Addressing a press teleconference on April 12, ESDMSecretary General Ego Syahrial said the figure reached 25.8 billion USD lastyear, or 20 percent lower than the initial target.
Specifically, the country targeted drawing 16.8 billion USDin upstream and downstream oil and gas exploitation, 9.9 billion USD inelectricity, 6 billion USD in mining and 2.1 billion USD in renewable energy.
To achieve such target, the Government has prepared severalpolicies to enhance investment in energy and mining.
Syahrial said the Government will provide financialincentives to encourage investment in upstream oil and gas exploitation,including removing value added tax on transactions of liquefied natural gas andexemption of tariff on imports./.