1 THE INDONESIA’S MINERAL ENERGY POTENTIALS AS THE BASE OF THE REGIONAL ENERGY RESILIENCE 1 By : Mega Fatimah Rosana Senior lecturer at Geology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Padjadjaran University Adjat Sudradjat Professor at the Geology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Padjadjaran University Abstract The energy minerals of Indonesia consist of oil, gas, coal and lignite. There are 60 potential hydrocarbon basins currently known. Because of its quality, most of Indonesian oil is exported. Indonesia presently produced 1.3 millions barrels of oil daily in line with the OPEC’s quota granted to Indonesia. In addition Indonesia produces gas and condensate which are not regulated under the quota. Most of the product are shipped to Japan. Based on the present status of exploration, the oil reserve exceeds 10 billions barrels and might be sufficient for 15 years of production at the present level. However, depending upon the intensive exploration, the reserve might continuously increase. It is therefore, estimated that the Indonesian oil production might be well beyond 100 to 200 years to come, taking into account that only 10% of the known oil basins have presently been exploited. The gas reserve is estimated to be about 125 trillion cubic feet. The Indonesian coal deposit is estimated to be around 40 billions tons, which is sufficient for 400 years under the current annual production of 75 millions tons (Suyartono, 2001). A plan is drafted to construct a submarine cable connecting the Malaysian and Singapore’s grid with the electricity generated by mine mouth in Sumatera. It maybe concluded that the mineral energy potential of Indonesia is sufficient to sustain the energy needs of Southeast Asian countries. The Indonesian mineral energy potentials can serve as regional energy resilience, should the commitment on regional energy policy can be drafted. Keywords: mineral energy potentials, regional energy resilience, hydrocarbon reserve, coal, regional energy strategy Introduction The natural resource potentials of Indonesia and Malaysia, have been widely known in the world’s market. In the past, following Malaysia as the world’s largest tin producer, Indonesia produced around 50 thousands tons of tin. At present the position shifted to other natural resources, where Malaysia is the leading producer with about 18 thousands ton of CPO or about 53% of the world’s total production, whilst Indonesia is at the second place with about 15 thousands tons of CPO production. Presented at the ”Simposium Kebudayaan Indonesia-Malaysia ke-X (SKIM X)” held in Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, 29-31 May 2007