Arun and Rebellion in Aceh

Arun and Rebellion in Aceh
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The Arun LNG facility has become an important contributor to the national natural gas / LNG trade balance. Arun (Lhokseumawe, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam) has made a real contribution to the national and local economy for more than three decades. Other industrial-based gas developed around Arun, including two leading domestic fertilizer factories, AAF (Asean Aceh Fertilizer) and Iskandar Muda.

Province of Aceh & nbsp; is an area that has a long tradition against the central government in Jakarta. This resistance began as a religious movement, but received a very different tone Mobil Oil Indonesia (MOI) discovered a great deal of oil and natural gas in Lhok Seumawe, North Aceh in 1971. This discovery inspired the development of the Lhok Seumawe Industrial Zone, is intended for fuel oil and natural gas (LNG) for overseas exports. While Zils has benefited the MOI (now called Exxon Mobil Indonesia) and brokers in Jakarta, Aceh has only experienced dangerous side effects from this zone: environmental degradation, indigenous family dislocation, entry of migrant workers, and disruptions to their traditions. livelihood This injustice led to the emergence of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), in front of separatists determined to see Aceh become an independent, oil-rich sultanate. Exxon Mobil has tried to present itself as a "neutral" player in the battle between Jakarta and the rebels, maintaining a somewhat wrong separation between business and "politics". This strategy proved successful. Recently, the rebels