Governmental Budget Cuts May Hurt the Country’s Refinery Pro

Bareksa.com - Quoted from The Jakarta Globe, The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry scrapped a Rp 200 billion ($17 million) budget allocation for a refinery feasibility study in Bontang East Kalimantan, in a governmental belt-tightening effort, a ministry official said on Friday.

The budget cut may further diminish the Bontang project, which was intended to be state-funded.

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