Eni SPA has let an engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, and installation contract to TechnipFMC for development of deepwater Merakes natural gas field offshore Indonesia (OGJ Online, May 15, 2017).
The contract covers five wells in 1,500 m of water with 50-km tiebacks to the Jangkrik floating production unit in the Makassar Strait off East Kalimantan.
TechnipFMC will provide engineering, procurement, installation, and precommissioning of subsea equipment such as trees, a manifold, large-bore high-pressure flexible lines, umbilicals and distribution hardware, flexible risers, flowlines, and jumpers.
Eni received development approval in April 2018 for Merakes field, which is in the East Sepinggan production-sharing contract area.
The field is 35 km southwest of the Jangkrik FPU, which is in the Muara Bakau PSC area.
Eni estimates Merakes holds 2 tcf of lean gas in place in Pliocene sands of “world class reservoir quality.”
From the Jangkrik FPU, Merakes gas will flow through existing pipelines to the Bontang liquefaction plant operated by PT Badak in East Kalimantan. Production from the Jangkrik complex of fields began in 2017.
Eni East Sepinggan Ltd. holds an 85% participating interest in the East Sepinggan PSC. Pertamina Hulu Energy holds 15%.
