The spokesperson added that Indonesia is not Singapore's only source of natural gas.
\n\nPhoto from Singapore LNG Corporation.
\n\nThere are sufficient energy supplies to meet Singapore's national demands, said the Energy Market Authority (EMA) in a media statement on Oct. 24.
\n\nThis comes after the announcement that Indonesia will begin cutting natural gas exports to Singapore from Saturday, in a bid to meet domestic demand.
\n\nIn response to Mothership's queries, an EMA spokesperson said that, based on information received by Singapore's natural gas importers, the total reduction amounts to 17 billion British thermal units per day (BBTUD) over 18 days.
\n\nThis is less than 2 per cent of Singapore's total daily gas demand of more than 1,000 BBTUD.
\n\nImporters will pursue all relevant recourse under their gas supply contracts, the spokesperson added, and contingency plans are in place to deal with such reductions.
\n\nThe spokesperson said reductions of 20 BBTUD to 100 BBTUD in recent months, due to planned or urgent maintenance, were replaced with other gas sources without incident.
\n\nSingapore GasCo, the country's central procurer and supplier of natural gas, is also operationally ready to import more Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) at any time.
\n\nThe spokesperson also noted that…
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