GTN CCS/CCUS Field Analog Series – Indonesia

From Depleted Basins to Volcanic Systems: Integrated Field-Based Carbon Storage Assessment
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) is emerging as a strategic pillar of Indonesia’s energy transition. Successful CCS projects require deep understanding

With direct project exposure in the Ombilin Basin, GTN brings practical subsurface insight into field-based analog programs that bridge geology, geomechanics, and storage risk evaluation.

Below are carefully selected Indonesian locations that provide strong geological analogs for CCS/CCUS implementation.

Ombilin Basin
Depleted Syn-Rift Basin Storage Analog

Theme: Lacustrine–Fluvial Sandstone Storage & Structural Containment in a Rift Basin

GTN’s CCS experience is rooted in the Ombilin Basin, where thick Eocene syn-rift successions provide potential storage intervals beneath regional sealing units.

Key Formations:
  • Sangkarewang Formation – lacustrine shale (regional seal potential)
  • Sawahlunto Formation – fluvial–deltaic sandstones (storage candidates)
Learning Focus:
  • Sandstone injectivity evaluation
  • Shale seal integrity assessment
  • Fault compartmentalization
  • Pressure containment in rift geometry
  • Structural reactivation screening

This program reflects GTN’s direct CCS basin evaluation experience.

South Sumatra Basin
Mature Petroleum Basin CCS Screening

Theme: Depleted Gas Fields & Saline Aquifer Storage Potential

Oligo–Miocene clastic systems (e.g., Talang Akar equivalents) provide large-volume saline aquifer potential.

Learning Focus:
  • Depleted reservoir conversion to CO₂ storage
  • Caprock thickness & lateral continuity
  • Fault seal vs fault leakage risk
  • CO₂ plume migration prediction
  • Integration with petroleum system data.
East Java Basin
Deltaic to Shallow Marine Aquifer Storage Analog

Theme: Multi-Reservoir Storage in Mixed Clastic–Carbonate Systems

Miocene sandstone reservoirs and regional marine shales offer excellent containment geometry.

Learning Focus:
  • Stacked storage interval concept
  • Vertical seal efficiency
  • Structural inversion risk
  • CO₂ trapping mechanisms (structural & residual trapping)
  • Storage capacity estimation at basin scale.
Kutai Basin
Deep Saline Aquifer in Deltaic Basin Setting

Theme: Thick Deltaic Sandstone Packages for Large-Scale Storage

Kutai’s deep, regionally extensive sandstones represent high-capacity saline aquifers.

Learning Focus:
  • Injectivity vs depth trends
  • Overpressure implications
  • Seal integrity in thick marine shale sequences
  • Geomechanical response to CO₂ injection

Monitoring strategy concept (MMV framework).

Banggai Basin
Carbonate Storage & Fracture Risk Assessment

Theme: CO₂ Storage in Fractured Carbonate & Structural Highs

Carbonate reservoirs pose unique challenges for containment and plume migration.

Learning Focus:
  • Fracture-controlled permeability
  • Caprock reliability in carbonate systems
  • Karst & dissolution impact
  • CO₂–rock interaction in carbonates

Long-term mineral trapping potential.

Program Objectives

Participants will gain applied understanding of:

Storage reservoir screening criteria
Seal capacity & capillary entry pressure concept
Structural containment evaluation
Fault reactivation risk
Pressure management & injectivity
CO₂ trapping mechanisms (structural, residual, solubility, mineral)
Monitoring, Measurement & Verification (MMV) fundamentals
Who Should Attend?
CCS/CCUS Project Teams
Basin & Petroleum System Analysts
Structural & Geomechanics Specialists
Reservoir Engineers
Energy Transition Strategy Teams
Government & Regulatory Stakeholders
Why CCS Field Analogs Matter

CCS success depends not only on volumetrics but on:

Containment Security
Fault Stability
Injectivity Performance
Long-Term Geochemical Interaction
Monitoring Reliability

Field-based geological understanding reduces subsurface uncertainty before millions of dollars are invested in injection infrastructure.