A farmer harvests oil palm fruit at a plantation in Kuta Makmur, Aceh. - AFP
JAKARTA (Jakarta Post/ANN): PGN, a Pertamina subsidiary, and three Japanese companies are looking to produce biomethane from palm oil mill effluent (POME) to meet rising natural gas demand and reduce methane emissions, reported the Jakarta Post.
The consortium of PGN, JGC Holdings Corporation, Osaka Gas and Inpex Corporation is currently working on a study for the commercialisation of such a product in Indonesia in 2025, using PGN’s natural gas distribution network.
