印尼停止征收油气开采税以鼓励投资

Indonesia said on Thursday it will eliminate taxes on oil and gas exploration this week in an effort to bolster investment in the country’s flagging oil and gas sector.Oil and gas director general Wiratmaja Puja said the government was aiming to remove all taxes on exploration, including a value-added tax on imported goods and a land tax that had been a deterrent to investment since it was introduced in 2010.”Global exploration (companies) will return enthusiastically,” Puja told reporters on Thursday. “Investment will increase.”The government has been trying to revive flagging oil and gas production but investors have been deterred by low global oil prices and regulatory and investment risks in Indonesia.Indonesia’s crude oil output peaked at around 1.7 million barrels per day in the mid-1990s.