Pertamina starts carbon injection tests in Sukowati field


JAKARTA: Indonesia state energy firm Pertamina has started an underground carbon injection trial in Sukowati field, the second site the company is testing for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

The "huff and puff" tests started on Thursday (Dec 7) with the injection of as much as 500 tonnes of CO2 into the Sukowati-18 well in Sukowati field in East Java province, the company said in a statement late on Thursday.

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