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OIL said in late October that the project, would help the producer to bolster the safety and
which has received the Ministry of Petroleum security of its operations.
and Natural Gas’ backing, would be launched Detect Technologies CEO Daniel Raj
at its field headquarters at Duliajan in eastern David said, “We are ecstatic to work with
Assam. The drones should allow the company OIL by bringing ‘made in India’ technol-
to fully monitor its entire pipeline network all- ogy that automates the detection of safety,
year round, improving detection of fires, leaks surveillance and enhances security across
and theft. OIL pipelines. The key lies in marrying cut-
OIL resident chief executive, Prasanta ting-edge robotics and data acquisition with
Borkakoty, said the drone surveillance project automated analytics.”
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Pertamina puts price
tag on first CCS projects
PROJECTS & INDONESIA’S state-owned Pertamina has esti- potential for large-scale deployment of low-car-
COMPANIES mated that installing the country’s first two car- bon technologies in Indonesia.
bon capture storage (CCS) projects could cost as “We are evaluating large-scale [CCS] pro-
much as $500mn. jects that have the potential to make the greatest
Pertamina is studying the installation of CCS impact in the highest-emitting sectors around
facilities at the Gundih and Sukowati oil and gas the world,” ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solu-
fields, senior vice-president of corporate strat- tions president Joe Blommaert said at the time.
egy Daniel Purba told Reuters on November 8. “And there are opportunities in Indonesia and
Gundih is located in Central Java’s Cepu district, throughout Southeast Asia.”
while Sukowati lies within East Java’s Bojonegoro The head of Indonesia’s upstream regulator
district. SKK Migas, Dwi Soetjipto, said the MoU was a
Purba said Pertamina was studying the con- step towards CCS being used at ExxonMobil-op-
struction of two pipelines to connect Gundih erated Cepu block, which is the country’s largest
and Sukowati to a single reservoir. Gundih lies 4 oil producer. Both ExxonMobil and Pertamina
km from the proposed CCS project, while Suko- own 45% of Cepu, which contains the Banyu
wati would be connected via a 30-km pipeline. Urip field.
“Both projects are still in the study phase,” Pertamina CEO Nick Widyawati, meanwhile,
Purba said, before adding that the study itself has said previously that her company sees CCS
had started before the state major signed a mem- as key to its transition toward clean energy. The
orandum of understanding (MoU) with the US’ state major has said it intends to reduce its car-
ExxonMobil on CCS use within the country. bon dioxide (CO2) emissions to 81.4mn tonnes
Under the MoU, which was signed on by 2060 in support of Jakarta’s decision to bring
November 2 during the COP26 summit in forward the country’s net-zero emissions goal
Glasgow, the companies agreed to evaluate the from 2070 to 2060.
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