Eni and Pertamina join forces to build a biorefinery in Indonesia
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Last September, Eni and PT Pertamina (Persero) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for extending their previous partnership to
include the biorefining field. The alliance continues to strengthen and, now, the
companies have just signed a new MoU to cooperate in the areas of circular
economy and renewable energies.
Press release: “Eni
and Pertamina sign Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in the areas of
circular economy, low carbon products and renewable energies”, 30/1/2019.
Related post: “Eni
and Pertamina sign MoU on biorefining cooperation”, 21/9/2018.
According to the press release, the companies:
- signed a basic agreement for a joint venture
dedicated to the construction of a biorefinery within an existing complex in
Indonesia;
- signed an agreement on the use of Eni's biorefining
assets in Italy that will allow hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to reach the
Indonesian market;
- agreed to explore opportunities in waste
transformation and biomass valorisation processes: waste to fuel, waste to
hydrogen, sewage sludge conversion into biomethane production by anaerobic
digestion, advanced biofuels from biomass, chemicals from biomass;
- agreed to explore opportunities in the field of
recycle and re-use: water treatment, polymer recycling technologies, eco-design
to maximize final products recycle.
