Inpex Masela Ltd., a subsidiary of Inpex Ltd., Tokyo, has let a marine survey contract to Fugro for the Abadi LNG project in eastern Indonesia.

Fugro will perform geophysical and geotechnical surveys and the associated studies needed to support front-end engineering design (FEED) for offshore production facilities and the submarine pipeline to the onshore LNG terminal. Geo-data will be acquired using Fugro’s deepwater autonomous underwater vehicle Echo Surveyor and their robotic seafloor drill, Seafloor Drill 2, deployed from Indonesian support vessels.

The project, expected to liquefy natural gas from offshore Abadi field, will produce a total output of natural gas (LNG equivalent) of 10.5 million tons/year and up to 35,000 b/d of condensate. The field is in 400-800 m of water on the 2,503-sq-km Masela Block in the Arafura Sea, 150 km offshore Saumlaki, Maluku Province.