North Aceh Regency is a district located in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. The capital of this district was moved from Lhokseumawe to Lhoksukon, following the establishment of Lhokseumawe as an autonomous city.
This district is classified as the largest industrial area in the province and is also the largest industry outside Java, especially with the opening of the liquefied natural gas processing industry PT. Arun LNG in Lhokseumawe in 1974. In this region there are also other large factories: Kraft Aceh Paper Factory, AAF (Aceh Asean Fertilizer) Fertilizer factory and Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM) factory.
In the agricultural sector, this region has its own reputation as a very important producer of rice. then overall North Aceh Regency is the most potential Level II area in the province and per capita income above Rp. 1.4 million without oil and gas or Rp. 6 million with oil and gas.
Gas and oil fields were found in Lhokseumawe, the capital of North Aceh around the 1970s. Then, even Aceh began to be visited by foreign investors who were interested in its great natural resources. Since then, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has been processed at PT. Arun Natural Gas Liquefaction (NGL) Co, which originates from the installation of ExxonMobil Oil Indonesia Inc. (EMOI) in the Lhokseumawe industrial zone, has transformed this region into a modern petrochemical industrial area.
The economic activities of North Aceh Regency are dominated by two sectors, namely the mining and quarrying sector, as well as the manufacturing sector. In the mining sector, gas wells processed by PT. EMOI is certainly one of the advantages of this sector. With a contribution of Rp. 8.6 trillion in the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2000, it was ranked first with industry sector Rp. 4.7 trillion.districts
