The island nation ranks as the 13th largest holder of natural gas reserves, according to the US Energy Information Administration, but growing demand and production problems prompted the government to begin constructing new liquefied natural gas receiving terminals and gas transmission pipelines to address domestic gas needs.
Most of the production and infrastructure is concentrated in the western part of the country, so the challenge for Indonesia is to extend those to the eastern region, where reservoirs tend to be higher risk because of deeper water and higher currents.
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