Inpex signed the MOUs with PT PLN and PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) (Pupuk Indonesia)
Officials during the MOUs signing ceremony. (Credit: INPEX CORPORATION)
Japanese oil and gas firm Inpex subsidiary Inpex Masela has signed two memorandums of understandings (MOU) for long-term domestic LNG and natural gas supply from the £11.8bn Abadi LNG Project in Indonesia.
The MOUs have been signed by Inpex on behalf of its joint venture partner Shell Upstream Overseas with PT PLN (Persero) (PLN) and PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) (Pupuk Indonesia).
The parties will now negotiate the sales and purchase agreements for the supply of LNG to PLN-operated natural gas-fired power plants as well as natural gas (150 million standard cubic feet per day) to a coproduction plant, which is planned to be built by Pupuk Indonesia.
The long-term supply deals are said to align with the Indonesian Government’s aim to optimise domestic natural resource utilisation.
Inpex is the operator of Abadi LNG project with 65% interest
Inpex is the operator of the integrated LNG project with a 65% stake. The remaining 35% stake is held by Royal Dutch Shell.
Last year, Inpex secured approval from the of Indonesian government authorities for a revised plan of development (POD) of the Abadi LNG project, which involve the development of the Abadi gas field contained in the Masela Block in the Arafura Sea.
The revised POD calls for the development of an onshore LNG project with an annual production capacity of 9.5 million tonnes of LNG.
Located at depths ranging between 3,700m and 3,900m, the Abadi field reservoir is of the Middle Jurassic Plover Formation.
According to estimates, the field contains ten trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves.
The field is being developed in phases using a subsea production system and a floating LNG facility (FLNG), which will include an LNG loading plant, an LNG storage tank and a loading facility.