Excellent first day excursion with Makerere University students in Uganda's Oil City. Hoima is facing many challenges similar to other oil cities: high population growth, rent theft, crime, poor infrastructure - but with one caveat - unlike other oil boomtowns oil production hasn't started yet.

We find that the resource-making interventions needed to deliver natural gas to markets contradicted with the configurations of ownership, commodification, and risk allocation through which the Indonesian government has sought to realize state strategies.

The discussion in the paper is informed by an empirical case study of failed plans by the Indonesian government from 2016 to 2019 to draw upon public-private partnerships to create markets for LNG in the peripheral regions of the country.

The configurations of ownership, commodification, and risk allocation that states draw on will vary based on ideological, political, and economic reasons related to state strategies. The success of these strategies will depend on the alignment of public-private interests.

Absolutely fascinating to join the CITRES team to explore Bojonegoro and Bangka Beiltung and gain invaluable insight into the complicated realities surrounding artisinal oil mining, palm oil biogas production, tin mining, illegal logging and environmental conservation in Indonesia www.citres.net