Offshore staff
JAKARTA, Indonesia — BP Berau, operator of the Tangguh offshore gas fields and onshore LNG complex, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional.
This covers a study to be performed by Pertamina on the potential gas supply and CO2 injection in Tangguh for a potential blue ammonia development in Teluk Bintuni, Papua Barat.
The Tangguh production sharing contract (PSC) co-venturers comprise bp, MI Berau, CNOOC Muturi, Nippon Oil Exploration (Berau), KG Berau Petroleum, Indonesia Natural Gas Resources Muturi, and KG Wiriagar Petroleum.
Pertamina’s plan is to support growth in the petrochemical industry in Papua Barat, and the MoU could also support Indonesia’s goals for the energy transition, BP Berau said, through delivering clean energy via its Tangguh CCUS development.
Indonesia’s government approved Tangguh CCUS in 2021. FEED activities continue, and the company is aiming for project sanction in the near future. Potentially it could become the country’s first CCS hub for domestic and international emitters.
Pertamina is working on optimizing the gas supply potential in Teluk Bintuni, Papua Barat, while using Tangguh CCUS to produce blue ammonia.
The Tangguh gas field lies in Berau Gulf and Bintuni Bay, in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. Tangguh LNG is a unitized development of six gas fields located in the Wiriagar, Berau and Muturi PSCs in Bintuni Bay, Papua Barat.
