Working On Green Hydrogen And Mainstayia, Pertamina Bakal Gandeng Chevron

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PT Pertamina (Persero) will cooperate with an energy company from the United States, Chevron Corporation to work on the development of potential green hydrogen and green ammonia. Currently, the plan is still in the study stage or joint study. Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development of Pertamina Power Indonesia (PPI) Fadli Rahman revealed that the cooperation plan has been discussed by Pertamina and Chevron since 2021. Then, in mid-2022, a cooperation signing agreement was made. Fadli said that this year Pertamina will follow up on the collaboration through a joint study. "It has been signed (cooperation) in the middle of this year. Now this is followed up by us, that we need to make concrete projects with them (Chevron), how do we collaborate to take advantage of the capabilities they have in Indonesia," he said. Furthermore, Fadli explained that the process of cultivating green hydrogen and green ammonia will be carried out in the Geothermal Working Area (WKP) in Sumatra which is considered potential. "Most likely in the Sumatra area. The entire area in Sumatra looks at its potential," he said. For your information, in May 2022, Chevron and Pertamina announced cooperation to explore potential low-carbon business opportunities in Indonesia. This collaboration is a follow-up to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Washington, which was attended by Jay Pryor, Vice President Corporate Business Development, Pertamina President Director Nicke Widyawati, Coordinating Minister for the Ministry of Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Investment Minister/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia. Chevron and Pertamina's cooperation is also part of supporting the Net Zero Emission target in Indonesia by 2060. Where Pertamina is committed to increasing its renewable energy mix from 9.2 percent in 2019 to 17.7 percent by 2030.