BP and partners to invest US$7 billion in carbon capture project in Indonesia’s Papua

BP AND partners said they would invest US$7 billion in a carbon capture project and gas field development in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region that could unlock three trillion cubic feet of additional gas resources.

The British oil and gas producer announced the investment on Thursday (Nov 21) in a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto who is visiting London.

Production at Ubadari field is scheduled to start in 2028 and gas from the site will be processed at the company’s existing Tangguh liquefied natural gas facility in West Papua, it said.

BP added that CO2 recovered from its first carbon capture, utilisation and storage project in Indonesia would be used to boost production at the Tangguh facility.

The project has the “potential for sequestering around 15 million tonnes of CO2 from Tangguh’s emissions in its initial phase”, the energy giant said.

Prabowo said British firms have committed to invest US$8.5 billion in Indonesia’s energy transition, education, infrastructure and health sectors, including the US$7 billion BP project.

“This shows their optimism in our economy,” Prabowo said on Thursday.

The project is part of the Tangguh Production Sharing Contract operated by BP, which owns 40.2 per cent, on behalf of the other production-sharing contract partners, including China’s Cnooc and Japan’s Mitsubishi, Inpex and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National.

It was first approved by Indonesia’s oil and gas regulator in 2021. REUTERS