Consortium Japan’s Chiyoda Corp., and local firm PT Synergy Engineering announced has been won a front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) contract by INPEX Corp., for the Subsea Umbilicals Risers and Flowlines and Gas Export Pipeline facilities of the Abadi LNG Project in Indonesia.

Pre-FEED will be an important step to formulate revision of a field development plan (PoD). As previously known, the PoD revision was made to increase LNG production capacity while still using the floating refinery scheme.

INPEX through is unit INPEX Masela Ltd., is currently conducting two options of onshore pre-FEED locations, namely in Aru and Jandena islands. The company is undertaking Pre-FEED studies for the Abadi field development in the Masela Block, located in the Arafura Sea with an onshore concept, under the supervision of the Indonesia Government Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities.