The lowest industrial gas demand is estimated to occur in Singapore (1.3% - 1.8%), Malaysia (4.6% - 5.6%), followed by Thailand (4.7% - 5.9%). The Steering Committee of Indonesian Gas Association (AGII) Rachmat Harsono said the growth estimates are in line with the projected growth of gross domestic product of each country. Perpetrators expect the average growth in demand for industrial gas will double from the growth of gross domestic product. "The projection is that by 2020, the industrial gas capitalization of Southeast Asia will be around US $ 3.37 billion-US $ 3.45 billion," Rachmat said in Jakarta last week.

Industrial gas is a gas material through a fabrication process for reuse in industry. Some of these packaged gases are nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, fluorescent and helium. The packaged gas is then utilized to assist the production process in petrochemical production, processing of steel and metal materials, gas for hospital patients to light bulbs.

Meanwhile, the installed capacity of air reaches 1.6 billion cubic meters per year. Of this capacity , samator group has the largest capacity of reaching 51%. The remaining 49% is foreign investment. AGII Chairman Arief Harsono said that Indonesia's industrial gas is one of the few countries in Asia that is still dominated by local entrepreneurs. However, this condition will not last long if the government does not intervene to enforce existing rules. A few years ago we had 96 members, but now there are only six, "Arief said last week.