Jakarta, May 16 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated the Forel and Terubuk oil fields in Natuna District, Riau Islands Province, calling them key assets in the nation's drive for energy self-sufficiency.

"These two projects mark historical milestones in our collective efforts to achieve national self-sufficiency in energy," he remarked through a video conference broadcast from the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Friday.

Prabowo affirmed that achieving energy self-sufficiency would help Indonesia save tens of billions of US dollars and prevent the outflow of hundreds of trillions of rupiah, thereby strengthening the national economic standing.

The president also stated that a country's ability to meet its energy needs indep...