DAMPAK EKSPLORASI PERUSAHAAN MULTINASIONAL EXXONMOBIL CEPU LIMITED (EMCL) TERHADAP PERSOALAN LINGKUNGAN DAN SOSIAL-EKONOMI (STUDI KASUS BLOK CEPU)

This research attempt to explain how the role of Multinational Corporations (MNC), in this case ExxonMobil Cepu Limited (EMCL) in influencing Indonesia Oil and gas policies which can have an impact on environmental social and ecomomic problems in Blok Cepu. ExxonMobil is one of the largest oil and gas companies headquartered in Irving, Texas, United States, the company was present in Indonesia in 1898 and started exploration activities in 1912, ExxonMobil Development in Indonesia was very good with the discovery of oil sources. When the reformation took place in Indonesia in 1998 Indonesia experienced a monetary crisis, so United States through USAID (United Stated Agency For International Development) intervened in the formation of the oil and gas law, the United States through USAID provided millions of dollars in funds with the aim of the program deregulation, reductions or eliminations of subsidies and reforms in the energy sector in Indonesia can be implemented, in this case ExxonMobil intervened in the Indonesian government, so that ExxonMobil was appointed as the operator in the Cepu Blok. ExxonMobil is a large scale multinational Corporations that can have a social economic environmental impact on society.