Highlights of Operations
Chevron is a major partner in Indonesia's economy and an active member of the community. Chevron, through several wholly owned subsidiaries, including PT. Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI), produces nearly half of Indonesia's crude oil. CPI actively pursues the search for oil and gas from central Sumatra to offshore East Kalimantan.
Through its subsidiary PT. Chevron Oil Products Indonesia, Chevron markets and sells lubricants throughout Indonesia.
In the 1990s, the company expanded its operations to include electric power generation, relying on geothermal and other forms of renewable power production. Chevron is now the world's largest producer of geothermal energy, generating more than 630 megawatts of clean, reliable and affordable energy in Indonesia alone.
Chevron Geothermal manages two geothermal projects in Indonesia — Darajat and Salak, both on the island of Java. The Darajat project supplies geothermal steam, which generates 259 megawatts of electricity. June 2007 marked the start of commercial production at our new 110-megawatt Darajat III geothermal power plant. All power from the Darajat site is sold directly to the national grid. Darajat III is the largest project in the world registered under the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism.
The Salak project is among the largest in the world, with a total geothermal generation capacity of 377 megawatts. A drilling program that began in 2006 is scheduled to continue in a phased development through 2010 in order to meet the steam needs of the power plant and optimize the field.
The combined output from our Darajat and Salak geothermal operations now produces sufficient renewable energy to supply approximately 4 million homes in Indonesia.
Chevron also has 95 percent interest and operates the North Duri Cogeneration Plant in Sumatra, supplying up to 300 megawatts of electrical power to CPI as well as steam in support of CPI's Duri steamflood project.
Updated: October 2008