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Indonesian ammonia producer PT Kaltim Parna Industri (KPI) has started commercial operations at a new liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) facility in Bontang, East Kalimantan.
The plant has a production capacity of 300 tonnes per day and will recover CO2 generated as a byproduct of ammonia production for purification and liquefaction.
Engineering contractor PT Tripatra Engineers and Constructors (Tripatra), which delivered the project, said the facility was officially inaugurated on 22 October.
It described the development as Indonesia’s largest CO2 liquefaction plant and the first of its kind in Kalimantan and eastern Indonesia.
The recovered CO2 will be supplied for industrial applications, including the food and beverage sector, where liquid CO2 is used in carbonation, food preservation and other processing applications.
At full capacity, the facility could produce up to 109,500 tonnes of liquid CO2 annually, although KPI has yet to disclose its expected production levels or details of any supply agreements.
The project comes as Indonesia looks to expand its position in the global ammonia market, with ambitions to become a .
In 2023, state-owned fertiliser producer PT Pupuk Indonesia outlined targets to produce 2.15 million tonnes of blue ammonia and 990,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually by 2030, alongside seven million tonnes of conventional grey ammonia.
The company has also called for government incentives to support clean ammonia development as Indonesia works towards its net-zero emissions target for 2060.
KPI has separately been exploring lower-carbon ammonia production at its Bontang site. In 2023, Tripatra announced a feasibility study with Italian technology group NextChem for a proposed green ammonia project, which would use renewable electricity generated from hydropower.
The development was initially targeting production capacity of 300 tonnes per day, with a planned start-up in 2027.
