Indonesia is finalizing a regulation that will open up carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to more industries and allow greenhouse gases from other countries to be stored in Indonesia, a government official said on Oct. 31.
Indonesia's current regulatory framework for implementing carbon capture and storage and carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCUS) now only applies to the oil and gas sector.
Tutuka Ariadji, a senior official of energy ministry, said the country aims to be a carbon storage hub with its depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs and saline aquifers.
"The new regulation will have a wider scope and make it possible for cross border storage, so carbon from abroad can be stored here through certain mechanisms," he said.
