Indonesia’s Abadi FLNG mired in politics

By Damon Evans 1 February 2016
Indonesia’s LNG infrastructure. The deepwater Abadi field could contain 304 bcm of reserves. Indonesia’s LNG infrastructure. The deepwater Abadi field could contain 304 bcm of reserves.

The development of Inpex and Shell’s proposed Abadi FLNG project in eastern Indonesia remains bogged down in a high-profile political tussle.

The deepwater Abadi field, which lies in the Masela Block and is estimated to hold 304 billion cubic metres of gas reserves, is expected to be a major new source of energy for Indonesia at a time when resource decline is closing its ageing LNG plants.