Project Profile
Value: US$10 - US$16 billion
Location: Masela Block, offshore Indonesia
Capacity: 2.5-9.5 million tonnes per year
Area: 3,221 sq km
The project was initially planned as a development based on a subsea production system supported by an FLNG vessel. Eighteen production wells were to be drilled and Abadi gas was to flow into a 500-meter-long, 82-metre-wide FPSO vessel, fitted with LNG loading and storage facilities.
The Masela Block is located in an area which covers 3,221sq km and the water depths on the block range between 300 and 1,000 metres. The Masela Block lies approximately 400 km (250 miles) north of Darwin, Australia, on the edge of the Indonesian and Australian maritime border, between the Timor and Arafura Seas. The initial floating, production, storage and offloading LNG was planned to be moored in the Arafura Sea, around 100km south of Tanimbar Islands.
In March 2016, the Indonesian President rejected the US$15 billion project to develop the world\'s largest floating LNG (FLNG) facility. There has been a proposal for an onshore plant which would benefit the local economy more. Inpex wants to boost the production capacity, possibly to 9.5 million tpy from the original plan of 2.5 million tpy.
Operators:
Inpex: Operator with 65% interest
PT Shell Indonesia: 35% interest
PT Energi Mega Persada: Farmed out May 2013
Contractors:
Consortium for liquefaction and topside facilities:
JGC (Japan Gasoline Corporation)
KBR
JGC Corporation: FEED contract
Saipem: FEED contract
Technip: Subsea facilities
Wood Group: Contract to carry out the front end engineering and design (FEED) of the major subsea production facilities