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More Is More? The Inquiry of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Upstream Petroleum Fields of Indonesia

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  • Aditya Prana Iswara

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung-Pei Road, Zhongli District, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
    Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung-Pei Road, Zhongli District, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan)

  • Jerry Dwi Trijoyo Purnomo

    (Department of Statistics, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111, Jawa Timur, Indonesia)

  • Lin-Han Chiang Hsieh

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung-Pei Road, Zhongli District, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
    Center for Environmental Risk Management (CERM), Chung Yuan Christian University, 200 Chung-Pei Road, Zhongli District, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan)

  • Aulia Ulfah Farahdiba

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Jalan Raya Rungkut Madya, Surabaya 60294, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
    Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111, Jawa Timur, Indonesia)

  • Andrian Dolfriandra Huruta

    (Department of Economics, Satya Wacana Christian University, Diponegoro Road, Salatiga 50711, Central Java, Indonesia)

Abstract

Global dependence on fossil fuels remains high despite the rapid expansion of renewable energy initiatives, and fossil fuels extracted from the earth’s crust are major contributors to greenhouse gasses. Unlike greenhouse gas studies in the downstream area, currently, few studies have investigated greenhouse gas in the upstream field, and there is no published study related to carbon emission influencing factors in Indonesia’s upstream field. A short panel data analysis is used to investigate the influence of oil and gas production and energy usage on greenhouse gas emissions by using data from 25 upstream fields (including offshore and onshore fields) collected from 2015 to 2018. The results show that maintaining a constant energy usage leads to increased oil and gas production and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. This pattern implicitly indicates that improving energy efficiency during oil and gas production is critical for ensuring production stability and further reducing greenhouse gas. This study may contribute significantly toward the industrial decarbonization approach that includes upstream processes to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. We recommend further research to study the carbon mitigation pattern in the upstream petroleum fields.

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  • Aditya Prana Iswara & Jerry Dwi Trijoyo Purnomo & Lin-Han Chiang Hsieh & Aulia Ulfah Farahdiba & Andrian Dolfriandra Huruta, 2022. "More Is More? The Inquiry of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Upstream Petroleum Fields of Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-18, June.
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