BP has struck a deal to develop a natural gas field in Indonesia, complete with a carbon capture system. The deal’s value is seen at $7 billion, with resources to be tapped estimated at 3 trillion cubic feet. “This project not only unlocks a fantastic gas resource, it also represents …
Read More »BP to Spend $7 Billion on Indonesia Gas Field with Carbon Capture
BP has struck a deal to develop a natural gas field in Indonesia, complete with a carbon capture system. The deal’s value is seen at $7 billion, with resources to be tapped estimated at 3 trillion cubic feet. “This project not only unlocks a fantastic gas resource, it also represents …
Read More »Indonesia and China Sign Strategic Cooperation Deals Worth $10 Billion
Indonesia and China have signed strategic cooperation agreements in critical minerals in total bilateral deals worth $10 billion encompassing green technology, food security, and mineral resources. The agreements were signed this weekend at the Indonesia-China Business Forum in Beijing, which was the first overseas visit of newly inaugurated Indonesian President …
Read More »Indonesia Looks to Revive its Oil and Gas Industry
Indonesia plans to cut red tape to encourage oil and gas exploration as it looks to revive its domestic oil and gas industry and boost energy security, the new government and president have said. “We must have energy self-sufficiency and we are capable to be self-sufficient,” newly sworn-in President Prabowo …
Read More »Indonesia’s Green Energy Ambitions Hindered by Lack of Climate Finance
Indonesia is the world’s biggest producer of coal, and the world’s 5th largest consumer of the dirtiest fossil fuel. Since 2001, according to figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA), coal production in Indonesia has climbed by 558%, domestic coal consumption has risen 494%, and coal exports have skyrocketed by …
Read More »Indonesia’s $20 Billion Leap into Renewable Energy
Indonesia, a country that continues to be heavily dependent on coal, has just announced a major investment in a renewable energy plan, marking an important shift. The funding comes from global lenders and is expected to spur greater investment in Indonesia’s renewable energy sector, as well as support decarbonisation. However, …
Read More »Masdar and PLN Inaugurate 192MWp Largest Floating PV Site in Southeast Asia
The Indonesian state utility PLN and UAE state-run renewables developer Masdar have inaugurated the 145MWac (192MWp) Cirata floating solar PV (FPV) plant in the West Java province of Indonesia. Opened by the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Masdar and PLN said that the plant is the ‘largest’ FPV site in …
Read More »Indonesia Proposes OPEC-Like Group for Nickel at G7 Summit
Nickel-rich Indonesia on Saturday’s G7 Summit in Hiroshima proposed the establishment of an OPEC-like organization for the silvery metal. The OPEC, which Indonesia was once a member of, is short for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC says it aims to coordinate the petroleum policies of its member …
Read More »China Power Crisis Boosts Coal Imports from Indonesia to Record
Indonesia is now overwhelmingly China’s biggest overseas supplier of coal, with shipments hitting a record last month after Beijing loosened curbs on imports to tackle its power crisis. Cargoes of coking, thermal and brown coal from the Southeast Asian nation surpassed 21 million tons in September, from just over 17 …
Read More »Massive Blaze in Pertamina Balongan Refinery Finally Extinguished
Fires raging Pertamina’s Balongan Oil Refinery have been successfully extinguished at 14:35 local time today, March 31. Agus Suprijanto, the state-owned oil firm’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Relations, confirmed in a written statement. Agus said that it was due to the offensive firefighting method applied intensively by …
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