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Pertamina, ExxonMobil join

forces for CCS project

INDONESIA INDONESIA’S state-owned Pertamina and Exx- regulatory frameworks to support CCS and col-
onMobil have struck an agreement to develop a laborate on the technology with other govern-
regional carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub ments in the region. “This milestone is a solid
for domestic and international CO2. foundation for Indonesia to systematically work
The project has a proposed storage potential toward our net-zero target by 2060 or sooner,”
of up to 3bn tonnes of CO2, according to Exx- said Indonesia’s Co-ordination Minister for
onMobil. The pair indicated earlier this year Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar
that their partnership would involve studying Pandjaitan.
CCS and carbon capture, utilisation and storage Indonesia still relies heavily on fossil fuels,
(CCUS) technologies at three oil and gas fields: however, with its energy sector alone generat-
Widuri in west Java, and Peciko and Badak in ing about 600mn tonnes of emissions in 2021,
east Kalimantan. according to IEA estimates, as a result of heavy
Under the latest agreement, the project will use of coal. The country is at present in ninth
move to the next step which will involve con- place in terms of CO2 emissions from fuel
cept-select, pre-initial engineering and a sub- combustion.
surface work programme. Indonesia has therefore turned to CCS as
“By providing a large-scale storage solution a solution to complement an expansion in its
for hard-to-decarbonise sectors, our compa- renewables capacity. State-owned Pertamina has
nies will support Indonesia’s growing economy partnered with Japan’s Chiyoda to study the cap-
through low-carbon investments, creating job ture, transportation and storage of the by-prod-
opportunities and adding revenues for the coun- uct CO2. Pertamina also teamed up with Japan’s
try,” ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions’ presi- Mitsui to study a CCUS project, with commer-
dent, Dan Ammann, said in a statement. cial operations set to start during 2025-29.™
Indonesia’s government plans to introduce
Korea’s Doosan Enerbility

secures $1.2bn deal for Egypt’s

Dabaa nuclear plant

SOUTH KOREA SOUTH Korea’s Doosan Enerbility said it steam generator.
secured a contract worth KRW1.6tn ($1.21bn) The Dabaa project was won in 2017 by Rus-
from Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) sia’s state-owned nuclear power company, Rosa-
to set up a turbine island (a secondary circuit tom. The $30bn project includes four 1,200MW
used to generate power) as part of the El Dabaa reactors. In August, Rosatom unit ASE JSC
Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt, according to a signed up KHNP as the contractor for the tur-
statement on Monday (November 14). bine island project that includes 82 buildings.
According to the deal, the firm, formerly The first tower building is expected to finalise by
Doosan Heavy Industries, will build 32 build- August 2023.
ings and structures in the Dabaa facility located In January, Rosatom approved KHNP as
300km northwest of Cairo, including the turbine the sole bidder for the procurement of certain
building and generator installation. It will also equipment and materials, and the construction
set up the water treatment and air conditioning of buildings and turbine islands. The Russian
systems. The project is expected to finalise in firm said it will help Egyptian partners in train-
2029. ing personnel and plant maintenance for the first
The primary circuit of the project depends on 10 years of facility operation. ™
the nuclear steam generated by the reactor and

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