Indonesia has a large supply of petroleum, and is one of the world's major producers. In less of a abundance, Indonesia also has coal, natural gas, timber, fertile soil, and a variety metals. These resources are pretty spread out over the archipelago; no one island has all of them. As for benefits, Indonesia has already used their natural resources to improve the level of development of the country. Indonesia has joined OPEC, and since raised the literacy rate and GDP, both by quite a bit. Continuing in this way would most likely result in more economic improvement, which would greatly benefit the country.
