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JAPEX joins Indonesian
upstream CCUS study
PROJECTS & JAPAN Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) has
COMPANIES teamed up with Indonesia’s state-owned Per-
tamina and Research and the Development
Centre of Oil and Gas Technology of Indonesia
(LEMIGAS) to study the use of carbon capture,
utilisation and storage (CCUS) technology at an
oilfield in the Southeast Asian country.
The Japanese developer said on June 22 that
the joint feasibility study would examine the use
of CCUS using the Joint Crediting Mechanism
(JCM) at the onshore Sukowati oilfield in East
Java Province.
The Japanese government established the
JCM in order to evaluate the East Asian country’s
contributions to greenhouse gas (GHG) emis-
sions reductions or removals in a quantitative
manner and use them to offset some of Japan’s as to research regulations concerning CCUS by
own emissions. JCM.”
This is achieved through the transfer of The Sukowati field is located in the western
low-carbon technologies, products, systems section of the Tuban Block, alongside the Mudi
and services to developing countries as well as development. Pertamina EP, an upstream sub-
through the implementation of local mitigation sidiary of Pertamina, took over operation of the
projects. field in May 2018.
Pertamina and LEMIGAS are counting on JAPEX is also investigating the use of CCUS
the study both to reduce Indonesia’s carbon technology at its domestic upstream operations,
footprint while also boosting the country’s oil having announced on May 28 that it had teamed
production. up with Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) to
JAPEX said its wider research into CCUS study the use of CO2 at both MGC’s petrochem-
implementation using the JCM in Indonesia had ical plant in Niigata Prefecture as well as the two
led to this more specific study. The partners will companies’ Higashi-Niigata gas field.
consider setting up a demonstration test involv- MGC will begin a study on the potential for
ing the use of a supercritical pipeline to pump the commercial production of methanol from
CO2 from a nearby gas field to Sukowati, where CO2 emitted from its Niigata plant, while JAPEX
it will then be injected into the oilfield’s reservoir. will spearhead research into using the plant’s
JAPEX said: “We will work together to clarify surplus CO2 to enhance oil/gas recovery (EOR/
the CO2 storage capacity and integrity, as well EGR) at the gas field.
Sarawak awards onshore
project to Petra Energy, Uzma
PROJECTS & SARAWAK state-owned Petroleum Sarawak that the licence would run for a total of 29
COMPANIES (Petros) has awarded the development contract years and would include an initial four-year
for onshore Block SK433 to Malaysian inde- exploration phase, with an option to extend
pendents Petra Energy Development and Uzma for an additional year. If the first phase is a suc-
Engineering. Petros issued a letter of conditional cess, then the companies will begin the devel-
award for the block on June 15, Uzma said on opment phase.
June 18, adding that its partner would operate Petra Energy already operates the offshore
the licence for the joint venture. Kapal Banang Meranti (KBM) cluster of small
While Uzma said the contract’s terms and fields and the offshore Banang oilfield under risk
conditions were still to be finalised, it noted service contracts (RSCs). Malaysia’s state-owned
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