Inpex Announces Masela LNG Project Entering FEED Stage

JAKARTA - Inpex Corruption announced that it has started the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) stage in the LNG Abadi Masela Field project located in the Tanimbar Islands, Maluku.

Just so you know, the FEED work on this project consists of four main packages, namely Onshore LNG (OLNG), Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO), subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF), and gas export pipeline (GEP).

"All these packages include components of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology as part of the project's sustainability commitment. Currently, Inpex has provided FPSO, SURF, and GEP contract packages," Inpex management wrote in a statement to the media, Monday, August 4.

The FPSO contract uses the 'FEED dual' method by cooperating with two contractor consortiums that work in parallel. Later FEED and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) will be handed over to the same contractor consortium, which provides more technically and commercially superior services.

The first consortium for FPSO consists of PT Technip Engineering Indonesia as the main contractor, PT Technip Indonesia, and PT JGC Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the second consortium of FPSO consists of PT Saipem Indonesia and consists of PT Tripata Engineers & Constructioners, PT Tripata Engineering, and PT McDermott Indonesia.

The LNG production volume from this Abadi project is estimated at 9.5 million tons per year or more than 10 percent of Japan's annual LNG imports.

Proyek ini digadang-gadang akan menjadi pasokan energi jangka panjang rendah karbon, serta mendukung ketahanan energi di Indonesia, Jepang, dan negara-negara Asia lainnya.

Selain mendukung transisi energi global, Proyek Abadi LNG juga diharapkan memberikan dampak signifikan bagi pengembangan ekonomi kawasan timur Indonesia serta mendukung pencapaian target net zero emission Indonesia pada 2060.

This project is predicted to be a low-carbon long-term energy supply, as well as support energy security in Indonesia, Japan, and other Asian countries.

In addition to supporting the global energy transition, the LNG Eternal Project is also expected to have a significant impact on the economic development of eastern Indonesia and support the achievement of Indonesia's net zero emissions target by 2060.