Kardaya Warnika on the hot seat
"He is just like 'God' for oil and gas executives in Indonesia," a friend said. But the most powerful man in the country's oil and gas business is obviously on the hot seat especially since Lapindo Brantas Inc failed to stop the flow of hot mud from its Banjar Panji-1 well that forced thousands of innocent people in Sidoarjo, East Java live in tents for weeks already and no sign of an immediate settlement.
Kardaya's men, Lapindo executives, and workers from Lapindo's subcontractors have been quized by East Java police as witnesses in the case. No one has been named suspect in the fiasco. Appart of police investigation, public pressures mounts on government (especially energy ministry) which easily pointed its fingers to BP Migas, the upstream oil and gas regulatory body.
As the chairman of BP Migas, Kardaya has been under public pressure to be held accountable for the disaster. Mr Kardaya was appointed chairman of BP Migas early last year.
Dr. Kardaya Warnika was born in Cirebon, in 1952. He completed his first degree in petroleum engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1978. He worked for state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina from 1978 to 1982. Kardaya received his PhD from Ecole Natur Superior du Petrol de Motors (ENSPM), IFP France in 1987.
He was Assistant to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources on Economics and Financial Affairs in 2001-2003 and as deputy to the chairman of BP Migas during 2003-2005.He is a confidante of Purnomo Yusgiantoro, energy minister.
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Kardaya's men, Lapindo executives, and workers from Lapindo's subcontractors have been quized by East Java police as witnesses in the case. No one has been named suspect in the fiasco. Appart of police investigation, public pressures mounts on government (especially energy ministry) which easily pointed its fingers to BP Migas, the upstream oil and gas regulatory body.
As the chairman of BP Migas, Kardaya has been under public pressure to be held accountable for the disaster. Mr Kardaya was appointed chairman of BP Migas early last year.
Dr. Kardaya Warnika was born in Cirebon, in 1952. He completed his first degree in petroleum engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1978. He worked for state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina from 1978 to 1982. Kardaya received his PhD from Ecole Natur Superior du Petrol de Motors (ENSPM), IFP France in 1987.
He was Assistant to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources on Economics and Financial Affairs in 2001-2003 and as deputy to the chairman of BP Migas during 2003-2005.He is a confidante of Purnomo Yusgiantoro, energy minister.
Labels: BP Migas, Lapindo, Pertamina, Purnomo Yusgiantoro
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posted by yosef at 9:15 PM
2 Comments:
I think he should be removed from his seat. It is time to put somebody from teh ruling party.
by reading his track record and examine the lapindo case i dont think we should put the blame on him, since the case related to operation issues which is lapindo decision on replacing the tube (sort of tube to cover the mud or piping...)that make the mud flood....and the head of BP Migas may be covering the strategic issues not daily operation....i hope he can make the recovery process faster
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