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Minerals Report - International Seabed Authority

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A participant wanted to know whether or not a rate of return of 19 per<br />

cent is considered a good rate of return in the petroleum industry.<br />

Ambassador Djalal said that his understanding is that a rate of return of 10 to<br />

15 per cent is pretty good. He added that since all operating costs are factored<br />

into this rate, it would appear that a 19 per cent rate of return is good. He also<br />

added that companies cannot recover interest charges on loans under the<br />

scheme.<br />

Finally on items of cost that are recoverable, one participant asked<br />

Ambassador Djalal that since a lot of unrelated costs may be submitted as<br />

costs related to the contract, how does the Government of Indonesia ensure<br />

that the costs that are submitted are bona fide. In response, Ambassador<br />

Djalal said that Pertamina records all costs and that in the regulations<br />

guidelines are provided for acceptable costs. He also said that the contractor,<br />

Pertamina and the Government of Indonesia are all allowed to audit the<br />

accounts.<br />

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY 880

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