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Govt to task SKK Migas with overseeing carbon capture projects
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A worker carries out activities at a natural gas liquification facility at the Tangguh liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Bintuni Bay, West Papua, on Sept.21, 2015. (Tempo/-)
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he government is set to appoint the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKK Migas) to regulate carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, including those outside the oil and gas sector.
Jodi Mahardi, undersecretary for maritime sovereignty and energy coordination at the Office of the Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister, said on Tuesday that the appointment would be based on a presidential regulation to be issued this month.
The regulation, he said, would govern CCS in non-oil and gas projects, such as power plants, smelters, the stainless steel industry and glass manufacturing.
“The presidential regulation will assign SKK Migas [as the regulator] because of similarities in the safety technical concepts with partners,” he said at an event hosted by the Indonesia CCS Center (ICCSC) on Tuesday.
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The government is keen to develop carbon capture projects and says some 8 gigatonnes of carbon can be sequestered in depleted oil and gas reservoirs and some 400 gigatonnes in saline aquifers.
Energy and Mineral Resources data shows there are currently 15 CCS and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects at various stages of preparation in the country, with a combined investment of nearly US$8 billion.
