ASEAN Climate Change and Energy Project (ACCEPT II) has participated in the 47th IPA Convex held on 25-27 July 2023 at Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) Tangerang, Banten. 

• Together with ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE, ACCEPT II has participated in the event by having a booth on the exhibition to showcase the project and its activities.  
• Besides, ACCEPT II Senior Research Analyst has also submitted and presented a paper entitle ‘Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) Policies in ASEAN on Supporting Emission Reduction in Oil & Gas Industry’ at the special session of the Technical Paper Presentation on 27 July 2023.  

The IPA organized its convention and exhibition: IPA Convex annually where the event aims to address the need of the upstream oil and gas professionals for networking, gaining new knowledge, and sharing experiences. The 47^th IPA Convex was successfully implemented on July 25-27, 2023, as an offline or in-person event. The convention has several programs including plenary session, technical program, oil & gas vlog, youth program, energy cultural night, and business meeting. More than 50 papers have been showcased and presented during the convention where the topics were among others including exploration potentials in eastern Indonesia, frontier, and deepwater area; oil and gas industry as the catalyst for energy  just transition in Indonesia, capture high potential untapped resources and build a competitive oil and gas portfolio, the role of CCS/CCUS in energy transition for Indonesia reaching NDC, development of CCS hub for promoting sustainable economic growth, etc.

ACCEPT’s Senior Research Analyst, Muhammad Shidiq has been involved and contributed to the convention by submitting and presenting paper at the Technical Program entitled ‘Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) Policies in ASEAN on Supporting Emission Reduction in Oil & Gas Industry’. The presentation session has been chaired by John Andrew Marcow of PT Diamond Gas Management Indonesia and co-chaired by Frila Berlini Yaman of PT Bonum Amicita International. The study highlighted that the absence of regional policies and lack of financial scheme of hydrogen and CCS in the region as one of the obstacles to implement CCS and hydrogen.  Referring to the study, it recommends three policy aspects on hydrogen and CCS that can be considered. First, the region needs to develop a roadmap and strategy to unlock the potential for hydrogen and CCS in ASEAN. Second, the region needs a clear regulatory framework policy for implementing hydrogen and CCS in ASEAN to regulate technical and non-technical aspects. Third, the urgency to build a clear stakeholder mapping and analysis to further expand ASEAN’s opportunities to unlock the potential and the development of hydrogen and CCS in ASEAN so that it can compete globally and ensure it has long-term sustainability. 

Around a hundred exhibitors have joined the exhibition from 25-27 July 2023. The exhibitors among others are such as PERTAMINA, British Petroleum, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Petronas, Medco energy, etc has presented their current technologies. ACCEPT has also showcased their current product knowledge, promoting the activities and on-going project to the public. During the 3- days exhibition, participants and visitors were very enthusiastic about current energy and oil & gas developments in Indonesia. Besides, the participants and visitors were very interested to know about the regional activities on energy and climate and learned the current energy and climate updates in the region. 

Further details about ACCEPT II can be found at https://accept.aseanenergy.org/.  

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