With many big, depleted oil and gas reservoirs, Indonesia has a huge capacity and the potential to become a regional hub for storing CO2. It has an estimated capacity to store more than 400 gigatons of CO2.
Developing facilities for storing captured CO2 is not just a way to reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere, it can also generate revenues of around $50 per ton of CO2 stored.
As the first step, Pertamina is working with ExxonMobil to study the CCS feasibility of its depleted reservoirs in the Sunda-Asri basin. Pertamina and ExxonMobil will come up with a commercial model design for the regional CCS hub development in the working area of PT Pertamina Hulu Energi OSES.
Here are the assets and areas that the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has identified as having the potential for carbon storage, carbon capture, or carbon utilization.
Carbon Storage (CS)
• Arun reservoir
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) with EOR
• Gemah field
• Ramba field
• Sukowati field
• Tangguh field
• Jatibarang field
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
• Abadi field
• Sakakemang field
Carbon Utilization (CU)
• Balikpapan refinery – Producing methanol.
CCS/CCUS Hub
• Central Sumatra Basin
• Kutai basin
• Sunda Asri basin
• East Kalimantan
Here is an update on CCU-CCUS projects in Indonesia announced during the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial meeting hosted by India, on 19-22 July 2023 in Goa.
Approved Plan CCUS Project
BP Berau project – Ubadari Field Development, and Vorwata EGR/CCUS and onshore compression. Increase gas production and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 33 MT by 2045.
Potential Future CCU-CCUS projects
▪ PT Pertamina EP Gundih CCUS-EGR Project. Potentially reduce 3 MT of CO2 for 10 years.
▪ PT Pertamina EP Sukowati CCUS-EOR Project. Potentially reduce CO2 10 MT for 15 years.
▪ Repsol Sakakemang CCS Project.
▪ Abadi CCS Project. Reducing native CO2 2.8 MTPA or 70MT for 25 years. ( Inpex, Pertamina and Petronas)
▪ Blue Ammonia + CCS in Central Sulawesi (Pertamina, PT PAU, JOGMEC, Mitsubishi & ITB), Potential CO2 reduction around 19 MT for 20 years.
▪ Arun CCS (Joint venture of Carbon Aceh & PEMA).
▪ Ramba CCUS (Pertamina).
▪ Central Sumatera Basin CCS/CCUS Hubs (Pertamina & Mitsui).
▪ Asri Basin CCS Hubs (Pertamina & ExxonMobil).
▪ East Kalimantan CCS/CCUS Study (Pertamina & Chevron).
▪ East Kalimantan CCS/CCUS Study (Kaltim Parna Industri & ITB), surface facility study.
▪ CCU to Methanol – Pertamina Refinery Unit V (Pertamina & Air Liquide)
▪ Gemah field CCUS CO2-EOR.
▪ Jatibarang CCUS CO2-EOR (Pertamina & JOGMEC). Ongoing field trial.
