BOSTON, Mass. (Oct. 13, 2015) – Since launching its 2010 Master Plan, Indonesia has amassed a sizable water infrastructure pipeline of 32 public-private partnerships (PPP) requiring more than US$2.5 billion of investment in a time of regulatory uncertainty.

Following a 10-year hiatus, during which no PPP projects were awarded in the country, two legal decisions in 2015 have shaken the country’s receptiveness to private water investment.

NEW YORK (13 October 2015)—Addressing attendees of the Society of Petroleum Engineers Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference, BP CEO Bob Dudley spoke at length about the necessary exchange of technology between private and state-owned E&P companies that must take place for the Middle East to remain competitive in the global energy market. “With oil and gas becoming more difficult to extract, and low prices putting pressure on costs, the challenges may have grown,” he said.