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Pilot Study for Carbon Sequestration and Monitoring in Gundih Area, Central Java Province, Indonesia

Environment / Energy (Carbon Neutrality)

Republic of Indonesia

Finished

Pilot Study for Carbon Sequestration and Monitoring in Gundih Area, Central Java Province, Indonesia

CO₂ with Natural Gas Production Should be Sealed Deep Inside the Earth

Principal Investigator

- Specially Appointed Prof. MATSUOKA Toshifumi
  Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University

ODA Recipient Country

Republic of Indonesia

Research Institutions in Japan

Kyoto University / Waseda University / Kyushu University / Fukada Geological Institute (FGI)

Research Institutions in Counterpart Country

Institute Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), etc.

Adoption fiscal year

FY 2011

Research Period

5 Years

Overview of the Research Project

The mission is to solve the problem of reduction of emitted CO₂ associated with natural gas production
Indonesia government plans to reduce CO₂ emissions by 26% from 2005 levels by the year 2020. However, the large quantities of CO₂ that are released into the atmosphere during production of natural gas at gas processing plant is thought as one of the serious problems for the achievement of the national purpose of a total CO₂ reduction. This problem can be solved by establishing a system for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology ─ in which the CO₂ from natural gas production is captured and injected into the ground ─ as a means of directly reducing CO₂ emissions. This project is to conduct research and development of safety storage of CO₂ in the subsurface and to establish monitoring technologies in the Gundih gas field in Central Java, where natural gas production is just started.

Imaging the subsurface CO₂ storage is indispensable for the safe operation of CCS
The final purpose of research and development aims to reduce the level of CO₂ emitted in association with natural gas production, and to systematize CCS technologies for safe underground storage of the CO₂, helping to reduce CO₂ emissions on a global scale. Since FY2012, the project has continued to study existing data, conduct surface surveys, and analyze rock samples to select the storage site, and has assembled the basic data required for evaluating storage layers.

Photo gallery

Indonesian and Japanese joint research team standing in front of a drill rig that is prepared to produce natural gas. The team was visiting the site to formulate research plans.