Indonesia eyes return to Opec as oil crisis looms

Jakarta

INDONESIA is seeking to rejoin Opec to get access to cheaper oil supplies as demand soars and domestic production falls, but critics say the move is an unwelcome distraction from efforts to overhaul the country's troubled energy sector.

Resource-rich Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, was part of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) for almost 50 years until suspending its membership in 2009 after becoming a net oil importer.