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Chevron, ExxonMobil sign
separate deals with Pertamina
on low-carbon opportunities
INDONESIA SUPER-MAJORS Chevron and ExxonMobil COP 26 climate change summit in late 2021. This
said in separate announcements this week that week, ExxonMobil and Pertamina signed a joint
they had signed agreements with state-owned study agreement to assess potential for the large-
Pertamina to explore low-carbon opportunities scale implementation of lower-emission tech-
in Indonesia. nologies. According to ExxonMobil’s statement,
The agreements come as Indonesia works to these include CCUS and hydrogen production.
achieve a goal of net-zero emissions by 2060. The “Pertamina, as the largest state-owned energy
country is aiming to raise the share of renewables company in Indonesia, remains committed to
in its energy mix from around 12% currently to accelerating energy transition in accordance
23% by 2025 and is also exploring other ave- with the government’s targets,” stated Pertami-
nues for decarbonisation, including geother- na’s president, director and CEO, Nicke Widya-
mal power and carbon capture, utilisation and wati, in the announcement released by Chevron.
storage (CCUS). Pertamina is currently trialling According to that statement, the Indonesian
a binary geothermal power plant and aims to company is looking to CCUS to decarbonise the
double its geothermal capacity from 700 MW Gundih and Sukowati oil and gas fields in par-
currently by 2027-28. ticular, and is also assessing the commercialisa-
Under a memorandum of understanding tion of CCUS in the Sumatra region.
(MoU) signed between Pertamina and Chevron “Expansion of carbon capture and storage
New Ventures, the two companies will partner to in Southeast Asia would support a lower car-
explore a variety of options including new geo- bon future,” stated ExxonMobil Low Carbon
thermal technologies, CCUS, clean hydrogen Solutions’ president, Dan Ammann, in the
and carbon offsets via nature-based solutions. ExxonMobil announcement. “Governments,
Meanwhile, the partnership with Exxon- the private sector and communities will need to
Mobil builds on a previous MoU signed at the work hand in hand to make this a reality.”
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