M. Yamin Panca Setia

Blessing or Anathema

“THE mining, oil and gas, can be blessing, but also can be God anathema,” said Amien Rais at mining conference, Jakarta, several last day.

In front of several mine domestic and abroad entrepreneur mine, Amien assesses, Indonesia became anathema by mine and oil resource.

The natural resources and contained mineral as cause calamity nature, environmental damage, and poverty.

"Indonesia is state that curst by natural resources because we can’t bring off natural resources to be benediction," said Amien also former The Chief of People parley Ceremony.

On the fact, aren’t little exploration activity mining became impact calamity nature, environment damage and poverty.

The hot mud tragedy in Sidoarjo, East Java for for example.

The hot mud flowed by PT Lapindo Brantas at Sidoarjo area still wild and more larger mantle.

Sidoarjo tragedy didn’t impact not only for four villages accordingly the first prediction.

The village are Siring, Renokenongo, Jatirejo dan Kedungbendo. But, mud hot has been flowed to West Siring, West Jatirejo, Mindi, Besuki, Kedungcangkring, and Pejarakan area. Thousand people became victims.

Several stakeholders have been effort to anticipate wild hot mud. The Body of Mud Sidoarjo Tacling (BPLS) has try to find solution. But, stakeholder effort can’t anticipate wild hot mud.

About cause of hot mud flowed from Lapindo area exploration until now still controvertion.

One element society said, as mud volcano, but others said as impact corporate negligence exploration.

Lapindo aslo never open report information about exploration to the public. Eventually, can be base reference to study about cause of Sidoarjo's hot mud.

Lapindo is oil and gas company own Bakri's Group. That company urged must to responsible because sloping negligenting to assemble safety while exploration. While are slime spurt, they on the contrary lift boring bridge in consideration efficiency.

Accordingly, boggy spray gets swift. Peacemaker valve problem this as spar and conference among oil agent and gas.

Lapindo initially admits if they not assembles casing or veil on Banner Line well drilling Banjar Panji-1. That negligence matter expressed through letter slurs PT Medco e & p Brantas to Lapindo that published by media.

That veil unrigged because bases count be needed. But, The Team of Supervisor and Tacling Sidoarjo (TP2LS) Indonesia Parliament declares for hot boggy spray is not effect from gloss over boring. But, nature phenomenon or mud vulcano.

The head of Vulcanology and Mitigasi Center Departement of Energy and Mineral Resources, Surono said, Sidoarjo's region has potency mud vulcano. He claims have done study about nature phenomenon. Models boggy spray also founded at Juanda Airports.

But, he didn’t want to conclude. "Its problem is invasive deformation," he said yesterday.

But, Surono doesn't want to ensure if Lapindo's slime spray because nature phenomenon or man fault. "It is sensitif. Isn’t my domain to declare for Lapindo's case because nature, or not. I don't want. Because can be politics consumption," he allegedly.

Unhappily, that BP2LS Parliement recommendation did not find solutions to answer troubleshoot, but just reaps problem. That recommendation just cause lapindo's slime gets flowed to politics domain.

Actually, pro and contra is not necessarily happens if available one order be clear and explicit one manage engineering problem and oil and gas exploration safety. With that order, therefore gets to be assessed by feasibility default one activity explores oil and gas.

Actually, at June 2007, Departemen of Energy and Mineral Resources with amount stakeholders oil and gas such as Pertamina, PT PGN, ExxonMobil, Petrochina, CNOOC, Chevron, BP Indonesia, ConocoPhillips, Kondur, Premier Oil, BP Migas and Oil Boring Association and Indonesian Earth Gas (APMI), exhibitting appointment to arrange the Design of Government regulation (RPP) about engineering oil and gas.

RPP has planned to ratified as PP at the end last year. But, up to now not published.

If we seeing a subtantion, Directore of Oil and Gas Departemen of Energy and Mineral Resources Luluk Sumiarso said, RPP collation oil and gas engineering constitute mandate No. 22/2001 about Oil and Gas. RPP that secures default, quality, good engineering method, safety and job health, and environment management.

RPP for safety arrangement guidance and oil and gas technical within reason safety at flight area or navigational. Regulation also as refrence to manage about safety and employ health, common safety, environmental safety, and installation safety.

"Don’t make oil and gas installation be trouble common society, environment and doesn't succumb essential how to secure installation so service can pierce through and through," said Luluk. That role can to integrate with amount regulation relates technical and observation problem at oil and gas area.

Bambang Purwohadi, The Chairman of APMI hope, PP can publish. "We assess PP is very important," he allegedly.

According to her, that role can become industrial management fringe oil and gas because strove for marks sense safety surety and operational reliability, and quality in safety gets job and environmentally. That order its following can make basis concerning with accidents anticipatory stage oil and gas like Lapindo case.

"All this time, although person known like this and that, (concerning with Lapindo's slime, Red ), but is still ought to must like this, and that after instances, and do something not yet (since no order, Red )," he allegedly.

Concerning with working safety, RPP stressed about interest standardization, permit and employ state, working procedure (SOUP), point floats natas (NAB), protecting tool self (APD), memorial or prohibition, working safety check, perilous instrumental certification, product safety sign, and safety management system.

RPP also emphasize common safety later will make compulsory to mark sense oil and gas danger counselling, memorial, feasibility certificate, and interest certificate. Concerning with environmental safety, RPP also ensures to mark sense environmental quality standard, environmental management system, study environmentally, plan brings off environment, and monitoring.

RPP also emphasize bound up installation safety with operating procedure and care, feasibility certificate equipment and installation, interest, SNI suitability sign, extinction training, and product safety sign

"We hope PP can published as soon because secure safety and equipment reliability, safety gets job and environmentally," said Bambang.

Ramzy S. Amier, Director of PT Radian Utama Interinsco Plc also good welcome published PP about engineering at oil and gas area. Ramzy assesses, until now Indonesia haven’t national standart about oil and gas safety.

PP also as mandate UU No. 22 / 2001 about Oil and Gas. All this time, regulation basis used is Dutch inheritance that no longer in accordance with present condition. "Besides extant present regulation perforated one also overlap," he allegedly.

Cause haven't available role, instrumental makings default and also technological probing included is acceptance criteria ( acceptance criteria ) ever be utilize abroad default, or its principal. "So aught is global regulation."

Condition of that, say Ramzy, making merugi's national firm of necessity transfer its employee to follow training. Eventually, actually its knowledge was gotten, but just difference interest default, to accomplish client charge.

Its example, Indonesian technician at area non destructive testing (NDT) generally utilize United States Of America default, enforced comes on training, since many mensyaratkan's current clients Europe default or ISO.

Ramzy said, at international each state has regulation aims same orientation to protect state asset, employ, environmentally and community, but umpteen state at African, all produser oil and gas have clear safety regulation and tight.

At the Middle East, they haven't standard national, but safety regulation is tight. The regulation always updated appropriate requirement. "We are still utilize the role at 1930."

Ramzy also remind, many opportunistic new player when oil and gas price more expensive.

They tries get fortune with entering to universalize this boring.

"They often neglectful to safety, evenless before work at to sectorally contemns impact," he said.

In consequence, he wants PP about oil and gas published as soon. Evenless, at Indonesia foots up oil and gas firm smallscale its amount by a long shot a lot of to weigh really firm its specialization at universalizes migas. But, Ramzy said, that regulation can give new value added for oil and gas to national firm if enforcement law ca be more strength.

The Construction managing director of PT Sucofindo Engineering Procurement Rudiyanto Said, RPP expected can be industrial management fringe who has to increase tall risk. "At least, can give safety management fringes that can be pointed by effort agent at this sector," he said.