Enviro News Asia, Jakarta — PT Pertamina (Persero) is strengthening its role in the development of Indonesia’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) ecosystem as part of its strategy to expand low-carbon businesses while maintaining growth in its core energy operations.
The company’s CCS and CCUS development is aligned with its Dual Growth Strategy, which combines the optimization of its existing energy business with the expansion of lower-carbon businesses. The strategy is also intended to support Indonesia’s Net Zero Emissions target by 2060 or earlier.
Pertamina Strategy, Portfolio and Business Development Director Emma Sri Martini said the company is adapting its long-term business strategy to respond to global geopolitical developments, climate change and technological disruption.
Speaking at the International Indonesia CCS Forum 2026 in Jakarta on August 26–27, Emma said Pertamina is pursuing two complementary growth pillars. The first focuses on strengthening its conventional energy business, including upstream oil and gas production, refinery upgrades, fuel and retail transformation, gas supply chains and shipping.
The second pillar focuses on low-carbon business development, including biofuels, sustainable aviation fuel, bioethanol, geothermal energy and carbon-related businesses such as CCS, CCUS and carbon trading.
Pertamina sees its integrated business structure as an important advantage in developing the CCS value chain. The company is positioned to support activities ranging from emissions sources and carbon capture to liquefaction, marine transportation, injection and storage, as well as potential carbon monetization.
Pertamina has identified around 13 potential CCS and CCUS locations across Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The sites are estimated to have a combined carbon dioxide storage potential of approximately 7.3 gigatonnes.
One of the company’s key developments is the Asri Basin CCS Hub, which has an estimated storage potential of up to 2.9 gigatonnes of CO₂. The hub is being developed to accommodate emissions from both domestic and regional sources.
Pertamina is also promoting the use of shared infrastructure through regional CCS hubs. The approach is expected to help reduce unit costs by allowing multiple industrial emitters to use common transportation and storage infrastructure.
“CCS is one of the key elements in decarbonizing our operations and expanding Pertamina’s low-carbon portfolio,” Emma said.
Pertamina Vice President of Corporate Communication Muhammad Baron said Indonesia has an opportunity to become a regional CCS hub because of its substantial potential for carbon storage.
He emphasized that cooperation among the government, industry and strategic partners will be essential to turn Indonesia’s carbon storage potential into economic value while supporting national decarbonization objectives.
However, Pertamina said the development of a commercially viable CCS ecosystem will require stronger cross-sector cooperation and a supportive investment framework. Key requirements include project financing mechanisms, streamlined licensing, fiscal incentives and regulatory certainty.
Cross-border carbon storage will also require greater alignment between countries, particularly regarding measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems and bilateral standards.
The development of CCS and CCUS is expected to become increasingly important as Indonesia seeks to reduce emissions while maintaining energy security and industrial competitiveness. For Pertamina, the technology forms part of a broader transition toward a more diversified energy portfolio in which conventional energy businesses and low-carbon investments are developed simultaneously. (*)
