INPEX Corp. has started front-end engineering (FEED) and design of the 9.5-million tonne/year onshore liquefaction plant for its Abadi LNG project, developing the offshore Masela natural gas block. This follows the project’s earlier FEED package awards for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel; subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines; and the gas export pipeline (OGJ Online, Aug. 4, 2025).
The plant will be sited in the Saumlaki region of Maluku province. It will also produce 35,000 b/d of condensate.
The contract was awarded using a “dual FEED” method involving two contractor consortiums that will work in parallel but separately to ensure a competitive environment is maintained. One consortium consists of PT JGC Indonesia (lead contractor) and PT Technip Engineering Indonesia, while the other consists of PT KBR Indonesia (lead contractor), Samsung E&A Co. Ltd. and PT Adhi Karya (Persero) Tbk.
FEED work and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) work will be awarded to the same contractor consortium, effectively assigning EPC work to the contractor consortium that delivers technically and commercially superior FEED services. The FEED work includes carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Inclusion of CCS led to the onshore plant’s designation as an Indonesian national strategic project. Captured carbon dioxide will be stored in a depleted offshore well.
