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Indonesia Cuts Pipeline Gas Deliveries to Singapore

lite News Desk 2 min read

Indonesia reduced its daily pipeline deliveries of natural gas to Singapore by 31 million standard cubic feet (mmscfd) starting October 24, 2026, according to upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas. Singapore’s Energy Market Authority said the volume being removed amounts to less than 2% of Singapore’s total gas demand each day.

The gas is designated for electricity supply within Indonesia, including Batam, Bintan and Sumatra, according to SKK Migas chief Djoko Siswanto. The allocation comprises a 16 mmscfd reduction from Sumatra and another 15 mmscfd from Natuna.

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on October 25, 2026, that commercial contracts govern the gas supplies. According to Wong, Singapore’s gas importer would act to safeguard its contractual rights and interests.

Reuters put the reduction at roughly 9% of Indonesian pipeline supply to Singapore. A separate calculation by The Star, based on U.S. Energy Information Administration data, placed it at approximately 8% when measured against pipeline exports in 2024. The Star said the proportion of current supply represented by the reduction remained unclear.

In a September 23, 2025, statement, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry identified Indonesia as a main source of the country’s natural gas, with deliveries arriving predominantly by pipeline. The ministry stated that the Indonesian gas-import contracts in place at that time had end-of-2028 expiry dates.

Singapore also receives pipeline gas from Malaysia and imports liquefied natural gas (LNG) by ship from several countries, according to a July 3, 2023, parliamentary reply from the ministry. That reply put natural gas’s contribution to Singapore’s electricity generation at around 95%.

An earlier parliamentary reply, dated February 14, 2022, described West Natuna and South Sumatra as the origins of Indonesia’s pipeline deliveries. The ministry said contracted quantities were adjusted each year and had been declining gradually because the supplying fields were being depleted. It identified new pipeline agreements and alternative sources, including LNG, as possible ways to replace those volumes.

* This article is based on publicly available information at the time of writing.

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