Offshore staff
JAKARTA, Indonesia – INPEX Masela has contracted Fugro to acquire an extensive marine survey to support the Abadi LNG project in Indonesia.
Fugro will conduct geophysical and geotechnical surveys and associated work to assist front-end engineering design for offshore production facilities and the subsea pipeline to the onshore LNG terminal.
The company’s deepwater AUV Echo Surveyor and robotic vehicle Seafloor Drill 2 will acquire data, both deployed from Indonesian support vessels.
INPEX operates the planned development in partnership with Shell in the offshore Masela block. The facilities will produce 10.5 MM t/yr of LNG and close to 35,000 b/d of condensate.
According to Jerry Paisley, Fugro’s business line director, Asia Pacific Region, the engineering challenges for this project include slope stability, regional seismicity, subsea faulting and carbonate sediments.
This, he said, would “require a collaborative and informed approach at each stage of the geo-data acquisition, analysis and advice.”
03/05/2020
