Indonesia cuts gas exports to Singapore to power its own grid

Gas diverted from Singapore

31 million standard cubic feet a day

Indonesia began diverting 31 million standard cubic feet of gas a day from Singapore to domestic electricity on Saturday, its upstream regulator said.

The gas goes to power generation in Batam, Bintan and Sumatra, after a series of outages that included a 16-hour blackout on Batam last week.

Indonesia's energy minister says the cut stays within the contract's minimum export volume, while Singapore's prime minister expects all parties to honour their commitments.

Singapore's energy authority says the cut is less than 2 per cent of its daily gas demand, and Indonesia has not said whether it will be made permanent.