CSIRO hosts delegation from Indonesia on CCUS collaboration

The CCUS and Hydrogen Collaboration team within the Net Zero Industries Division, from The Australian Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) hosted a delegation from Indonesia’s Directorate General Oil and Gas, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) between 21-24 August 2023 in Perth and Canberra for a Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Study Tour under the Australia-Indonesia Energy Dialogue (AIED) CCUS workstream.

The purpose of the CCUS Study Tour was to facilitate ongoing Australia-Indonesian collaboration and knowledge-sharing in CCUS policy, legal and regulatory frameworks, visit CSIRO’s in-situ laboratory research facility and gain further regulatory, technical and operational insights into the Gorgon CO2 project.

CSIRO participated by providing a site visit to the Insitu Laboratory on 21st August to demonstrate CCS technology demonstration research that it is being undertaken on the site. The delegation comprised key representatives from DCCEEW and DISR, NOPTA, NOPSEMA, Geoscience Australia, the CSIRO, WA Government and Chevron.

The MEMR delegation was extremely engaged and had fascinating, in-depth discussions on how Australia’s CCUS regulatory regime and cross-cutting issues were managed.

CSIRO Energy was encouraged by the Team Australia approach to the visit by this Indonesian delegation and look forward to engaging closer with them in the future