Indonesia’s Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Yuliot said on September 29 in Jakarta that the government would speed up exploration and development of oil and gas fields. ANTARA reported that officials had identified several fields with production potential of 2,500 to 3,000 barrels per day and planned to accelerate their development through 2027 and 2028. The source describes a potential range across several fields. It does not identify them as operating wells, name their locations or record a completed increase in production.

Yuliot said the effort would cover both government-led exploration and private-sector operations. His statement did not disclose investment amounts, drilling schedules, licenses, partners, reserve estimates or dates when any field could begin producing. A field’s potential rate does not establish that reserves are commercially recoverable. Drilling, technical evaluation, development approval, surface facilities, pipelines and regulatory clearances can all be necessary before production. For that reason, the 2,500–3,000 barrels-a-day range cannot be added to current national output as though it were already flowing, or treated as an exact forecast for a single project.

The deputy minister connected the plan to Indonesia’s reliance on imported crude and the need to draw more on domestic resources. In a September 2 update, the Directorate General of Oil and Gas reported average oil production of around 578,000 barrels per day from January 1 through July 31, 2026, against a 2026 production target of around 610,000 barrels per day. Those official interim figures provide context on the near-term gap between output and target. They do not show that the unnamed fields mentioned on September 29 had already filled it.

Yuliot reiterated a national oil-production target of one million barrels per day for 2029–2030. That long-term goal is on a different scale from the 2,500–3,000 barrels-a-day potential attributed to several fields, and officials did not say those fields alone would deliver it. A national production goal requires multiple contributions: new discoveries, investment and development, improved performance at existing fields, and reliable production and transport facilities. The directorate’s separate infrastructure update also stressed that energy security depends not only on underground resources but on facilities that process and move oil and gas to users.

Faster exploration does not create new supply immediately. Public and private projects may move under different contracts, financing conditions and technical plans, and there is a time gap between a discovery, confirmation of producible reserves and a commercial development decision. Higher domestic crude output could reduce import needs, but the effect would also depend on crude grades, refinery compatibility, domestic demand, import arrangements and field location. ANTARA reports energy self-sufficiency as the official rationale; it does not document a measured decline in imports or a change in consumer prices resulting from this announcement.

To assess progress, the ministry would need to identify the fields covered, publish exploration and development schedules, disclose approved field-development plans and investment commitments, and report well-level and national production series. The official interim figure of around 578,000 barrels per day and the approximately 610,000-barrel daily target can be updated regularly, with new-project contributions shown separately. The September 29 statement records an acceleration intention, a potential range for unnamed fields and the 2029–2030 national target. It does not turn the top of that range into confirmed output or evidence that the national target has been reached.