Jakarta (Platts)–4Nov2013/226 am EST/726 GMT Indonesia is likely to miss the government’s revised 2013 crude production target of 840,000 b/d, by pumping only 827,000 b/d on average this year, Elan Biantoro, spokesman for upstream regulator SKK Migas, said Monday. But the country may manage to arrest the rate of decline in output, Biantoro added. “The average production as of October this year is 827,000 b/d on average. We estimate that the production figure is likely to be same until the end of the year. It is difficult to meet the government’s target,” Biantoro said. Article continues below… Request a free trial of: Oilgram News Oilgram News Oilgram News brings you fast-breaking global petroleum and gas news on and including: Industry players, upstream and downstream markets, refineries, midstream transportation and financial reports Supply and demand trends, government actions, exploration and technology Daily futures summary Weekly API statistics, and much more […]