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Pertamina to use IOCs’
technology to develop CCUS
INDONESIA INDONESIA’S state-owned oil and gas com- according to Nikkei.
pany Pertamina is making agreements with The country has pledged to reach net zero
international oil companies (IOCs) and other CO2 emissions by 2060.
major firms to study their technology in order to Pertamina has joined with a number of Jap-
implement carbon capture utilisation and stor- anese companies to pursue its carbon seques-
age (CCUS) projects. tration and renewable energy goals. There is an
In recent months Pertamina has entered into agreement with Mitsui & Co. to study the fields
agreements with US, French and Japanese com- in central Sumatra. Another study will be under-
panies designed to enable the company to pursue taken with Japan’s Janus and J-Power in the Gun-
net-zero goals. Recently, the company signed an dih gas field in Central Java. JGC Holdings will
agreement with the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals also participate in that study, as will Indonesia’s
National Corp. (JOGMEC) concerning the Bandung Institute of Technology. And Pertam-
study of carbon dioxide (CO2) injection tech- ina and Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX)
nology for its many ageing wells, Japan’s Nikkei are engaged in a study for the Sukowati oilfield
rep1orted. in Central Java.
The injection of fluids and gases into oil and Two separate joint study agreements were
gas wells – enhanced oil recovery (EOR) – has signed in May with ExxonMobil and with
been in use for many years by companies that France’s Air Liquide. The study with ExxonMo-
employ the technique to produce more hydro- bil is concentrating on deploying CCUS tech-
carbons from ageing reservoirs. Nikkei said the nology in fields located in South Sumatra, East
study that Petronas and JOGMEC planned to Kalimantan in Borneo and West Java. The study
undertake would target the Jatibarang field in involves EOR, plus carbon storage and hydrogen
West Java. production. The study with Air Liquide is focus-
With numerous empty and mature oil and ing on Pertamina’s refinery in East Kalimantan
gas reservoirs spread throughout Indonesia, with the intention of enhancing methanol and
Pertamina is looking into carbon storage tech- hydrogen production.
nology with a view to establishing the country as Widyawati said the use of carbon injection
a carbon storage hub in Southeast Asia. for EOR has already shown a benefit to the com-
Indonesia was once a member of OPEC and pany’s mature fields, but added that Indonesia
produced 1.5mn barrels per day (bpd) of crude, needed policies that would support carbon stor-
but its current oil output averages about 616,000 age, such as a carbon trading mechanism and a
bpd. With that in mind, Pertamina’s CEO, Nicke carbon tax that would make such projects eco-
Widyawati, said recently during a Group of 20 nomically viable. Otherwise private companies
(G20) meeting in Bali that although production would not be encouraged to reduce carbon emis-
has declined, the country could use its empty sions, she warned.
reservoirs for CO2 storage – “not just for CO2
emissions from Indonesia, but also in the region”,
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