Can Indonesia Turn Off Singapore's Lights?

Indonesia cut some of its pipeline gas exports to Singapore on 24 October 2026. About 95% of Singapore's electricity is made from natural gas, all of it imported. So how worried should Singapore be? We look at the two pipelines, the 2021 scare, the insurance Singapore built since, what it costs, and the 2028 deadline. Chapters 0:00 Can Indonesia switch off Singapore's lights? 0:30 Two pipes 1:27 The 2021 scare 2:20 The insurance 3:16 The price of insurance 4:03 The end of 2028 4:56 Two neighbours, two end dates Sources (every figure in the video comes from these; full fact sheet available on request) Ministry of Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry): Natural Gas page (Sep 2026); PQ replies of 1 Nov 2021, 14 Feb 2022, 5 Oct 2022, 7 Nov 2022, 23 Sep 2025 and 8 Sep 2026 (meti.gov.sg) Energy Market Authority: statement to the media, 24 Oct 2026 (via CNA); Average Monthly USEP 2005–2026 (data: Energy Market Company) SingStat TableBuilder M891291 (imports of natural gas by pipeline and LNG; EMA data), Analysed calculation SLNG Corporation: Terminal overview SP Group: electricity tariff revision for 1 Jul–30 Sep 2026 (30 Jun 2026) SKK Migas: statement of 24 Oct 2026 (via CNA, Dunia Energi, AFP) Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM): first-half 2025 performance release (11 Aug 2025); Perpres 22/2017 (RUEN), Lampiran II National Environment Agency: notices under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, 19 and 23 Oct 2026 MFA Singapore: 1962 Water Agreement (expires 2061) Reported by CNA, The Straits Times, Kompas, Kontan and AFP: remarks by Bahlil Lahadalia (22–23 Oct), Prabowo Subianto (21 Oct), PM Lawrence Wong and Tan See Leng (25 Oct) Pipeline routes on the maps are schematic. Photos and data Gas-fired power plant, Jurong Island: PLP2016, CC BY-SA 4.0 (modified) Jurong Island from the sea: Jacklee, CC BY-SA 3.0 (modified) Haze over Toa Payoh, 29 Sep 2026: ZKang123, CC BY-SA 4.0 (modified) President Prabowo Subianto, official portrait (thumbnails): Ministry of State Secretariat of Indonesia, public domain Tanjong Pagar in the haze (thumbnail): ZKang123, CC BY-SA 4.0 (modified) Jurong Island satellite view: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2025) Maps: Natural Earth #Singapore #Indonesia #Energy #NaturalGas #DataExplained Analysed. Data, explained.