Hetal Gandhi, Director – Carbon Capture and Storage, Asia Pacific, WoodMackenzie
Hetal Gandhi highlighted the need to view CCUS through a full value chain lens, with capture, transport, storage and commercial alignment developed together rather than in isolation.

• Scaling CCUS will require integrated systems that connect emitters, transport infrastructure and storage solutions.

• Progress across Asia Pacific will vary depending on policy maturity, industrial concentration and project readiness in different markets.

• Long-term growth will depend on practical execution, not just ambition, with stronger coordination across stakeholders and project partners.

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Yuji Aibara, Deputy General Manager of Carbon Solution Development Unit, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
Yuji Aibara focused on the role of CO₂ shipping as a strategic enabler for regional CCUS development, particularly where emission sources and storage locations are separated by geography.

• Shipping can help unlock cross-border CCUS opportunities and support a more connected regional carbon management network.

• Transport solutions should be considered early in project planning rather than treated only as a downstream logistics issue.

• To scale this model, investment will be needed in vessels, port infrastructure and supporting regulatory frameworks.

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Ali Sundja, Vice President Strategy, Business Development & Commercial, PT Pertamina (Persero)
Ali Sundja brought a commercial perspective, emphasizing that CCUS deployment must be supported by both long-term strategic value and realistic business cases.

• Market confidence will grow when CCUS is linked to clear industrial demand and credible pathways for implementation.

• Companies will need to balance long-term decarbonisation ambition with near-term project feasibility and commercial discipline.

• Regional progress will depend on collaboration between energy, industry and infrastructure players moving in step.

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Arin Temeyakul, Director of the Power Plant Engineering Division and Vice Chair of the EGAT CCUS Working Group, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand

Arin Temeyakul shared Thailand’s emerging CCUS perspective and underlined the importance of early institutional preparation in markets still building momentum.

• Early-stage progress begins with internal alignment, technical evaluation and long-term planning.

• Power and industrial organisations can play an important role in building national understanding of CCUS and identifying practical future applications.

• Building knowledge and organisational capability today is essential to enabling deployment at scale in the future.

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Andrew Nicholls, General Manager CCS, Woodside Energy

Andrew Nicholls positioned carbon management as a strategic capability that can strengthen long-term business resilience and competitiveness.

• CCUS should be integrated into broader business planning, not treated only as a compliance response.

• Companies that move early may be better placed to respond to evolving market expectations and decarbonisation pressures.

• Large-scale progress will require sustained coordination between developers, governments, infrastructure providers and industrial customers.

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Mousa Namavar, Business Development, Industrial Decarbonization – Asia Pacific, SLB

Mousa Namavar emphasized the role of technology, subsurface expertise and collaboration in reducing risk and supporting scalable CCUS deployment.

• Technical capability remains central to building confidence in capture performance and long-term storage.

• Subsurface expertise is critical to ensuring storage credibility, reliability and long-term project confidence.

• Successful projects will depend on combining innovation with strong coordination across the value chain.

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Looking Ahead

A clear message emerged from the discussion: across Asia Pacific, the conversation around CCUS is moving beyond ambition toward execution. The next phase will depend on how effectively stakeholders align policy, investment, technology and partnerships to turn growing confidence into real project delivery.

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