic power sector, upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said.• Indonesia cut 15 mmscfd from its supply to Singapore from Natuna and another 16 mmscfd of gas from Sumatra, SKK Migas chairman Djoko Siswanto told Reuters on Saturday.• Singapore's Energy Market Authority said the total reduction amounts to 17 bbtud over a period of 18 days, which is "less than two per cent of our total daily gas demand of more than 1,000 bbtud".• "EMA understands that our importers will pursue all relevant recourse in their contracts for the gas supply disruption," the Energy Market Authority spokesperson said• Singapore's Energy Market Authority said state gas buyer GasCo is ready to import more LNG at any time and that the country has sufficient energy supplies for national demand• Most of Indonesia's gas exports to Singapore are delivered via pipeline, and the cuts would account for around nine per cent of that supply